Latest Program Transcripts

The Quiet Curse

With cases of this debilitating illness increasing in recent years, there are calls for another subsidised vaccination campaign.

Markets Report

A look at weekly commodity prices and trends with Kerry Lonergan.

Out of the Woods

The clearing of forest for agricultural purposes in northern Australia has reignited passionate debate.

Young Guns

A training school in the famous wool growing district of Hay ensures an age-old tradition continues.

Weeding Out

A team of weed-hunters in the remote Kimberley Region of WA go to extraordinary lengths to eradicate an invasive pest.

Markets Report

A look at weekly commodity prices and trends. This week Hamish Webb from Morgans talks to Kerry about investing in agriculture.

After The Gas Rush

The shedding of construction jobs in rural Queensland's coal seam gas industry.

A Winter's Tale

The Governor General's first winter solstice feast.

Picking Up

Good yields for this year's cotton harvest.

BOM Climate and Weather Outlook

A look ahead at Australia's weather prospects from the Bureau of Meteorology.

Knock on wood

Tasmania's wood-chopping power couple

Markets Report

A look at weekly commodity prices and trends with Kerry Lonergan.

Wool revival

Strong wool prices are changing the make-up of the Australia flock.

Makin' bacon

An update on efforts to change Bacon labelling laws.

The Cooee Digger

The making of a statue to commemorate the famous 1915 march from Gilgandra to Sydney.

What lies beneath

Exploring spectacular underground caves on South Australian farmland.

Markets Report

A look at weekly commodity prices and trends with Kerry Lonergan.

Baby Boomers

Global demand for dairy products is growing at the fastest rate in world history.

Eat Local

Eat Local Thursday is giving food producers a fair-go in the market place.

Posh Spice

Australia's first saffron growers celebrate an eventful 25 years.

Markets Report

A look at weekly commodity prices and trends with Kerry Lonergan.

Kidman Sale

S. Kidman and Co Managing Director Greg Campbell reveals details about the sale of Australia's largest private landholding.

Extended Interview with Greg Campbell

An extended version of Kerry Staight's interview with S. Kidman and Co Managing Director Greg Campbell.

Hereford v Angus

The battle is on for the Hereford breed to reclaim market share lost to the prominent Aberdeen Angus.

New Direction

AACo Managing Director Jason Strong discusses a new direction for the company.

Cosmic Pinot

Nobel Prize winning astronomer Brian Schmidt makes wine that is out of this world.

Markets Report

A look at weekly commodity prices and trends with Kerry Lonergan.

Kimberley Dreams

The owners of Liveringa Station in WA's Kimberley have big visions for the future.

Faces of Drought

Three western Queensland residents share their personal experiences of drought.

Year of the Goat

Demand for goat meat is rising and graziers and businesses are taking advantage of new export opportunities.

Climate and Water Outlook

A look ahead at Australia's weather prospects from the Bureau of Meteorology.

Take a Chance On Me

Facing an uncertain future, the NSW community of Trundle look for opportunities to save their town.

The Big Dry

Graziers in western Queensland fear a fourth failed wet season.

Drought Forum

Highlights from the Longreach drought forum, discussing the big dry, resilience and the hard road ahead.

Fragrant Success

A new strain of rice developed by Australian plant breeders can be grown in colder climates.

Markets Report

A look at weekly commodity prices and trends with Kerry Lonergan.

Cottoned On

New genetically modified varieties and cheaper more reliable water have led to a southern cotton boom.

Grains Forecast

It's a critical time for Australia's winter crop. Kerry Lonergan discusses the season with grains forecaster Ron Storey.

No Stone Unturned

Dry stone walls were constructed on farming properties across southern Australia during the the middle of the 19th century but other examples built by Aborigines thousands of years ago also exist.

Weather

The Bureau of Meteorology has officially declared an El Nino weather event but what does it mean for farmers?

Beefing It Up

Promoting Australian beef to the world is serious business. At Beef Week 2015 there were more speakers, more cattle, more chefs and more delegates than ever before.

George the Farmer

George the Farmer is a fictional character created to teach Australian children about farming and where their food and fibre comes from.

Horsing Around

In a career spanning 40 years, master horseman Bill Willoughby has worked on Australian films including Breaker Morant, Gallipoli and The Lighthorsemen.

Vast Arts

This exhibition of photographs and paintings from western Queensland women explores life and work in remote parts of Australia.

Pacific Solution

The Pacific Seasonal Workers Program is a success for these farmers and participants in Victoria.

Mission Accomplished

An ambitious pest eradication program on Macquarie Island has transformed the landscape.

Summer Fruits

It started with great promise but it's been a tough season for fruit and wine grape producers in the Granite Belt.

Markets Report

A look at weekly commodity prices and trends with Kerry Lonergan.

Biosecurity

Biosecurity officials in Queensland are fighting on two fronts to save lucrative agricultural industries under threat from disease.

Friends of Felton

Residents of the tiny town of Felton took on a big mining company - and won. Now they've channelled their energy into promoting the town.

Climate and Water Outlook

A look ahead at Australia's weather prospects from the Bureau of Meteorology.

