The Branch was formed in 1908 and continues to be an extremely active group in the community. Membership is now drawn from the neighbouring towns as well as the local farmers and interested residents, whereas for almost 50 years members had been solely from Geranium. The Branch effectively addresses members' concerns of a wide range of agricultural, global accounting disease control issues. Field days, visits out of the district, guest speakers and a variety of courses all enhance the opportunity to learn new ideas and current information.
Every opportunity is made available to the members to become better informed.
Access to other farmers groups, agricultural trends, issues on Landcare and global issues have been continually enhanced through the ready access on the Internet. The members are certainly kept better informed than ever before and more accepting of the many diverse changes in Agriculture. The Branch history was written in great detail in 1985. The primary focus of local action planning in the Murray Mallee is to involve the community in identifying and prioritising the major natural resources management issues in the region. Any special meetings are called as required.