farming
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Good yarding of Kyneton weaners
Kyneton livestock agents yarded just on 1500 head at the annual weaner cattle sale held last Wednesday.
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Local landcarer joins taskforce
Pipers Creek Landcare member Peter Sporle has been invited to join the Victorian Gorse Taskforce committee.
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Severe weather prompts farm shelter reminder
Livestock owners are reminded to ensure they provide adequate shelter for their livestock.
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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…
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Chandpara Stud sheep supreme
Chandpara Southdown Stud enjoyed success at the Victorian Sheep Show, held at Ballarat Showgrounds last month. The Tylden stud won…
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Sweet smell of success
When the Whiteman family moved from inner city Melbourne to rural Chintin in the Macedon Ranges in 2018, they had…
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Blaze spotlights dog attacks
A devastating shed fire at Yapeen in recent days spotlights a wider issue of dogs attacking livestock in the area….
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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…
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Farm build right threat
A strategy aimed at protecting productive agricultural land in the Macedon Ranges is being challenged by farmland owners. The local…
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A changing landscape?
Accommodation, restaurants and convenience stores could become part of Macedon Ranges’ farming and rural landscape, under the newly released Draft…
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‘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…
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'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…