Angus Verley
Horsham, VIC
Angus Verley is the rural reporter at ABC Wimmera. He previously worked at country newspapers in northern Victoria and studied journalism at RMIT University.
He grew up on a sheep and cropping farm at Boort and has always maintained a strong interest in farming, so decided rural reporting was the next best thing.
You can hear Angus on the ABC Western Victoria rural report weekday mornings at 6.15am.
Latest by Angus Verley
Volunteer firefighters go on strike over renewables projects, transmission lines
Volunteer firefighters from dozens of brigades in north central Victoria will refuse to fight fires at properties hosting renewable energy plants or transmission lines.
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'I'm obsessed, it's my whole life': Maxi and other young women are changing the face of shearing
Once a rare sight in a shearing shed, women are now working alongside men in one of the toughest jobs in the country. Here's why that's very good news for the industry.
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Victorian government confirms farmer health funding
The National Centre for Farmer Health has had its funding confirmed, after earlier being told the funding had been cut in the Victorian budget.
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Sheep 'torn to pieces' by wild dogs or dingoes as farmers despair over lack of protection
Until recently, these Victorian farmers could control wild dogs or dingoes but a recent rule change means they can no longer keep the predators at bay.
Vintage plates attached to aging fire truck to protest lack of funding for new regional tankers
CFA volunteers in regional Victoria say their decades-old fire trucks are not fit for purpose, and are calling on the state's emergency services minister to provide more funding.
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Australian lab-grown meat with 'perfect' texture hits the shelves in Singapore
The first product from an Australian cell-cultured meat company has today gone on sale in Singapore, where the Japanese quail cell parfait can be found in high-end restaurants.
Record fine for wine company and manager who stole irrigation water
A court found the conduct was "intentional" and formed part of "planned or organised criminal activity" to tap into a pipeline and steal 365 megalitres.
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Contractors who 'dropped everything' to help during floods paid 17 months later after government 'oversight'
Two earthmoving contractors who worked to protect the town of Koondrook during the October 2022 floods have finally received payment from the state government.
Victoria first state to ban dingo killing on private land to protect species 'at risk of extinction'
In an Australian first, dingoes are now protected on private and public land in north-west Victoria, but farmers worry it will lead to more attacks on livestock.
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Newly announced wine taskforce to spotlight glut as industry reaches crisis point
Very low prices for wine grapes and low demand is putting excessive pressure on the wine industry, leading to the formation of a government taskforce to report on the challenges faced by Australian growers and winemakers.
Freak accident claims life of beloved Victorian farmer
Wimmera farmer Mick Morcom is being remembered as humble, empathetic and community-minded.
Fears over bushfire 'spike day' next week as conditions worsen for western Victorian residents
/ By Angus Verley, Gillian Aeria, Else Kennedy, Kristofor Lawson, Jean Bell, and Tamara Clark
Farmers describe a "wall of flame" after losing machinery and sheds, while homes have been lost and Premier Jacinta Allan warns of dangerous conditions to come in Victoria.
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Turmoil at Victoria's peak farming lobby as members rebel against its leaders
Tensions boil over at the Victorian Farmers Federation as its annual general meeting descends into a shouting match and members try again to oust president Emma Germano.
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The smouldering wreck of Ukraine's dairy industry, where farmers risk their lives to milk surviving cows
In Ukraine, formerly one of Europe's biggest dairy suppliers, 50 per cent of the industry is gone, 200,000 cows have been bombed, and farmers are very much on the front line.
Gippsland community faces six more days without power, phones after killer storm no-one expected
A Mirboo North public meeting hears of a long wait for electricity to be restored after powerful winds felled gum forests, tore through steel sheds, and killed a man.
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Farmers hit with $100,000 insurance bills as extreme weather events become more frequent
Farmers consider running the gauntlet and leaving machinery uninsured as premiums go through the roof, with insurers blaming erratic weather, inflation, and increasing costs for the price hikes.
Union dispute with DP World creates container backlog at Australian ports as meat industry calls for intervention
Ports operator DP World tells a Senate Estimates hearing nearly 55,000 containers filled with consumer goods and farm exports are stuck on the docks due to union stop-work action, as stakeholders call for federal government intervention.
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Farmers frustrated after BOM's El Niño forecast proves costly
Livestock producers say unreliable long-term weather forecasts have played havoc with sheep and cattle prices, after farmers made business decisions based on media reports.
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Supply of plums, peaches and nectarines in doubt as storms ravage stone-fruit orchards
Weeks of wild weather in Victoria is likely to mean less stone fruit on supermarket shelves, after hail and heavy rain smashed Australia's main production regions, costing growers millions of dollars in losses.
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Young mum shears one lamb every 45 seconds to set new world record
A Kiwi shearer who learnt her craft in Australia powers her way to a new women's world record by training seven days a week in the gym.
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At 21, Ellie manages 60 staff and handles hundreds of thousands of tonnes of grain, and she couldn't be happier
What were you doing at 21 years old? Most likely not overseeing the operations at one of the busiest grain receival sites in the country. But it's all in day's work for Ellie Murden.
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When Elie lost her leg aged 20 she thought it would limit her future prospects. Now she is preparing for Paris 2024 gold
Pacific worker and champion shot putter Elie Enock hopes her place at next year's Paralympics in France can inspire other people living with disability to achieve their goals.
Recent rain good news for farmers, but dry spring will see the value of production plummet
The dry spring caused by El Niño and Indian Ocean Dipole climate patterns is expected to result in a $16 billion fall in the value of agriculture this financial year.
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'Dodgy' labour hire company hit with record fine over underpayment, mistreatment of workers
An unlicensed business has been fined more than $600,000, the largest penalty in Australian labour hire licensing law history, for repeatedly supplying underpaid workers to horticulture sites around Melbourne.
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Shearer mows through 830 lambs in one day for Movember fundraiser
A shearer has raised thousands of dollars for the mental health charity by shearing a near-record number of sheep in one day — and all because he couldn't grow a mo.