Macedon Ranges Agriculture Alliance
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Rural land plan axed
Macedon Ranges Shire Council has axed its controversial draft Rural Land Use Strategy. Councillors voted unanimously in support of a recommendation not to progress the strategy last week following 177 community submissions. The strategy proposed a swathe of rural land changes including rezoning large areas of farmland that would restrict primary producers who wish to…
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Farmers push for strategy rethink
Farmers have united in a bid for a fairer deal in Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s Draft Rural Land Use Strategy. The strategy proposes rezoning pockets of Farm Zone land to Rural Conservation that would restrict primary producers who wish to diversify away from or change their agricultural focus. It’s a move that Pipers Creek farmer…