Sport

The stage is ideally set for one of two of the Western Border Football League’s longest running premiership droughts to officially come to an end.

West Gambier, without a flag since 1971 and Millicent, currently on a 26 year drought, will meet in next Saturday’s 2nd semi-final. Read more »

Entertainment

Great prizes are up for grabs for local bands who recapture the golden years of rock, country and pop music at the Retro Battle of the Sounds competition at the Mount Gambier Showgrounds on October 23.

Mal Ronay from the Nightfly Management Group is looking for local talent to strut their stuff by performing songs written and/or recorded prior to 1980. Read more »

Business

Full blood Wagyu beef from Millicent’s Mayura Station has been awarded a gold medal at the National Produce Awards for the second consecutive year.

The ultra-premium beef produced on some of the Limestone Coast’s richest grazing land was a stand-out entry in the “From the Paddock” category, out-shining some of the country’s best pork, quail, veal, rabbit and lamb. Read more »

Glencoe farmers Joyce and Lyndon Cleggett from Brookleigh Dairy have won the title of top dairy producers in the South East of South Australia region at the fourth annual Westpac Agribusiness and Dairy Australia Australian Dairy Business of the Year Competition.

The couple, who work 340 cows on only 93 hectares, were thrilled to accept the honour. Read more »

Rural

The South East Natural Resources Management board has funded Precision Agriculture Association (SPAA) to pilot a one year project to increase the adoption of precision viticulture (PV) by grape growers.

The project will involve viticulturalists from the Limestone Coast, growers, consultants and grower liaison officers. Read more »

Fourth and fifth generation farmers at Allendale East, Trevor and Brendan Ashby, have had a long association with the land, witnessing many changes within the dairy industry.

Their “Caveview” property milks 320 cows and its annual milk production is 2.2 million  litres. Read more »