NewsBite

Our Journalists

Fiona SheeanSenior journalist

Fiona Sheean is a senior journalist at The Weekly Times with more than 20 years’ experience covering rural news, commodities, markets, education, regional travel and country living. Fiona has a strong connection to the land and is passionate about giving voice to the country folk who make up the heart and soul of rural and remote Australia. She has won The Weekly Times Peter Dorrington Award for Best Feature Story and is a two-time Rural Press Club of Victoria journalism award winner.

Latest

Dairy farmer Paul Smith from Mepunga East.

A $6m dairy gamble – and the surprising payoff

The southern hemisphere’s only robotic rotary dairy cost $2 million more than conventional systems but delivers returns three times faster than expected.

0

Nullawarre dairy farmers Mal and Kay-Anne Croft run a small operation but won a national milk quality award. PHOTO: Nicole Cleary

Debt-free farmers scoop top milk quality prize

Small dairy farmers Mal and Kay-Anne Croft have achieved national recognition for milk quality despite operating one of the smallest farms in their district.

MLC student Elise Nixon, Yarrawonga, NSW, will study agriculture after finishing her VCE but hopes to take a gap year as a jillaroo first.

Teenager swaps city school for the outback

Seventeen-year-old Elise Nixon has proven you can take the girl out of the country but not the country out of the girl.

Third-generation farmer Mark Merrett runs a 3080 hectare sheep and cropping operation with his wife Chelsey and parents Ewan and Sharon. at Kaniva. Mark and Chelsey have two children Alexandra, 5, and Jeddy, 3. Mark has a YouTube channel, Merrett Contracting.

Farmer reaps YouTube success

Meet the Kaniva farmer whose defiance of career advice led to YouTube stardom.

Farmers and community members packed the Shady Creek Hall on Tuesday night to oppose the battery storage projects planned for the district.

Farmers charged up over Samsung battery farm plans

More than 200 farmers have packed a community meeting to oppose Samsung’s battery storage projects threatening prime dairy country in West Gippsland.

South-west Victoria dairy farmer Sam Simpson with her children Tom and Biddy Billing, Larpent.

The invisible force supercharging Australia’s dairy cows

Victorian dairy farmer Sam Simpson has transformed her herd from a 25 breeding index average to 300 in just 10 years, proving genetics can deliver extraordinary on-farm gains.

Brothers Lachlan and Travis Bell, Bellevista, Kangaroo Island, SA. The Bell's run a large mixed farming enterprise on KI - sheep, wool and cropping.

Kangaroo Island farmers turn barriers into profits

The 15km stretch of water separating Kangaroo Island from mainland Australia has created both extraordinary challenges and remarkable opportunities for its farmers.

Campbell, Hamish, Mary and Finlay McIntyre, McIntyre Ag, with the new feedlot sheds at their Mooramanna Feedlot.

From small herd to mighty beef empire

From one bull and 27 breeders to a 20,000-head cattle empire – how this Queensland farming family defied agricultural conventions to build their success.

Maloos on the Murray organiser Mat Trevena, Echuca.

Holden utes cruise the Murray

More than 50 rare Holden Maloos worth up to $200,000 have gathered in Echuca for an annual celebration that started with just eight mates after the floods.

Community First Responder for NSW Ambulance and Deputy SES Commander, Tambar Springs, NSW, Robyn Styles with Mia - who had gotten stuck under a house.

First responder keeps tiny town’s heart beating

Rural grandmother Robyn Styles has answered emergency calls at all hours for 25 years, helping save hundreds of lives in her tiny NSW village.

Original URL: https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/journalists/fiona-sheean