Benalla Ensign

WDCA | Fullager breaks through for maiden century

In a day to remember, talented junior cricketer Jack Fullager scored his maiden century in the under-16s clash against Rovers United Bruck on Saturday.

Meg Saultry

8 hours ago

Mower Mania delights Australia Day crowd

The ever-popular Moorngag Mower Mania took place on Saturday - about two months after it was originally scheduled.

Simon Ruppert

Funds available for Benalla and district sporting clubs

Sporting clubs across Benalla and district are being encouraged to apply for funding through the 2019-2020 Sporting Club Grants Program.

Benalla Ensign

27 Jan 2020

Funds available for Benalla and district sporting clubs

Sporting clubs across Benalla and district are being encouraged to apply for funding through the 2019-2020 Sporting Club Grants Program.

Benalla Ensign

27 Jan 2020

Coffee for a cause at Mokoan Hub and Cafe

Mokoan Hub and Cafe is joining many in this part of the world in doing its bit for the victims of recent bushfires. The crisis has created a tough time for many residents and visitors to north-east Victoria. Like much of the north east the outlook...

Simon Ruppert

12 hours ago

McMillan flying high after world championships

Benalla’s Ailsa McMillan is showing women in gliding just how it’s done, capping off another successful FAI Women’s World Championships last week. McMillan took out four of the nine races at Lake Keepit, just west of Tamworth.

Meg Saultry

Most popular

Euroa man pleads guilty to sexual assaults he ‘can’t remember’

A man who sexually assaulted his daughter, a partner’s daughter and one of his daughter’s friends will have to await his fate after a judge deferred his sentence.

Monique Preston

22 Jan 2020

Education

Wendy Lovell taken to VCAT over super school documents

Wendy Lovell says she has the “upper hand” at a February Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing to determine if the Victorian Government must release information regarding risks involved with Greater Shepparton Secondary College that...

James Bennett

Driver to face court after alleged drink driving incident

A man is set to face court after allegedly being detected driving nearly five times above the legal alcohol limit in Numurkah.

Shepparton News

14 hours ago

Shepparton mother breaks silence about son’s suicide

Seventeen years after losing her son to suicide, Shepparton’s Mary Anderson still wonders what more could have been done. Her son, Brendan, was kind, fun and social but he also battled with a “pain in his head” and at 26, the day...

Morgan Dyer

Shepparton men sentenced over Caniambo home burglary

The family of a Shepparton man charged over a burglary at a Caniambo home wept in court on Thursday as he was handed his jail sentence. Mark Threlfall, 60, was sentenced to six months’ jail and placed on a 12-month community corrections order...

Shepparton News

24 Jan 2020

Forgotten casualties of the Great War

Simon Ruppert

Quilty calls for new CFA trucks

Liberal Democrats Member for Northern Victoria Tim Quilty is backing a CFA call for the state government to fund an upgraded CFA fleet. CFA chief officer Steve Warrington has recently requested the Victorian Government provide up to $200 million to...

Simon Ruppert

In the archives: Severe storm hits Upper Lurg

1970 The long, long east-west freight train - intended to be the first to cross the continent from Sydney to Perth without stopping at state borders for gauge changes, passed non-stop through Benalla. Half a mile of train with two diesels, pulling...

Benalla Ensign

EVENTS

Events

Bikes and Bites Festival

There will be first class family entertainment with a focus on flavours of the world and a music and entertainment area with a strong focus on Shepparton performers. A spectacular side program of BMX stunts, children’s entertainment and an...

Alana Christensen

1 Feb

Events

Pako Festa Geelong Heritage Train

Join us on a special vintage diesel haul heritage train tour to Geelong and enjoy a family day out at Pako Festa Festival. Travel to Pako Festa in our Heritage Train hauled by Blue and Gold heritage locomotives. Passengers will travel in comfortable...

