Alex Sinnott

With a background as both a dairy farmer and mental health counsellor, Sarah Crosthwaite has a unique perspective on what makes primary producers tick.

International dairy prices are 17 per cent higher than eight months ago when processors were mandated to reveal their opening prices, industry analysts say.

Local Government Minister Nick Staikos has ruled out council mergers, after former premier Jeff Kennett says a municipal shake-up is needed statewide.

Alysha and Ryan Conlan’s lives used to be like the television renovation madness of The Block. These days, the southwest Victorian couple have built a career that’s more like TV sitcoms Always Greener or The Good Life.

Dairy farmers statewide are bracing themselves for a summer of fodder scarcity with a woeful winter and sunbaked spring delivering poor yields.

Green and gold is the colour theme for southwest Victorian dairy farmers like Cobden’s Duncan Morris.

Dairy leaders are warning processors not to use a new report into farm performance as a reason to keep farmgate prices artificially low.

A temporary pause on maternal services at a south west Victorian hospital has sent shockwaves through communities, with many expectant mothers worried in the final trimesters of their pregnancies.

Colac region farmers Greg and Kim Wilson have taken out top honours at the 2024 Great South West Dairy Awards.

A farmer-led campaign against a proposal to build one of Australia’s largest solar facilities will kick into the new year, with a parliamentary review on the cards.