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(as at November 1996).**


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The Albury-Wodonga
Industrial and
Commercial
Register, April 1997,

produced by
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the
Albury-Wodonga
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and closely adjoining
regions including the
following Cities (C)
and Shires (S):
Albury (C),
Wodonga (C),
Corowa (S),
Hume (S),
Culcairn (S),
Holbrook (S),
Towong (S),
Indigo (S),
Alpine (S) and
Milawa (S).

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This section has listings in the following categories:
Agri-Businesses
Agricultural Machinery and Equipment
Services to Agriculture
Engineering Consultancy
Forestry and Logging
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Agribusiness Industries

Alpacas | Apples | Aquaculture | Asparagus | Blueberries | Chestnuts | Citrus Fruit | Contract Harvesting | Cut Flowers | Dairy | Deer Farming | Emu | Food and Fruit Processing | Garlic and Green Garlic Shoots | Grain | Hazlenuts | Herbs | Honey | Hops | Kiwifruit | Livestock | Mustard Seed | Peppermint | Persimmons | Rubus Growers | Seed | Sheep Milking | Stone Fruit | Timber | Tobacco | Training | Transport | Vegetables | Walnuts | Water | Water Chestnuts | Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Marketers | Wine | Worms

Alpacas

  • Alpaca fleece production.
  • S&I McGregor, Chiltern

Apples
Primarilly for the fresh fruit market, some juice production.

  • R Sinclair, Stanley
  • Snowline Fruits, Stanley
  • K Nightingale, Wandiligong

Aquaculture - Trout and Salmon
Fresh table trout and salmon, pate, mousse, smoked and cured products, sausages, gravlax. Some tourist facilities.

  • Beechworth Trout Farm, Beechworth
  • Crystal Waters Trout Farm, Harrietville
  • Eskdale Trout Farm, Eskdale
  • Harveys Fish Farm, Albury
  • Hume Weir Trout Farm, Hume Weir
  • Laurel Hill Trout Farm, Eskdale
  • Mountain Fresh Trout Farm, Bright
  • Upper Murray Fish Farm, Nariel

Aquaculture - Yabbies

  • Bright Creek Yabbies, Kergunyah
  • Premier Yabbies, Culcairn

Aquaculture - Worms
Aquatic worms for aquarium pet trade industry and zoos.

  • Victorian Aquatic Worms, Beechworth

Asparagus
Fresh asparagus for fresh fruit and vegetable markets, domestic consumption.

  • N Mautone, Myrtleford
  • H&D Ruaro, Myrtleford
  • R Smith, Albury

Blueberries
Fruit for fresh fruit market, some processing.

  • L Consignani, Myrtleford
  • G Daws, Myrtleford

Chestnuts
Fresh chestnuts, some 'pick your own' tourist facilities.

  • Highgrove Orchards, Stanley

Citrus Fruit
Oranges, lemons, grapefruit and mandarin for fresh fruit and juicing.

  • G Colson, South Wangaratta
  • J Emslie, Wangaratta

Contract Harvesting

  • Leon and Jason Schilg, Walla Walla

Cut Flowers
Cut flowers including roses, gerberas, altriermia, carnations.

  • C Eldred & R Bone, Wandiligong
  • L Bisinella, Myrtleford

Dairy Industry
Milk for processing and packaging.
Approximately 340 regional producers (dairy farms).

Key contact:
S Crooke, via Wodonga

Dairy Processing
Fresh milk and cream products, cheeses and dried milk products:

  • Haberfield/Parmalat, Albury-Wodonga
  • Milawa Cheese Company, Milawa
  • Murray Goulburn, Kiewa

Dairy - Speciality Cheeses
Made from cows milk, goats milk and sheep milk using traditional methods and without preservatives.

  • Milawa Cheese Factory, Milawa

Deer Farming
Venison meat, Antler velvet, skins and other by-products.

  • Beckvale Pty Ltd, Barnawatha

Emu
Emu meat, oil, skins and breeding stock.

  • R Cavedon, Myrtleford
  • Gooramadda Emus, Gooramadda

Food and Fruit Processing
Fruit based jams, marmalades, preserves, marinades and other products.

  • S Alker-Jones (preserves), Albury
  • Beechworth Preserves, Beechworth
  • B.T.S. (preserves), Albury
  • Cocktails in Chocolate, Wodonga
  • M Hyslop (preserved eggplant), Gooramadda
  • Kiewa Valley Olive Oil, Bright
  • R Little (jams, marmalades, preserves, marinades), Yackandandah
  • R Mortimer (honey), Bellbridge

Garlic and Green Garlic Shoots

Key contact:
P Ward, Swanpool

Grain Merchants
Wheat for stock feed and flour, Triticale, Lupins, Canola and Oats.

