Rural
HELPING HANDS: Family shares the farming experience
Running a small sheep operation at Marengo has been a family bonding exercise more than anything for the Van Santen family.
Carson farming legacy grows
Former Irrewillipe dairy farmers and jersey cattle breeders Alan and Janine Carson can add Jersey Elite Master Breeder to their generous collection of awards from their tenure in the dairy industry.
Rural Scene news in brief
News on fodder and canola research, and the bee-killing varroa mite gets closer to Victoria.
Life in the skies suits the Martins
After more than 25 years of flying, Rob and Sandy Martin have come to learn that you never quite know what you’re going to get.
Grants for revegetation work
Landholders in the Heytesbury district can revegetate their properties, with thousands of native seedlings on offer.
Rural Scene news in brief
Farmers taking up free sign offer; Downward pressure on milk prices; Lamb processing surges 7.7 per cent; and An audit for fodder research.
Cotter clan’s rise to champion status
Pia Cotter, pictured with son Flynn, 2, has been raising suffolk sheep since her teen years. Now Cotter Suffolks have won a major award at Sheepvention.
Virtual fencing gains momentum
Momentum is growing for a national animal welfare code that could pave the way for virtual fencing across Australian farming businesses.