By Richard Smith FOLLOWING recent detections of foot-and-mouth disease and lumpy skin disease overseas, biosecurity has hit the headlines, with national and state biosecurity
Month: September 2022
Briag Primary shows power of the people
By TOM PARRY BRIAGOLONG Primary School is gearing-up for this year’s Energy Breakthrough event in central Victoria. Pupils from the school’s senior unit are
ID leg band for all goats
GOAT farmers -now including dairy, earless and miniature goat producers – will be required to fit an National Livestock Identification System device to their
New program for plastic silage wraps
By MICHELLE SLATER DAIRY Australia is developing a national scheme to divert thousands of tonnes of plastic silage wrap out of landfill through a
CFA plays down spring fire risk
THE Country Fire Authority is predicting that eastern Victoria will have a below-normal bushfire potential this spring, according to the Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook
Chainsaw artist’s world prize
By MICHELLE SLATER A DROUIN woodworker has just been named the top chainsaw artist in the world against nine other competitors from across the