Deniliquin Pastoral Times

Wanderers hold on

The Deni Wanderers held off a fast finishing Yoogali Football Club side to record a 4-3 win in their final home game of the Griffith & District Football Association reserve grade season.

Jamie Lowe

Narelle nominated for NSW Volunteer of the Year

Art Relief founder Narelle Whitham’s incredible work has been recognised by community members, who have nominated her for the 2019 NSW Volunteer of the Year Award.

Olivia Duffey

Joss celebrates milestone with win

Kaiden Joss celebrated his 100th game for the Deni Rovers in style, with the Roos thirds scoring a massive 159 point win at home over Yarroweyah on Saturday.

Jamie Lowe

Joss celebrates milestone with win

Kaiden Joss celebrated his 100th game for the Deni Rovers in style, with the Roos thirds scoring a massive 159 point win at home over Yarroweyah on Saturday.

Jamie Lowe

Forum to celebrate the resilience of women

Successful local business owners Ellie Danckert, Katrina Myers and Ranii Walker will offer some insights to local women about starting and growing businesses from right here in the Riverina at a special event this Friday.

Zoe McMaugh

Vets play in curtain-raiser for AFL clash

Local veterinarians Nigel McMahon and John Anstee got the chance to live out a dream recently, playing in an AFL curtain raiser clash on MCG.

Jamie Lowe

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Breaking News

Woman jumps from moving car in Moama

A WOMAN in her 40s is likely to be flown to Melbourne after jumping out of a moving car in Moama earlier today. Murray River Police District Inspector Paul Huggett said Moama and Echuca police and Ambulance Victoria were called to Perricoota Rd near...

Ivy Jensen

Campaspe News

Woman breaks neck in Rochester car crash

A ROCHESTER woman in her 40s has been flown from Echuca to Melbourne by air ambulance after suffering a broken neck in a Rochester car crash Saturday afternoon. The woman, in her 40s, was driving her Ford Focus with her daughter as a passenger when...

James Arbuthnott

18 Aug 2019

Woman who jumped from car at Moama looked like she was “hit by truck”

A WOMAN who jumped from a moving vehicle in Moama today looked like she had been ‘‘hit by a truck’’, an eyewitness said.

Ivy Jensen

Man dead after mobility scooter crash

A Seymour man has died after crashing his mobility scooter earlier this month Emergency services were called to Station St on August 5 about 11.15am. The 89-year-old man was driving north west on the footpath when he collided with a public bench...

David Rak

Echuca car yard could have become fiery ‘inferno’

AN ECHUCA car yard was lucky not to become a fiery inferno after an arsonist torched one vehicle and drilled holes in the fuel tanks of five others early Monday.

Ivy Jensen

Sheep expo on tomorrow

Eighteen of the 22 sheep studs participating in this year’s Elders Riverina Sheep Expo are expected to contest the coveted Elders Riverina Merino Ram of the Year title.

Zoe McMaugh

Melbourne woman signs up for Sleepout

Melbourne’s Ina Tuarikiu was visiting a friend in Deniliquin when she read a Pastoral Times article revealing the shocking homelessness statistic for the local area.

Olivia Duffey

New MIL CEO shares his vision

Phil Endley, Murray Irrigation’s new CEO, has shared his focus for irrigation services within the Southern Riverina after starting in the role last week.

Deniliquin Pastoral Times

EVENTS

Moira Film Group screening of Christoper Robin - Yarroweyah

Are you a movie buff? Gather your friends for a wonderful afternoon movie with the friendly community of Yarroweyah. Yarroweyah Memorial Hall committee host a movie on the third Wednesday of the month at the Yarroweyah Memorial Hall from 1:30pm to...

Cobram Courier

21 Aug

Social Art Sessions with Cobram and District Artist Society Group - Barooga

Cobram and District Artist’s Society meet every Thursday 10am to 3pm at Barooga Community Hall. Everyone welcome to share friendship and a common interest of art - if you like to draw, sketch, paint - acrylic, oil, water colour, charcoal, pen...

Cobram Courier

22 Aug

Kenny Broberg - Piano Recital

Kenny Broberg, finalist at the most recent Sydney International Piano Competition, returns to Australia as part of a major recital tour. This is a wonderful opportunity to witness this outstanding musician as his reputation continues to grow. In...

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Alana Christensen

23 Aug

Cafe Culture series

Sharp musicianship and silken four part harmonies fuel this acoustic driven band who presents a flashback to 70s radio sound with impressively penned originals inspired by the big names of the era, America, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, The Band...

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Cobram Courier

30 Aug

Regional

Car stolen from Kialla West property and torched

Police are appealing for witnesses after a vehicle was stolen in Kialla West and later torched yesterday morning.

Liz Mellino

4 hours ago

Pinched hygiene products do the trick

LOCAL homeless are enjoying the use of pinched hygiene products.

Kyabram Free Press

21 hours ago

Product names under threat from EU trade deal

How would you feel about ordering a King Valley sparkling white, instead of a prosecco?

Simon Ruppert

Cenotaph walls develop lean

CAMPASPE Shire council has today (August 15) placed temporary fencing around the Echuca Cenotaph due to structural concerns with the memorial walls surrounding the cenotaph itself.

Lachlan Durling

3 hours ago

Finley High School send representative to ‘Secretary for a day’

Finley High School student Megan Marsden has spent the last two days having an input into education system development as part of a Department of Education program.

