Moira Shire touts benefits of recovery centre during wild weather
The Moira Shire Council says the recovery centre it activated after Sunday's wild weather in the Strathmerton, Numurkah and Nathalia areas of north-east Victoria has been able to quickly help the...
View Article'Ice' seized in north-east Victorian drug raids
Police have arrested four people and seized a large quantity of drugs after carrying out a series of raids across north-east Victoria.
View ArticleRegional Victoria to get $25m flood support package
The Victorian Government is launching a $25 million support package to help regional communities manage flood risk.
View ArticleLawnmower racing proves a cutting-edge sport
Nearly 30 years after it started as a bit of fun at the pub, lawnmower racing is gaining momentum on the Australian motorsports scene.
View ArticleHow cow pat with message became part of a museum collection
Twenty-five years ago at the annual Women on Farms Gathering in Numurkah the-then Minister of Agriculture was presented with a shovel carrying a cow pat in response to his speech.
View ArticleDairy farmers' unpaid debts hit regional businesses hard
Business owners and dairy farmers talk about the impact the long-running dairy crisis is having on their bottom line.
View ArticleDairy crisis hurting local businesses as farmers' bills go unpaid
Regional small businesses are carrying the unsecured debt of dairy farmers who owe banks an average of nearly $1 million.
View ArticleDairy farmers plan to walk away from industry
Low milk prices and high input costs are pushing dairy farmers to the brink with some saying despite farming for generations they cannot remain in the industry.
View ArticleDecade-long tyre feud ends with a jail sentence, but stockpile remains
An epic legal battle over a tyre dump putting a Victorian community at "extreme risk" is over, but the question now is how to get rid of 5,000 tonnes of hazardous material.
View ArticleThree young dairy families make the leap to lush Tasmania from dry Victoria
By coincidence, former farming neighbours from the Mallee region of Victoria find themselves neighbours again on the green pastures of northern Tasmania.
View ArticleNorthern Victorian tyre dump shut down, owner jailed
A controversial illegal tyre dump in Numurkah, that has posed a fire risk to the community, is shut down by the State Government.
View ArticleThe tiny Victorian town that's powering all of Melbourne's trams
More than 300,000 panels will power Melbourne's entire tram network from a massive solar farm sitting on 500 hectares of land near a sleepy community in the north of the state.
View ArticleHow renewable energy projects farming the sun are revitalising rural towns
Like many country towns, Numurkah near Shepparton in Victoria was struggling. So when energy company Neoen proposed to build a solar farm near the town, they jumped at the chance.
View Article'You're kidding': Rural shire denied drought money for 'not having enough...
Despite being home to dairies, orchards and grain crops, the rural shire of Moira in Victoria has been told it's 0.1 per cent short of agriculture employment to qualify for a drought assistance grant.
View Article'It's an ongoing debacle': Drought money taken away from Moira Shire — again
After being told it was successful, Victoria's Moira Shire misses out on drought grant for a second time, despite the shire having numerous livestock, dairy and cropping farming operations.
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