Seymour Telegraph

29 Feb

Events

TatFest 2000

A wonderful festival for families with cultural foods, amusements for children, entertainment for adults, and special events. Entry is free. Site is fenced to make safe for children. Brought to you by the Lions Club of Tatur

Alana Christensen

1 Mar

Regional

Rowan Gribben earns top Arcadia honour

There is nothing like a decked out CFA Hall and the smell of breakfast to know it’s Australia Day in Arcadia. Community members gathered for an early rise to celebrate the occasion and taking the top honour of Arcadia Citizen of the Year was Rowan...

James Bennett

Accused Echuca burglar remanded in custody

AN ACCUSED burglar and thief has been remanded in custody after police allegedly found him in possession of a sawn-off shotgun on Monday. Detective Sergeant Troy Wickham of Campaspe criminal investigation unit said Kyabram police arrested Curtis...

Ivy Jensen

7 hours ago

New police commander

Former Deniliquin police officer Superintendent Paul Smith (pictured) is the new commander for the Murray River Police District, which includes Deniliquin and district. Supt Smith started in the role last week, replacing Supt Evan Quarmby who...

Deniliquin Pastoral Times

The spectre of child abuse: Bryan Pickthall’s story

THE eyes of our elderly hold a thousand stories. Stories of love and loss, of battles won and dreams never realised. For many, they also conceal secrets. Some buried so deep beneath decades of pain, shame and guilt they seem impossible to unearth.

Charmayne Allison

Health service helpers share the honours

The small band of volunteers known as ‘The Wednesday Group’ in Jerilderie has become the second group in recent history to be awarded the Murrumbisgee Council Citizen of the Year Award. Breaking with tradition, council awarded the honour jointly...

Southern Riverina News

Vibrant rural lifestyle

Positioned close to Cobram, the three-bedroom weatherboard home at 1444 Larissa Rd, Yarroweyah, is set on about 20.4 hectares. The comfortable home has a good-size kitchen, dining and lounge area with wood heating and airconditioning. The bathroom...

Cobram Courier

Local legends honoured

Mitchell Shire was buzzing with excitement as a large crowd attended the Australia Day awards and citizenship ceremony at Pyalong Memorial Gardens. Kilmore’s John Perrett was named citizen of the year for his commitment to the Mitchell Shire...

David Rak

7 hours ago

Elise Anderson set for close shave to raise funds for blood cancer

ELISE Anderson is known as the girl at IGA with waist-length hair, but every now and then, she will cut it all off and start again. This time, she is doing it for the Leukemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave.

Anna McGuinness

8 hours ago

Buddies Op Shop broken into twice in five days

For the second time in five days the Buddies Op Shop has been broken into and stolen from. Leading Senior Constable Jeffrey Arandt said early on Tuesday morning the shed behind the St John’s Anglican Church shop was broken into. “They...

McIvor Times

9 hours ago

Tat Chat | Hill Top golf

With 40 points, Trevor Roberts won Saturday’s stableford competition for the Privilege Cup, which is sponsored by Peppermill Shepparton, but, as a visitor he could not claim the privilege of asking members to fill his mug. He did win the...

Shepparton News

27 Jan 2020

Farmers’ calls for freight subsidies answered

Freight subsidies announced last week will help to relieve the financial pressure on farmers in the north east and East Gippsland as they work to recover from bushfire and years of drought. Victorian Shadow Minster for Agriculture Peter Walsh said...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Broaden the terms for royal commission

The proposed royal commission following this season’s fire disasters needs to extend to other natural resource management. Speak Up Campaign deputy chair Lachlan Marshall said we have a natural resource crisis in our nation that must be addressed...

Corowa Free Press

Murphy the magician puts England in a tail-spin

Todd Murphy etched his name into the storied annals of World Cup folklore overnight as part of a stunning - and ultimately match-winning - 10th wicket partnership for Australia. Facing old rival England for a spot in the knockout stage of the...

Tyler Maher

24 Jan 2020

Rural

Aussie farmers supported by new dairy code

The new mandatory dairy code came into effect on January 1. Federal Agriculture Minister Bridget McKenzie said following feedback received from dairy farmers on the draft, the new code prohibits retrospective pricing step downs. It also prevents...

