Skipton
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Oct 21, 2026
Lisa MillerGUEST
It's related to clovers in crop rotations.
Lisa MillerGUEST
And I'm working with a really good group of young farmers over near Skipton and Rokewood.
Lisa MillerGUEST
And they've been trialling all these different things for the last few years.
Lisa MillerGUEST
And I've just been surprised, I suppose, at how much innovation and creativity that they've had.
Libby PriceHOST
And they're sort of within a reasonable range of each other, aren't they?
Pat MillierGUEST
Yeah, we've sort of got some at, one at Rooks, it's at Rokewood and Coriol, Skipton and, yeah, there's a sort of late Bailik and Wallora area, so, and north of, just south of Ararat.
Pat MillierGUEST
So, yeah, not too bad proximity, really.
Pat MillierGUEST
No.
Peter DalhouseGUEST
Yeah, there was another bloke who's an earth mover who's building about two kilometres away from us and that was really good to have both of us building more or less at the same time because we could share a bit of knowledge and, you know, exchange things.
Peter DalhouseGUEST
And there's a few around the district, you know, Skipton and... one out at Invermay and so on.
Peter DalhouseGUEST
So, you know, there were, but not too many, yeah.
Alister MicallifHOST
Yeah, no, it's fascinating.
Ruth CastrainSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Um, I think that this has been a good process.
Ruth CastrainSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They seem to have engaged well with the Skipton, uh, and local communities.
Ruth CastrainSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They've certainly spoken to council on, uh, councillors on numerous occasions.
Ruth CastrainSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Uh, the footprint is relatively small, and the transmission lines are going to be underground.
Kevin ButlerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And we'll go for another few more months.
Kevin ButlerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I think Skipton is still going.
Kevin ButlerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We're certainly up at Carnarvon.
Kevin ButlerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If we can have multiple units... as in farm fire units at the metaphorically at the point of ignition that spirit in it's going to limit the size of these terrible fires that cause such catastrophic impacts on farmers and their fencing and their livelihoods and indeed their homes.