  • Whitty Produce Pty Ltd, Wangaratta

Grain Production
Wheat, Triticale, Barley, Oilseeds, Canola, Linseed, Peas, Lupins.
Over 250 grain producers in area.

Key contact:
Institute for Integrated Agricultural Development, Rutherglen

Grain Processing - Bunge
Wheat and other coarse grain - Triticale, Barley, Oats, Lupins, Peas for stock feed for pig, cattle and poultry industries.

  • Bunge Feeds Pty Ltd, Corowa

Grain Processing - Uncle Tobys
Manufacturer of a range of cereal and nutritional and snack products.

  • Uncle Tobys, Wahgunyah

Hazlenuts
Approx 30 "commercial" producers with between 250 - 2500 trees

Key Contact:
P Jamieson, Wangaratta

Herbs
Medicinal, culinary and specialist herbs grown by approx 30-40 producers with between 1 and 10 acres put to herbs.

Individual growers:

  • Pantry Herbs, I McLeod, Tawonga South
  • S Masters, Corryong
Key contact:
Robert Down Enterprises, Alexandra;
Southern Light Herbs, Maldon

Honey
At least 10 major growers and numerous small "backyard" operators

Individual growers include:

  • Beechworth Honey, Beechworth
  • R Mortimer, Bellbridge
  • Walkabout Apiaries, Milawa

Hops
Currently 14 growers with 300ha total acerage

Key contact:
G. Hughes, Roshrever Hop Gardens, Myrtleford

Kiwifruit
6 producers in the region.

Key contact:
J McNamara, Whorouly;
R&F Rinaldi, Myrtleford

Livestock - Beef
Approx 2000 producers located throughout the region including grass fed, beef only, mixed farms and grain feedlots.
Saleyards located at Wodonga, Wangaratta and Benalla.
7(+) Abattoirs located within region, most beef processed locally.

Contacts:
C&J Highett, Milawa;
N Kerr, Tallangatta;
M Conroy, Milawa;
J Yelland, Milawa;
G Perry, Wangaratta;
Meat Research Corporation, Sydney;
P Dargan, Wangaratta

Livestock - Lamb and Sheep for meat
Approx 1000 growers within region.

Contact:
Institute for Integrated Agricultural Development, Rutherglen

Livestock Processing

Processing carcasses including pigs, sheep, lambs, cattle, bobby calves, horses, venison, goats and buffalo; skins and hides; edible offal; tallow; pet food raw materials; guts, runners; blood.
7(+) Abattoirs within region.
1 Sausage casing manufacturer in Wangaratta.
3 sheepskin processing plants.
  • Barnawartha Abattoirs;
  • Bunge Livestock Industries, Corowa;
  • GFM Meats, Myrtleford;
  • Wang Meat Co, Wangaratta;
  • McKay Casings, Wangaratta;
  • Southern Pacific Sheepskins, Benalla;
  • General Abattoir Services, Wodonga;
  • C Stephenson, Wangaratta;
  • Wodonga Meats;
  • B Mahoney, Mansfield;
  • Lambskin Products, Benalla

Mustard Seed

  • Milawa Mustard, Milawa

Peppermint
Approx 13 growers.

Key contacts:
Ovens Research Station;
Corryong Essential Oils;
VicMint Partners, Ascot Vale

Persimmons
Currently 2 growers

Contact:
R&W Wood, Tallangatta

Rubus Growers
Raspberries, Red and Black Currants, English Gooseberries, Blackberries and hybrids
Approx 9 farms in region

Individual growers include:

  • R&P Serpell, Dederang
  • Highgrove Orchards, Stanley

Seed Merchants
Pasture grass and clover seed
Approx 6 merchants, seed sourced locally (50%), south east South Australia and New Zealand

Key Contact:
MJ Smyth and Sons, Benalla

Seed Production
Approximately 23 producers - temperate grass seeds, specialist seeds, mixed seeds and sub clover seed.

Contacts:
Parkseeds, Mansfield
Upper Murray Seeds, Corryong
Baker Seed Company, Rutherglen

Sheep Milking

  • S Campbell, "Cooloongatta", Wangaratta

Stone Fruit
Peaches, nectarines, cherries, apricots and plums.
At least 14 growers in region.

