End of season arrangements for Macalister/Thomson, Bacchus Marsh and Werribee Irrigation District customers 

More than 95 percent of Australia’s asparagus is grown in a small Victorian area called Koo Wee Rup. It’s a big statistic that becomes clearer when you dig a little deeper and learn this former swamp has the ingredients for success: great soil and secure groundwater.

Tripod Farmers is a fourth-generation family farm in Bacchus Marsh pioneering new technology frontiers in agriculture.

During the devastatingly dry spell of the 2017 to 2020 drought, Josie Zilm realised how the farming community pulling together can make a difference

When Joe Erceg bought his 380-acre Bacchus Marsh property in 2001 he didn’t know world famous sport stars and musicians would be walking on his lawn today. A former broccoli grower, Joe says the grass is greener since switching from growing vegetables to turf.

Southern Rural Water has undertaken improvement works on the Macalister Irrigation District’s Main Northern and Main Southern channel siphons this winter. 

Veteran farmer, Rob Hornby, is embracing high-tech on-farm improvements made possible by our new Newry pipeline. 

The Essential Services Commission has confirmed customer pricing for the coming five years. 

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued an El Nino watch, indicating a 50 percent chance of an El Nino this year, with modelling suggesting sea surface temperatures will be met or exceeded by August of this winter.