Riverine Herald Single Story Panel 1 2022-11-03

Publish Time: 10:00 am

Environment

Questions raised over Loch Garry operation

Geoff Adams

Farmers are raising questions over the management of Loch Garry.
The structure failed to be operated in accordance with the Loch Garry agreement, established in legislation.
It protects land on the lower Goulburn floodplain from moderate flooding.

Riverine Herald Single Story Panel 2 2022-11-03

Publish Time: 01:00 pm

Floods

Farmer to lose at least 30 per cent of crops to floodwater

Monique Preston

A large chunk of the crops on a Bunbartha property are under water or in paddocks that will be too wet to harvest.
John Stephens and his father David had to move 100 Holsteins they had agisted on the property to higher ground.
The cows are now in a paddock close to David’s house, where they are being fed wrapped hay they baled last year.

Riverine Herald Single Story Panel 3 2022-11-03

Publish Time: 08:00 pm

Community

Small communities punch above their weight

Geoff Adams

Small villages and rural towns have been battling the floods in hastily organised emergency operations.
Most were just local farmers and students who filled sandbags, co-ordinated transport and provided catering.
Two of the communities north of Shepparton, Picola and Kaarimba, were visited by Country News on Friday, October 28.

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Thursday, 3rd November 2022