Southern Riverina News

09 Aug 2019

Local businesses continue plea for 24-hour police station

Calls for an increased police presence in Cobram continue to grow after a spate of break-and-enter incidents in the district in recent weeks. A mounting number of local business owners are urging the Victorian Government to operate Cobram Police Station around the clock to help address the region’s escalating crime rate.

Dylan Arvela

Chance to get creative

Victorian secondary school students will have the chance to learn from industry-leading creatives as applications open for the Victorian Government’s creative learning partnerships program.

David Rak

2 hours ago

Campaspe News

Woman breaks neck in Rochester car crash

James Arbuthnott

18 Aug 2019

Preps are just getting started

TWO weeks ago Foundation students at Heathcote Primary School celebrated their first 100 days of school. Last week it was Holy Rosary’s turn. Teacher Stephanie Slayter said she was enormously proud of her students and that it was “incredible” to...

Vanessa Wiltshire

12 Aug 2019

Blessing of the Bikes to continue in Tatura

The All Saints Anglican Church in Tatura put the wheels in motion for a new tradition at the weekend with the town’s first Blessing of the Bikes service.

Madeleine Caccianiga

29 Jul 2019

Real Estate Sleep Out Yarrawonga

With temperatures set to drop to as low as 5 degrees on Monday, August 19, the team at First National O’Meara Kennedy Real Estate (OKFN) will brace themselves with blankets and beanies to brave the cold for a good cause. The Real Estate Sleep Out...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Neil Martin retires after 46 years’ service

Neil also affectionately known as Blue has retired from Federation Council following 46 years of loyal service. Federation Council’s Mayor, Cr Patrick Bourke said Neil started work with Corowa Shire Council in 1973 as a draftsman and more recently...

Corowa Free Press

Deniliquin Rovers end finals drought

A hoodoo of epic proportions was broken yesterday when the Deniliquin Rovers’ seniors won their first final in 11 years, nullifying Picola United to take a 37-point elimination final win.

Alex Mitchell

2 hours ago

Rural

Photo competition celebrates the Year of the Paddock Tree

Ravaged by drought, battered by winds and seared by fire, the lone paddock tree has stood the test of time.

Geoff Adams

Water

Irrigation allocations increase

Allocations in the Goulburn-Murray Water irrigation system have taken a substantial move upwards.

Geoff Adams

Animal Health

Preventing lameness in your herd

LAMENESS IN cattle can occur at any time of the year but extremely wet conditions are associated with higher rates of lameness in dairy cows. This is because prolonged exposure to moisture causes the hoof to soften and increases the risk of...

Gemma Chuck

Dairy

Lachlan Marshall starts the process of destocking

Lachlan Marshall’s Blighty dairy farm has hit the trigger point he was hoping it would never make.

Sophie Baldwin

Livestock

Ram sells for $35,000 in Hamilton

A ram by the name of Moorundie 219 sold for a top price of $35,000 at Sheepvention in Hamilton last week, eclipsing the previous record of $31,000.

Sophie Baldwin

12 Aug 2019

Markets

Australian milk production continues to slide, while global markets present opportunities

THE 2018–19 season will most certainly be remembered as an exceptionally challenging season for the Australian dairy industry. Universally high feed costs, record high temporary irrigation water costs and widespread dry seasonal conditions have...

Sofia Omstedt

Country News

Tragowel dairy farmers diversify into a farm stay

Dairying has been a tough gig over the past few years.

Sophie Baldwin

Horticulture

$10m to help combat pest

A further $10million has been invested into sterile fruit fly research as part of a three-year Hort Innovation-managed project.

Country News

24 Jul 2019

Dairy

‘Bold new measures necessary’

More than 130 delegates representing all Australian states and elements of the supply chain in the dairy industry met in Melbourne on July 30 and 31 to frame the key elements of the Australian Dairy Plan.

Country News

09 Aug 2019

Activist almost turned young farmer off agriculture

A pork farmer has told federal politicians that one of his daughters considered dumping her long-held plan to get involved in the business after animal activists invaded the family’s farm.

Geoff Adams

Machinery & Products

Air drills integrate seeding technology

BUILDING ON the best features of the 1990CCS Air Seeder that has been the standard for small grains seeding for the last decade, John Deere has introduced the redesigned N500C Series Air Drills for 2019. These new air drills integrate the latest in...

Dairy News

Management

Looking for a reason to smile

HAPPY COWS mean happy farmers and young Western District farmer Rachael McGrath is doing her best to keep smiling. At 25, Rachael is taking over management of her family farm which has endured years of adversity and setbacks. With a good 2019...

Rick Bayne

Water

McKenzie and Drum talk about water

Country News caught up with Federal Agriculture Minister Bridget McKenzie and Federal Member for Nicholls Damian Drum last week at the University of Melbourne’s Dookie Campus. Reporter Rodney Woods put the topic of water on the agenda.

Rodney Woods

Cropping

Survey into skills project

NSW grain and cotton growers are being encouraged to have their say in a statewide survey to gather critical information about the impact of the AgSkilled initiative in meeting the training needs of their respective industries.

Country News

08 Aug 2019

From the Experts

California faces similar dairy issues

MULTIPLE DEMANDS on irrigation water, stricter environmental controls and pressures from animal activists are some of the issues that are similar for Californian dairy farmers and those in Australia. Animal scientist Dr Russ Hovey drew some...

Dairy News

14 Jun 2019

Meet the millennials helping revive the ‘ghost town’ of Graytown

What could possibly entice a couple in their early 20s to move to a “gold mining ghost town” in Central Victoria?

Vanessa Wiltshire