AN outstanding panel of 35 global experts from as far away as Germany and the United States of America, and local experts, will share their experience and insights at the ‘Raising the Roof 2024’ event later this month to help ensure Australian dairy farmers are investing in the right housing and feeding infrastructure on-farm.

THE 12-hour shearing fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) held last Saturday in Wannon had a great turnout, with around 60 volunteers that pushed through the scorching heat, raising a whopping $35,981.50 for the worthy cause.

IT’S over the halfway mark for the annual six week Anglican Book Fair, with books ‘literally’ marching in and out the door in bundles.

PETE and Marnie Kerr became WestVic Dairy Focus Farmers in April 2022 and will complete the program in April 2024.

MAKE no mistake – Fruit fly infestations have now been identified at Moyston, Rainbow, Hopetoun, Boort, Swan Hill, Merton, Benalla, Langwarrin, Wodonga - if you grow fruit or vegetables - you are at risk.

MILD, wet conditions are ideal conditions for growing grass and other crops, but they are also ideal for many pests to build their numbers.

WHO knew about this until we got a bill?

DUCK hunting season will go ahead in Victoria in 2024, but with limitations. Many hunters feared the sport was under threat, with calls for a duck hunting ban leading to an inquiry taking place last year into whether duck hunting should continue, and if so, under what conditions.

IT is astounding how some ideas are so simple and that nobody has done them sooner.

AFTER a high-risk pregnancy and the subsequent medical care needed at the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne for their new-born child early last year, shearer Ken Bungard and partner Tara Stephens found themselves very grateful to be offered the option of Ronald McDonald House (RMH) as a place to stay.