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Topics: solar-energy, agribusiness, agricultural-prices, poultry-and-egg-production, livestock, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, warracknabeal-3393
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Topics: solar-energy, agribusiness, agricultural-prices, poultry-and-egg-production, livestock, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, warracknabeal-3393
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| UpdatedA Victorian farmer is the latest to invest in solar power for a financially sustainable future for his family.
Topics: solar-energy, agribusiness, agricultural-prices, poultry-and-egg-production, livestock, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, warracknabeal-3393
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| UpdatedVictoria's Country Fire Authority contains a number of grassfires burning in Victoria's north-west as temperatures across the state push 40 degrees Celsius.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, warracknabeal-3393, donald-3480, vic, australia
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Topics: rural, sheep-production, warracknabeal-3393
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Lamb prices have continued to strengthen throughout June, continuing a good run for producers this year.
Topics: rural, sheep-production, horsham-3400, ballarat-3350, warracknabeal-3393
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TB White & Sons stock agent Xavier Bourke, lamb producers Randal Wait and Wendy Kuhne, private stock agent Graham Summerhayes and Meat and Livestock manager of market information Ben Thomas discuss the current strength of the lamb market.
Topics: rural, sheep-production, horsham-3400, ballarat-3350, warracknabeal-3393
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The Yarriambiack Council says it is close to completing the final designs for permanent flood levees in the north-western Victorian shire.
Topics: floods, urban-development-and-planning, local-government, emergency-planning, warracknabeal-3393
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Drought-affected grain producers in the Wimmera rejoice, as breaking rain draws 2016 crops out of the ground early.
Topics: agricultural-crops, grain, drought, rainfall, warracknabeal-3393
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Health, education and infrastructure projects in Victoria's Wimmera and Mallee have been the largest recipients of funds in this year's state budget.
Topics: budget, states-and-territories, programs-and-initiatives, red-cliffs-3496, donald-3480, merbein-3505, natimuk-3409, irymple-3498, warracknabeal-3393, horsham-3400
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Three Wimmera-Mallee schools have secured nearly $90,000 from the Victorian Government to improve facilities for students with special needs.
Topics: schools, programs-and-initiatives, states-and-territories, horsham-3400, irymple-3498, warracknabeal-3393
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| UpdatedThe Federal Agriculture Minister confirms there is no plan to offer drought grants, available in NSW and Qld, to farmers in other states.
Topics: agricultural-policy, drought, weather, grain, livestock-welfare, warracknabeal-3393
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Federal Agriculture Minster Barnaby Joyce confirms there is no plan to offer drought grants, available in New South Wales and Queensland, to farmers in other states. Read More
Topics: agricultural-policy, agricultural-crops, drought, livestock-welfare, grain, warracknabeal-3393
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Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has visited Warracknabeal and Mildura to get a firsthand look at drought conditions and meet local farmers.
Topics: agricultural-policy, murray-darling-basin, mildura-3500, warracknabeal-3393
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| UpdatedThe Horsham County Court has ordered a Warracknabeal grains handler, in western Victoria, to contribute $50,000 to a local hospital, after an employee was maimed at work.
Topics: courts-and-trials, workplace, warracknabeal-3393
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| UpdatedFour Tasmanian men have teamed up to elevate their barbecue skills to competition levels.
Topics: community-and-society, food-safety, food-and-cooking, event, lifestyle-and-leisure, fingal-7214, warracknabeal-3393
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| UpdatedA small but increasing number of Australian farmers are insuring their crops against drought, and with concern growing about a predicted El Nino and the uncertainties of climate change, many believe this could be the way of the future.
Topics: agricultural-insurance, agribusiness, rural, agricultural-crops, federal-government, warracknabeal-3393, goondiwindi-4390, qld, australia
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| UpdatedThe Mayor of the Yarriambiack Shire says there is no need to alter the western Victorian municipality's electoral structure.
Topics: local-government, warracknabeal-3393, hopetoun-3396, horsham-3400, mildura-3500
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People with disabilities who have suffered sexual abuse as a child will have the chance to speak about their experiences at three forums in western Victoria's Wimmera this week.
Topics: child-abuse, programs-and-initiatives, royal-commissions, disabilities, horsham-3400, nhill-3418, warracknabeal-3393
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| UpdatedRegional Victorians from varied walks of life have shared in the 2015 Queen's Birthday honours.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, community-and-society, regional, vic, ballarat-3350, bendigo-3550, sale-3850, warracknabeal-3393, mildura-3500, boort-3537, paynesville-3880, benalla-3673, numurkah-3636, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690
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Bravery medals are being awarded today to three men who rescued two people and tried to save a third after a fiery plane crash in central Victoria.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, air-and-space, emergency-incidents, vic, bendigo-3550, huntly-3551, underbool-3509, warracknabeal-3393, omeo-3898, portland-3305, gordon-3345
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Police in western Victoria have been told to again consult the community over a bid to relocate an officer's position from the small town of Minyip.
Topics: police, minyip-3392, warracknabeal-3393
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Police in western Victoria say a decision about staffing in the small town of Minyip has been referred to the Assistant Commissioner for the Western Region.
Topics: police, minyip-3392, horsham-3400, warracknabeal-3393
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A four-year-old girl is found dehydrated and distressed after she was locked in a school bus for several hours at Warracknabeal, in Victoria's west.
Topics: accidents, children---preschoolers, local-government, warracknabeal-3393