Businesses ‘switched on’
MILLICENT'S small to medium sized businesses are embracing technology to stay innovative, in contrast with a recent report showing 85pc of small businesses are...
Saleyards safety reprimand
THE South Australian Ombudsman has recommended the state's workplace safety regulator adopt new measures after it failed to conduct a "thorough" probe into safety...
Jed rounds up the competition
CONMURRA Border Collie Jed has raced into the lead of the annual Cobber Dog Challenge after two weeks of competition.
Eleven farm dogs are vying...
Rural property values surge across region
STRONG growth has been achieved in the official valuation of local rural properties in the past 12 months with arable land in the Furner...
Record-breaking ram the best, baa none
A RECORD price was set at Hamilton's Sheepvention ram sale this week with a Limestone Coast producer fetching $35,000 for a poll merino ram.
Keith...
Australian dairies cream of the crop
PROMOTING Australian dairy products as "premium" goods should be a priority for the industry, a leading Limestone Coast dairy farmer believes.
South Australian Dairyfarmers Association...
Stage set for Cobber Challenge
THE stage is set for Australia's hardest working farm dogs to go head-to-head in the fourth annual Cobber Challenge.
Wearing GPS collars, the dogs will...
Precautions keep South East families safe
AS National Farm Safety week draws to a close, quad bike safety continues to be an important topic, particularly in rural communities which often...
Cattle industry leader sets sights on future
FORMER Millicent resident and new Grassland Society of Southern Australia president and Meg Bell hopes to reinvigorate branches across three states to shore-up the...
Soaring values expected to continue over next 18 months
NO HEAT is expected to come out of the "on-fire" Limestone Coast agricultural land market anytime soon, with prices predicted to climb over the...
Pasin to help guide agriculture future
BARKER MP Tony Pasin has been selected to chair a parliamentary committee tasked with examining the future of rural Australia amid a Federal Government...
Dartmoor farmer draws on personal experience in bid to ‘turn tide on community mental...
A DARTMOOR farmer has urged people experiencing hardship on the land to speak up in a bid to reduce the associated mental health impacts.
Noel...
Spreading the power of positivity through fun
At the core of everything local legend Wendy Thomson does is being positive and having fun.
They are essential principles to her range of volunteering...
