Monash Year Two medical students visited the Bonaccord Farm near Lindenow last Thursday to learn about farm-related injury as part of their rural placement.  The visit is part of the statewide program where Year two medical students visit workplaces to get a feel for the sorts of patients they would see in a rural practice, as well as getting a snapshot of living in a rural area and some...

Following recent detections of foot-and-mouth disease and lumpy skin disease overseas, biosecurity has hit the headlines, with national and state biosecurity measures front and centre. Whether it be a dairy farm, a hobby cattle herd, a pet alpaca, or even just an irrigation paddock, biosecurity management and farm biosecurity planning can help protect your property from biosecurity...

A story of resilience, pink diamonds, love and loss, will be told at the annual East Gippsland Women in Agriculture dinner on September 2. Guest speaker, Frauke Bolten-Boshammer, of Kimberley Fine Diamonds, described as ‘relatable’ and ‘brilliant’, will be on hand to share her life experiences. Frauke and her husband arrived in Australia from Germany in 1981 but sadly she was widowed just three...

Despite concerns surrounding the spread of foot ands mouth disease (FMD), Bill Wyndham Livestock’s opening spring store cattle sale last Tuesday defied expectations. “At the end of the day, with what’s been happening with FMD, we were worried where the market had recorrected itself, but we were probably $200-$300 better than what we were predicting,” agent and auctioneer, Jake Fullgrabe, said...

As one amazing chapter nears its end, a new era will begin with Elders Rural. For the past 30 years Mal Nicholls has been the face of Elders’ local wool scene. Over the next 12 months he will transition into retirement, paving the way for the young, with well experienced Madi Gallagher to fill his shoes as district wool manager.  For Mal, it’s been an extraordinary career. “What a journey...