Good yarding of Kyneton weaners
Kyneton livestock agents yarded just on 1500 head at the annual weaner cattle sale held last Wednesday.
Local landcarer joins taskforce
Pipers Creek Landcare member Peter Sporle has been invited to join the Victorian Gorse Taskforce committee.
Severe weather prompts farm shelter reminder
Livestock owners are reminded to ensure they provide adequate shelter for their livestock.
Healthy Soils seeks farmers
Mount Alexander Sustainability Group’s Healthy Soils team is seeking to assist commercial farmers with soil issues within a 50-60km radius from Castlemaine.
The Healthy Soils...
Chandpara Stud sheep supreme
Chandpara Southdown Stud enjoyed success at the Victorian Sheep Show, held at Ballarat Showgrounds last month.
The Tylden stud...
Sweet smell of success
When the Whiteman family moved from inner city Melbourne to rural Chintin in the Macedon Ranges in 2018, they had no plans to become...
Blaze spotlights dog attacks
A devastating shed fire at Yapeen in recent days spotlights a wider issue of dogs attacking livestock in the area.
Late afternoon, April 25 just...
Kyneton farmer joins Farm2Plate
Kyneton farmer Alex Sims says he had no money, no experience and no land when he decided to plunge head-long into regenerative farming with...
Farm build right threat
A strategy aimed at protecting productive agricultural land in the Macedon Ranges is being challenged by farmland owners.
The local council's draft Rural Land Use...
A changing landscape?
Accommodation, restaurants and convenience stores could become part of Macedon Ranges’ farming and rural landscape, under the newly released Draft Rural Land Use Strategy.
Greater...
‘Tack-on Sunburyisation’
A developer's bid to subdivide a 60-acre parcel of farmland at Kyneton South into 87 residential lots would be a complete overdevelopment of the...
'Tack-on Sunburyisation'
A developer's bid to subdivide a 60-acre parcel of farmland at Kyneton South into 87 residential lots would be a complete overdevelopment of the...