The Country's Toll

The Australian Light Horsemen won immortality for their role in the Great War, and today, a live history group in Victoria keeps their memory alive.

3D Food Printing

3D food printing is now a reality, but what does it mean for farmers?

Markets Report

A look at weekly commodity prices and trends with Kerry Lonergan.

Free Ranging

Over 40% of eggs in Australia are sold as free-range, but with no national definition for the term, are some consumers paying an unnecessary premium?

Back to Life

Heavily fractured by years of uncertainty over the now cancelled Traveston Dam project, Qld's Mary Valley community is finally rebuilding itself.

Markets Report

A look at weekly commodity prices and trends with Kerry Lonergan.

Under Siege

Commercial fishers are concerned for their future as the recreational fishing lobby becomes a potent political force.

Raw Cheese South Australia

Four artisan producers have released raw milk cheeses onto the market and South Australia is home to three of them - including the makers of Australia's most expensive cheese.

Raw Cheese Tasmania

The laws may have been relaxed, but are the rules and regulations for producing raw cheese making it prohibitive for Australian cheesemakers?

Markets Report

A look at weekly commodity prices and trends with Kerry Lonergan.

BioClip

The no-shear wool harvesting product is removed from the market leaving many devotees disappointed.

Mohair Mojo

After decades in the doldrums, Australian mohair is regaining its mojo.

Farmers on Film

Sarah Gayton is on a journey to try to give famers a stronger voice through her Farmers on Film project.

Looking back: Vic Summers

Remarkable axeman Vic was profiled by Pip Courtney in a story for Landline in 2009. A family friend says Vic, who was 96, died under a tree in his backyard.

Boiling Point

With no end to the hunt for natural resources, tensions between NT pastoralists and mining companies are reaching boiling point.

Sick Poppies

Half of the worlds legally grown poppies come from Tasmania, but 20% of the current crop has been wiped out by a downey mildew not before seen in Australia.

Silver City

The heritage city of Broken Hill is running dry and the quest is on to find a permanent, reliable source of water for the region.

Markets Report

Landline's weekly commodities analysis and report. This week Kerry Lonergan speaks with Luke Chandler from Rabobank. For further information on the Red Meat Report, please view the transcript.

Falling Short

A myriad of companies rely on a steady supply of organically grown wheat, oats, rye and barley, but this year there is nowhere near enough to go around.

Crushing News

Wine grape prices are the worst they have been in years and for many growers, the current harvest will be their last.

Tree Change

A company in the Northern Territory has turned a former cattle station into the world's largest sandalwood plantation.

Commodities

A look at weekly commodity prices and trends with Kerry Lonergan. This week Kerry also speaks with Garry Edwards of Regional Infrastructure Pty Ltd.

Number Crunching

Opportunities in Asia for Australian farmers dominated discussions at the annual ABARES Outlook conference in Canberra last week.

Liquid Gold

Not so long ago manuka honey producers couldn't give the product away, now it could be their pot of gold.

Flow Hive

Two backyard beekeepers have found a simpler way to harvest their honey.

Commodities

A look at weekly commodity prices and trends.

Extreme Weather

Queensland farmers have copped 3 three disastrous weather events in four years, leaving farm leaders worried about the financial resilience and endurance of even the very best farmers.

Climate and Water Outlook

A look ahead at Australia's weather prospects from the Bureau of Meteorology.

The Grape Escape

Despite having no experience in horticulture, these graziers from Alice Springs have diversified into grapes.

Slippery

In the last decade, the world's appetite for eel meat has risen almost beyond demand.

Ironstone

A West Australian mining company is seeking approval for a controversial mine in a sensitive 'banded ironstone' range.

Commodities Report

A look at weekly commodities prices and trends.

They're Back

Despite a huge public backlash against its supertrawler two years ago, Seafish Tasmania is now bringing another smaller factory ship to Australia.

Lake Cropping

Every 10 years or so, major floods in Australia's largest river fill lakes on the Lower Darling's massive flood plain in far western New South Wales. When the lakes dry up the farmers get busy growing crops on the moist and fertile lake beds.

Old Man River

Alpine ecologist Alec Costin has devoted much of his life to studying and protecting Australia's unique mountain ecology.

Tears From the Sky

10 year old city raised Ellen made a video of her Grandfather's drought-stricken farm to show her school friends.

Markets Report

Landline's weekly commodities analysis and report.

Northern Hope

Since the suspension of the live cattle trade to Indonesia in 2011 Australia's northern beef industry has made a slow recovery but as the north gears up for the mustering season there's finally a feeling of hope in the air.

The Colour Purple

The latest super food to hit the shops is a plum Queensland Government Scientists accidently bred a decade ago and its gaining worldwide interest for its antioxidant properties.

Rhubarb

When vegetable processor Simplot pulled out of north-east Tasmania 10-years ago, it was a huge blow to the community but one local farmer took a punt growing a vegetable he knew nothing about.

Commodities Report

Landline's weekly commodities analysis.

Young filmmaker documents effects of drought

Ten-year-old Ellen Gett is a city kid living in Brisbane - and like a lot of people, she also has a connection to the land.