Lockdown dashes Kelpie Muster hopes
THE 24th annual Australian Kelpie Muster has been cancelled with organisers pulling the pin on Casterton’s landmark event due to Victoria’s current COVID-19 health...
Students gain dairy career insight
A SCHOOL program exposing young people to career and education pathways within the dairy industry has delivered its 2020 program online.
Cows Create Careers has...
Millicent cattle rebound
THE long decline in cattle throughput at the Millicent saleyards has been reversed, with a 25pc surge for the financial year which ended on...
Ill health claims life of Glencoe giant Guernsey steer Big Moo
ONE of Australia’s biggest agricultural stars Big Moo died over the weekend.
The giant, lovable Guernsey steer - which stood 190cm tall and weighed over...
Dairy production tipped to expand across region
SOUTHERN Australia’s minimum milk prices for the season are solid and a new quarterly report is forecasting production will continue to expand across the...
Insect infestations reported in Limestone Coast grain crops
Limestone Coast grain growers are advised to keep an eye on vulnerable emerging crops, with unusual caterpillar and moth activity being reported across South...
$40m sale deal struck for group of Mount Gambier dairy farms
Beston Global Foods’ four Mount Gambier dairy farms has been sold to Melbourne-based Aurora Dairies in a $40.4m cash deal, including water licences and...
Demand drives up farmland values
THE median price per hectare of farmland in the Limestone Coast continues to soar, fuelled by strong livestock prices and an appetite for expansion.
The...
Wednesday sales at Millicent a ‘win’ for regional producers
THE switch back to selling cattle at Millicent on Wednesdays has been described as a winner by stock agent Nat Robbins.
The John Chay &...
State Parliament passes legislation to lift crop moratorium
STATE Parliament has passed legislation to lift the Genetically Modified (GM) moratorium on mainland South Australia, but Limestone Coast farmers still face a wait...
‘Market advantage’ to guide crop ban lift
SUBMISSIONS to apply to lift bans on genetically modified (GM) crops in council areas will need to be based on market advantage and not...
Solid season break to lay foundation for bumper Limestone Coast season
PENOLA and district received some welcome rain last week, with rainwater tanks filling and pastures turning a deeper shade of green.
More than 22mm was...
What’s on at the Mount Gambier Library
Big Summer Read Activity Quest
Monday, December 29 to Sunday, January 25 | During opening hours
Take on the Big Summer Read activity quest and complete...
