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Turnbull’s cherry ripe after orchard trial A TATURA East orchard has successfully completed a trial that saw 12,000 trees planted, including six new cherry varieties, in a high-density, weather-resistant environment. T he $7 75, 0 0 0 t r ia l at Tu r nbu l l Brothers Orchards was made possible with $327,000 of Federal Government funding via its $222M Regional Jobs and Investment Package. Continued Page 6

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Solar for the suburbs...

just not in their backyard

A FUTURE LOOKING ACROSS A MILLION SOLAR PANELS... Rushworth grazier and largest olive grower in the region with 8,000 trees under cultivation faces the prospect of having 1,000Ha of adjoining property covered in solar panels, Photo: Steve Hutcheson

By Steve Hutcheson IMAGINE if you will, an area the size of Carlton, Collingwood, Fitzroy, Abbotsford, Richmond and East Melbourne combined, it will give you an idea of the size of a solar farm currently being proposed to be constructed in Corop on farmland northwest of the township of Rushworth. 1.3 million solar panels are to be installed across 1,099 Ha of irrigatable land currently used for grazing. (Collingwood for instance occupies 130Ha) Naturally, the locals who will have to

look upon this vast array of panels and deal on a daily basis with the glare are not happy. From her back door, olive farmer and grazier, Tina Knight looks across idyllic rolling valleys to distant hills with plans to develop rural farm stays on her historic property that her family has held since 1878 is concerned about the visual and industrial disruption the solar farm will create. The solar farm is on the other side of the irrigation canal that runs the length of the proposed development. Continued Page 6


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