By Lachlan Ellis<\/p>\n
With foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) an ever-present threat for livestock farmers, a free information session has been planned in Ballan, for farmers to discuss the issue.<\/p>\n
Local farmers are invited to head to the Commercial Hotel Ballan at 6.30 pm on Wednesday 17 August, with guest speakers addressing FMD and biosecurity as a whole.<\/p>\n
Vice President of the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) Livestock Group, Scott Young, said the event will allow Moorabool farmers to chat about all kinds of issues they\u2019re facing.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can come along and buy a counter meal, and eat during the meeting, it\u2019ll be pretty low-key. We\u2019ve got Cathy Bunting from the local vet, she\u2019s going to come and have a chat about FMD and lumpy skin disease, and give us some practical advice on how we can improve our on-farm biosecurity,\u201d Mr Young told the Moorabool News.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll also have the speakers from Stock Sense, which is a team run out of the VFF and funded by the government that travels the state doing some biosecurity and animal health information sessions. We\u2019ll have some flyers and stuff there on the night, so farmers can go away with some basics on biosecurity set-ups for their farms.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve all got at least basic biosecurity, so this\u2019ll just give us a heads up on how we can do things a bit better, and improve what we\u2019re already doing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The session will also provide an update on the VFF\u2019s recent work around policy issues, such as rates, powerlines, and animal health.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will also be question time for people to tell us what their issues are, and what they\u2019d like the VFF to be working on. It\u2019s not going to just be about FMD and biosecurity, we\u2019ll be having a general farming chat about what\u2019s going on in the area too,\u201d Mr Young said.<\/p>\n
RSVP your attendance to Kim Tupper on 0448 043 654.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Lachlan Ellis With foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) an ever-present threat for livestock farmers, a free information session has been planned in Ballan, for farmers to discuss the issue. Local farmers are invited to head to the Commercial Hotel Ballan at 6.30 pm on Wednesday 17 August, with guest speakers addressing FMD and biosecurity as a […]<\/p>\n