The Devondaler – MG’s community newspaper

Sibling partnership in dairying role

Sibling partnership in dairying role

15th February 2012 | By ROBERT WHITE WHEN Allison Potter had her baby son, Logan, 13 months ago, she knew that she couldn’t continue her career as a Murray Goulburn ...

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Persistence pays for determined dairy man

Persistence pays for determined dairy man

12th January 2012 | By ROBERT WHITE PERSISTENCE is a key trait for any dairy farmer and Kane Smollenaars has it by the vat full. Consider this. He left school to ...

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Up and Running

Up and Running

8th December 2011 | MG chief outlines big changes MURRAY Goulburn’s newly appointed managing director, Gary Helou, has hit the ground running with promises to take on the co-operative’s cost ...

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Natalie brings wealth of skills to board table

Natalie brings wealth of skills to board table

8th December 2011 | By ROBERT WHITE IT would be easy to tell the story of Natalie Aker’s election to the Murray Goulburn board in terms of the obvious. She ...

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Look … no hands!

Look … no hands!

8th December 2011 | Robots take the hard work out of milking By ROBERT WHITE ROBERT Henningsen has 480 cows on the family farm just north of Mount Gambier. And he ...

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‘Give Dairying a go’ is couple’s message

‘Give Dairying a go’ is couple’s message

17th November 2011 | By ROBERT WHITE IF ever a couple was needed to play a role in an advertising campaign promoting the dairy industry, John and Vanessa Sharman would ...

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Farm life appeals to Ash after army life

Farm life appeals to Ash after army life

16th November 2011 | By ROBERT WHITE WHEN Ash Barr was helping the people of East Timor re-build their war-torn country, working on a dairy farm was not a priority. As ...

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Shane’s world of dairying

Shane’s world of dairying

16th November 2011 | By ROBERT WHITE SHANE Gardiner is off to see the dairy world – literally. Shane, 31, is one of five young South Australian dairy farmers who will ...

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Milking the rewards of catering success

Milking the rewards of catering success

10th October 2011 | By ROBERT WHITE HOW does this sound for starters? Herbed pikelets with pear and blue cheese. And then followed up with … Pesto chicken and butter bean on ciabatta ...

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Family back in dairy after drought setback

Family back in dairy after drought setback

10th October 2011 | By ROBERT WHITE ALMOST five years ago, the Cavallaro family decided enough was enough. Strangled by the effects of the drought, they decided to give dairy farming ...

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