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PM Edition

‘Grateful’: Farmers share their relief over widespread rain

Rain has boosted farmers’ spirits and will help to germinate crops but the challenge is far from over. We break down the best totals.

Inside the dairy farm sales that defied a year of declining values

Tighter farmgate milk prices and green drought conditions affected dairy farmland prices this year, but some big deals defined the market.

Victorian government fails to deliver water register

The cost of building a new Victorian water register has blown out to at least $36m. But after five years it is still not operational.

All the action from the Casterton kelpie muster

Casterton welcomed visitors from all over Australia to its annual kelpie muster and working dog auction at the weekend. See our picture gallery.

Picture gallery: Australia’s finest horse riders in action

Some of the best riders in the nation gathered for the Melbourne International Three Day Event. See our collection of the best photos from the weekend.

‘A disaster’: De Bortoli rips out vines as drinkers lose interest

The patriarch of one of Australia’s largest family owned vineyards is doing the unthinkable, and ripping out 40-year-old vines as wine consumption slides.

‘It’s a tough comp’: Corowa-Rutherglen deals with player drain

Corowa-Rutherglen has slumped to another loss with challenges coming on and off the field for first-year coach Daryn Cresswell.

$4.4m illegal tobacco crop seized near Shepparton

Authorities have found and destroyed more than 20 tonnes of illicit tobacco in Victoria’s Goulburn Valley.