City Centre reaches key milestone
The Mount Barker District Council’s City Centre project has reached a key milestone for the next stage of development, with the council endorsing the business case and prudential review for its proposed next stage.
Sport
Top 10 finish for Cross
Strathalbyn sheepdog trainer Stefan Cross finished in the top 10 at the Dogpro Supreme Australian Championships in Stanthorpe, Queensland.
Killick our best and fairest
Sophie Killick has taken out this year’s GSNA League Best and Fairest, polling 16 votes – five ahead of Mount Compass’ Annelise Janssen on 11 votes.
Roeger’s new world record run
Langhorne Creek product Michael Roeger has had a busy few weeks, welcoming his second child, Maverick, and setting a world record at the Sydney marathon.
Field of Fortune delivers a winning winter meeting
It was a case of turning adversity into opportunity for the Strathalbyn Racing Club on Sunday, with the club’s Field of Fortune Race Day transferred from its original date after more than 30mm of rain left the track waterlogged.
Rural
Honey, check this out
An avid gardener recently started a bee-rilliant new hobby, of beekeeping, to improve his crops, and has been reaping what he has sown. Goolwa’s Phil Sargent has planted about 200 native species with his brother on their Goolwa property over the...
Milang farmer’s hopes rained on due to unseasonably wet weather
A Milang farmer estimates the unseasonably wet summer has caused about 25 per cent of income loss for grain farmers in the region. His neighbour has recorded 150mm of rain since harvest started since the end of October, and as reported in this...
Advancing women in agriculture
When Currency Creek farmer Belle Baker was growing up, women weren’t always accepted as farmers. These days Ms Baker, with help from her partner Patrick O’Driscoll, is tailor-making courses to help women on the land fill gaps in their knowledge...
A healthy distance advised for livestock welfare
Hazards for livestock and the best methods to protect their health were the subject matters of a recent Milang Agricultural Bureau meeting. Many of the actions undertaken by governments in the early days of COVID parallel methods used by livestock...
