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Andrew Mole

Hunting for the golden fleece

SEASON and circumstance will be putting a lot of pressure on the fleece competition at this year’s Whitfield Excavations Swan Hill Show. Long-term senior steward Carl Fox, supported by stewards Peter Pryor and Tony Fox, said a tough...

02 Oct 2024

Horse Racing

Did Hobson quinella tell us the AFL premiers?

Punters love omens – let’s be honest, we all do. So if any football fans were hoping for some kind of sign ahead of tomorrow’s grand final, they might have found inspiration at the Swan Hill races on Tuesday. Where in the $27,000 Busbiz. net. au...

01 Oct 2024

Farming and Environment

Wean calves early

AGRICULTURE Victoria livestock development officer Nick Linden believes that as a result of low feed availability, producers with autumn calving cows may be considering weaning calves earlier than normal. Mr Linden says early weaning is an immediate...

30 Sep 2024

Community

Fiery show demonstrations the real deal

WITH two recent house fires in town, the CFA’s training unit will be delivering critical safety messages and dramatic fiery demonstrations at this year’s Swan Hill show. The CFA mobile training prop gives firefighters a chance to work...

28 Sep 2024

Farming and Environment

Filling gaps for a farming future

NARRAPORT’S Bill Lee took a fairly short round trip on his way to a Bachelor of Agriculture at the University of Melbourne and back to the family farm. He took a gap year where he spent six months working on the farm and another...

14 Sep 2024

Farming and Environment

Ouyen stud ram sale bucks trend

OUYEN-based poll merino stud Tamaleuca defied tough industry conditions to record a total clearance at its annual on-property ram sale last month. With 60 rams offered and sold to a high of $3400 and average of $1599, Tamaleuca’s Danni Wilson says...

12 Sep 2024

Horse Racing

Coffey heart-starter

HARRY Coffey must have shares in a chemical company which produces blood pressure medication. His penchant for waiting until the last stride to win a lot of races surely plays havoc with the heart rates of punters, owners and trainers. And the Swan...

10 Sep 2024

Horse Racing

Team effort pays dividends

IT takes a team to win a horse race, and for Swan Hill trainer Helen Burns it also needed a jockey – and the jockey’s manager – to get the job done at Mildura on Saturday. Fellow local trainer Nathan Hobson used a different approach for his win...

10 Sep 2024

Business

Tidy books for farms

FARMING might start in the paddock, but it certainly doesn’t end there. In fact, make or break for farm businesses is just as often decided in front of a computer screen and in farm management programs. Mallee farmers have been invited...

08 Sep 2024

Horse Racing

Coffey’s fast form

SWAN Hill jockey Harry Coffey has been packing them in for the new racing season – and was at it again at Pakenham’s synthetic track on Friday night. He took out the $40,000 Sportsbet Fast Form over 1600m riding red-hot favourite Carnival Row for...

03 Sep 2024

Farming and Environment

Warnings on hay days ahead

AS the green drought drags on, industry specialists are urgently advising farmers to fill their sheds with hay this season to stay ahead of warnings about potential shortages. Feed Central national sales manager Dave Clothier said already low stocks...

01 Sep 2024

Farming and Environment

Ram sales out of the gate

THE northern Victorian ram-selling season is under way and one of the first cabs off the rank was Kedleston Park Poll Merino. Its annual on-property sale launched with the privately negotiated sale of the outstanding KP 23.0059 just before the...

31 Aug 2024