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Andrew Mole

Harvest bogged down in disappointment

HE’S not classifying it as a disaster, but Quambatook graingrower Brett Hosking said after almost a year’s rainfall in six weeks – and at the wrong end of the season – this year’s harvest will be very disappointing. And sitting...

17 hours ago

Horse Racing

Coffey’s pay day

HOW do you turn a $37,500 race into a $120,000 purse for the winner?Simple. You give Swan Hill turf magician Harry Coffey the ride on Heat Missile and point them both to the finish line. Which is exactly what the Griffiths-De Kock stable...

10 Dec 2024

Farming and Environment

MLA says meat is safe

THE growing global controversy surrounding feed additive Bovaer has prompted Meat & Livestock Australia managing director Michael Crowley to publicly step into the debate. Growing consumer backlash here and overseas, fuelled by social...

08 Dec 2024

Farming and Environment

Focus on learning droughts lessons

A SMALL army of the scientists and researchers who will help drive the agricultural future of the Mallee brought a focus on drought when they recently visited the region. The visit was part of the launch of the latest Mallee Regional...

07 Dec 2024

Farming and Environment

New shell caters to pistachio growth

AUSTRALIA’S emerging pistachio industry has taken a quantum leap this week at Bannerton, 8km south of Robinvale, with the official unveiling of the Australian Pioneer Pistachio Company’s state-of-art pistachio hulling facility. The...

01 Dec 2024

Business

Elders eyeing a Delta deal

THE Mallee and north-west Victoria’s leading agricultural agency business is about to go through its biggest shake-up in decades. Adelaide-based Elders only needs an ACCC rubber stamp early next year to formalise its $475 million...

24 Nov 2024

Horse Racing

Double shot of Coffey

WHEN it’s the Ararat Cup and more than half of your seven rides for the day – including joint favourite The Genius in the cup – have just been gutted by scratchings, you tend to want to make every post a winner. Harry Coffey headed...

12 Nov 2024

Horse Racing

Kyneton Cup first for Coffey

HARRY Coffey is fast becoming a cups kleptomaniac. Fair dinkum, give him a saddle, a horse and a cup’s race and get out of the way. Incredibly though, Coffey’s win on New York Hurricane in Wednesday’s $125,000 bet365 Kyneton Cup over...

08 Nov 2024

Horse Racing

Jockey and trainer Coffey getting hotter

WHO can keep track of all these cups of Coffey?Just look at the past two weeks. It started with jockey Harry Coffey’s Caulfield Cup. On Saturday, it was trainer dad Austy’s Wycheproof Cup. And Sunday, Harry was back in the saddle, taking out the...

05 Nov 2024

Horse Racing

Jubilant over Rutilant’s win

KERANG-based trainer Donald Hird has only won a single race this season – but he picked the right one to do that. On Saturday, his six-year-old gelding Rutilant took out the $20,000 Balranald Cup after a well judged ride by veteran NSW...

29 Oct 2024

News

Coffey rides to cup glory

HARRY Coffey has done his home town proud by winning the $5 million Group 1 Caulfield Cup on Saturday. His stunning victory has elevated the country-cups king from Swan Hill to racing royalty. And the story just keeps getting better –...

22 Oct 2024

Horse Racing

Coffey’s cup

IF Harry Coffey came back to racing reality with a thud on Sunday, going around at an Echuca bush meeting for $27,000 purses, I doubt he either heard or felt it. Harry was on such a high after winning Saturday’s $5 million Group 1...

22 Oct 2024