Dairy News

14 Jan 2020

Water

Irrigated farming faces more threats

Victoria’s irrigation industries and related communities seem to be ending 2019 with a potential threat of even more water leaving our agriculture. I sense Canberra and city-centric sympathy to adjusting water sharing in the Murray-Darling...

Country News

17 Dec 2019

Animal Health

Look out for cancer eye

The most common type of tumour or “cancer eye” in cattle is squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer eye is an invasive and rapidly spreading tumour and is economically important, representing 58 per cent of all cancers that result in condemnation of...

Dairy News

29 Dec 2019

Dairy

New year marks a new era for dairy industry

2020 will deliver a fairer go for the more than 5000 Australian dairy farmers who now have more sway with processors under the dairy industry’s Mandatory Code of Conduct.

Rodney Woods

01 Jan 2020

Livestock

Red meat industry set to benefit from new pasture grass research

Australia’s red meat industry is set to benefit from new pasture grass research focused on increasing its production and profitability and helping to safeguard it in a changing climate. Agriculture Victoria research scientists have generated...

Rodney Woods

10 Dec 2019

Markets

Australian consumers and the value of premium products

With temperatures heating up, all eyes are on southern Australia’s harvest prospects. As northern parts of the country experience yet another failed harvest, the southern crop will be paramount for any potential impact on current feed costs. While...

Dairy News

20 Dec 2019

Predicting cow fertility

Agriculture Victoria research scientists have developed a model that can predict how likely a dairy cow is to conceive from first insemination, with up to 77 per cent accuracy. The world-first research combined mid-infrared spectroscopy — which...

Dairy News

14 hours ago

Horticulture

New podcast for horticultural growers

A new resource designed to arm horticultural growers with everything they need to grow their business has been released by Hort Innovation. The podcast series, titled Growing Matters, is now freely available to download or stream through Apple...

Rodney Woods

04 Dec 2019

Dairy

Kyabram the home of new milk processing factory

A new milk processing factory is coming to Kyabram, with the Kyabram Jam Company set to invest $40 million to $50 million to diversify the former SPC-owned IXL site.

Rodney Woods

17 Dec 2019

Machinery & Products

Machinery grants to ease drought burden

Farmers in the north-west Millewa region can now apply for a farm machinery grant to help them maintain on-farm machinery and equipment and prepare for future seasons. Minister for Agriculture Jaclyn Symes opened applications for the Farm Machinery...

Dairy News

14 hours ago

Machinery & Products

New focus for New Holland

It’s a new year and a new focus for New Holland Agriculture with the announcement of a new brand leader for the company’s Australian and New Zealand operations. Former managing director of Iveco Australia/New Zealand Bruce Healy, will take the...

Dairy News

Management

Jerseys rich in family heritage

Patrick Anderson is part of a long family heritage involving the Jersey breed. The 18-year-old dairy farmer from Athlone in Gippsland, Victoria, registered his own stud in 2016, continuing the tradition of using Kings V in the breeder’s prefix...

Dairy News

Water

Trading rules and constraints measures top of agenda at MinCo

Basin states have acknowledged concerns around foreign ownership and monopoly behaviour in the water markets and agreed to ask the ACCC to look at whether changes to trading rules are required and consider registration of brokers across state...

Rodney Woods

17 Dec 2019

Cropping

SunRice slashes jobs

The Federal Government must develop a “bail-out package” for SunRice. That’s the message from NSW Member for Murray Helen Dalton, following the announcement last week another 100 jobs would be lost from the Deniliquin and Leeton rice mills...

Zoe McMaugh

09 Dec 2019

From the Experts

ABV release prompts sire review

The August release of Australian Breeding Values (ABVs) and the upcoming joining season will have dairy farmers around the country thinking about the next best sires to use over their herds. While breeding enthusiasts will delve into great detail...

Dairy News

13 Sep 2019

Milk production on decline

The national milk production pool is expected to drop between three and five per cent in 2019–20 as northern Victoria’s drop in herd sizes and exits from the dairy industry play a major role in the decline. Speaking post the release of Dairy...

Dairy News