Tag: Birchip 3483
Low spring rainfall dashes harvest hopes
Victoria's peak farming body says it is expecting the Mallee's grain harvest to begin in earnest next week.[MORE]
Drought policy review panel visits western Vic
A Federal Government drought policy review panel is sitting in western Victoria today.[MORE]
Indigenous site halts Wimmera-Mallee pipeline work
Work has ground to a halt on two sections of the Wimmera-Mallee pipeline after crews disturbed an Aboriginal heritage site.[MORE]
Report asks governments to tackle rural decline
A Victorian farm research group wants governments to commit to halting the decline of small, rural communities.[MORE]
Birchip, Wycheproof to get water storage boost
The storages of two Mallee towns will be filled and there will be a limited farm dam-fill in parts of the Mallee from water from the Waranga Channel system.[MORE]
No plans for extra Buloke Shire police
Victorian police says there are no current plans to change the number of officers stationed in the Buloke Shire.[MORE]
Buloke Mayor up-beat about new CEO
Buloke Shire, in western Victoria, is confident it has put recent years of administrative turmoil behind it with the signing of a new chief executive officer (CEO).[MORE]
Growers urged against legal action over grain contract shortfalls
A lawyer says farmers are probably best to avoid taking legal action as they try to deal with shortfalls in their grain supply contracts.[MORE]
Farmers forum to discuss grain contracts
Grain growers will meet in the Mallee in Western Victoria today, to establish how many farmers have been caught by signing forward contracts for this season's crop.[MORE]
Plans under way to secure new Birchip doctor
The East Wimmera Health Service says it hopes a new full-time doctor will begin service at its Birchip hospital next month.[MORE]
Growers urged to seek help after dry winter
A Wimmera-Mallee Mayor in western Victoria says while he is hopeful of good spring rainfall, some crops in his region have already died from a lack of rain.[MORE]
Format change for Grains Research Expo
Funding cuts have forced the organisers of a Wimmera-Mallee agriculture expo, in western Victoria, to change the format of this year's event.[MORE]
First local council conference to be held in Birchip
About 200 representatives from small councils across Victoria are set to gather in Birchip later this year.[MORE]
Police want upgrade of 'grey spot' intersection
Birchip police are calling for local residents to come forward with their stories about a dangerous intersection near the town.[MORE]
Police uncover bunker hydroponics
Police will interview a man after the discovery of a hydroponics set-up in an underground bunker at a farm in the Mallee, in western Victoria, yesterday.[MORE]