  • Collins, "Rokewood", Table Top
  • Wandin Valley Farms, Glenrowan
  • D Buck, Wangaratta
  • L Wilson, Wangaratta
  • B&V Gray, Albury

Timber - Softwood
40+ growers, public and private plantations

Contacts (public):
VPC, Myrtleford
Wangaratta Regional Development Coropration
Ovens Research Station, Myrtleford
Contacts (private):
North East Victoria Forest Growers Co-operative

Timber - Hardwood
7 mills in region, timber mostly sourced from public land.

Key Contact:
DCNR, Wodonga and Myrtleford

Timber - Processing

  • Carter Holt Harvey, Myrtleford
  • Australian Newsprint Mills, Albury
  • Monsbent, Benalla
  • Dominance, Wangaratta
  • Consair Sustainable Specialty Timber, Yackandandah
  • Dehydration Kilns Australia, Yackandandah

Timber - Farm Forestry

  • Australian Newsprint Mills, Albury
  • SINE, Myrtleford
  • NE Farm Forrestry Network
  • NE Farm Forrestry Co-Operative
  • Murray Darling Basin Commission
  • Ovens Water
  • Ovens Research Station, Myrtelford

Tobacco
100+ growers

Key contact:
Tobacco Co-Operative of Victoria
Ovens Research Station, Myrtleford

Training
10 providers offering agriculture related courses

  • Agriculture Victoria, Tatura
  • Albury Wodonga Group Training
  • Charles Sturt University
  • Goulburn Valley Group Training
  • Ovens and King Valley Community Health Centres
  • Permaculture Design
  • Secondary School Colleges
  • The Centre for Adult and Community Education
  • Wangaratta College of TAFE
  • Wodonga College of TAFE

Transport
Provision of transport services to the agricultural sector includes but in no way limited to:

  • Buffalo Livestock Transport, Wodonga
  • DM Collis, Walbundrie
  • Day's Freight Lines, Oaklands
  • D&M Elliot, Bethanga
  • J Elliott, Leneva West
  • Finemores Transport, Wagga Wagga
  • Franks Transport, Tallangatta
  • Greenfreight, Myrtleford
  • LM Hauser, Wodonga
  • C Healy, Bonegilla
  • Corryong Transport, Corryong
  • Lewington's Transoprt, Wodonga
  • AJ&CE Moyle, Bullioh
  • Murray Transport, Mudgegonga
  • Tresidder Transport, Wodonga
  • Milawa Transport Company, Wangaratta
  • Canning Carrying Company, Wangaratta

Vegetables
Various growers - cabbages, capsicums, tomatoes, pumpkins, brocolli, cauliflower, leeks, corn, onions, squash, carrots, mushrooms, zucinni, lettuce etc

Growers include:

  • B Patton Hydroponic Tomatoes, Albury
  • B&V Gray, Albury
  • Gooramadda Lettuce Farm, Rutherglen
  • C Rigoni, Mt Beauty
  • Alpine Produce, Myrtleford
  • J LaSpina, Whorouly

Walnuts
9+ growers, 250+ acres under production

Growers include:

  • G Gasser, Gapstead

Water
Water management and provision - North East Victoria:

  • Goulburn Murray Water,
  • Urban Water Authorities - Kiewa Murray Water; Ovens Water; Mid Goulburn Water
  • North Eastern Regional Catchment and Land Protection Board, Wodonga
  • River Management Authorities - Upper North East RMA; Broken River Management Board; North East Waterways

Water Buffalo

  • Lake Hume Buffalo

Water Chestnuts
Various growers including:

  • P Edwards, Corowa
  • G Maddock, Yackandandah

Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Marketers

  • Wangaratta Produce, Wangaratta
  • Nufruit, Wangaratta
  • Arnold's, Wodonga
  • Intanat (Aust), Albury

Wine
78 specialist grape growers, 32 wineries

Key contact:
North East Victorian Wine Growers Association
Rutherglen Winemakers, Wahgunyah

Worms

  • G Maddock, Yackandandah
  • Aus-Worms, Benalla
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Agricultural Machinery and Equipment

  • OLIJF, Gooramadda (olive processing equipment)
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Services to Agriculture

  • Agriculture Victoria, Rutherglen
  • Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Wodonga
  • Inoculant Services, Bethanga
  • R W Gardner - Stockman, Wodonga
  • RobRose Engineering - Welding and Fabrication, Table Top
  • Riverina Artificial Breeders Pty Ltd, Table Top
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Engineering Consultancy

  • Teamec, Albury
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Forestry and Logging

  • Forestry and Logging
  • Femapine Softwood Logging, Albury
  • Forestry Commission of NSW, Thurgoona
  • Hume Weir Trout Farm
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