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Irrigated agriculture now worth more than $15 billion
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The value of irrigated agricultural production in Australia has hit more than $15 billion.
Topics: rural, sheep-production, goat-production, dairy-production, beef-cattle, crop-harvesting, wool, wheat, viticulture, vegetables, sugar, rice, oilseeds, herbs, grain, fruits, fruit, flowers, cotton, agricultural-prices, bundaberg-4670, wa, vic, tas, sa, qld, nt, nsw, act
Stunning wildflower season leaves WA Mid West awash with colour
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Stretches of Western Australia's outback are bursting into life, as ideal weather conditions make for one of the most spectacular wildflower seasons in decades.
Topics: flowers, geraldton-6530
Cymbidium orchids a blooming business for retired Sunshine Coast couple Feature
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A couple who retired to the Sunshine Coast grow cymbidium orchids for florists in a labour of love.
Topics: agricultural-crops, flowers, flower-foliage, lifestyle-and-leisure, gardening, agribusiness, women-in-agriculture, rural-women, beerwah-4519
Avocado growers encouraged to embrace flies in orchards
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A pollination expert says flies and other insects are just as important as bees when it comes pollinating avocados.
Topics: rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, fruits, entomology, fruit, flowers, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, bundaberg-4670, tweed-heads-2485, gingin-6503, renmark-5341, mildura-3500
Stephen Lynch started collecting orchids nearly 30 years ago Video
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Growing orchids is more than a hobby for Stephen Lynch. It is a love affair that has spanned nearly three decades.
Topics: gardening, flowers, agricultural-shows, lifestyle-and-leisure, flower-foliage, barmera-5345, sa, loveday-5345
Riverland man's blooming career Video
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An orchid enthusiast from the state's Riverland has taken his love for the diverse blooms and turned it into a professional commitment.
Topics: people, flowers, renmark-5341, sa
Riverland orchid collector shares his 30-year passion
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Orchid collector Stephen Lynch shares his almost 30-year passion for the diverse flower species with others.
Topics: flowers, agricultural-shows, lifestyle-and-leisure, gardening, flower-foliage, loveday-5345, barmera-5345, sa
Gippsland daffodil farm prepared for spring
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One of Australia's biggest producers of daffodils prepares for Daffodil Day, and spring, their busiest time.
Topics: flowers, gardening, warragul-3820
Booming tropical flower crop thanks to warm Top End dry season
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A Northern Territory cut flower grower says production is booming thanks to a warm Top End dry season.
Topics: rural, climate-change, flowers, work, humpty-doo-0836
Protected cropping beats climate change
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Greenhouse technologies prove a hit with growers trying to escape the elements.
Topics: fruits, flowers, agribusiness, wesley-vale-7307, devonport-7310, launceston-7250
Mid West receives funding to expand wildflower route
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The second state of the Exploring Wildflower Country route is expected to be completed this time next year.
Topics: flowers, lifestyle-and-leisure, environment, flower-foliage, gardening, community-and-society, regional, travel-and-tourism, geraldton-6530, wa, mullewa-6630, yalgoo-6635, cue-6640, mount-magnet-6638, dalwallinu-6609
Direct selling at markets the key to surviving Bunnings Feature
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Making money in the nursery industry is increasingly harder as customers shun nurseries for chain stores.
Topics: flower-foliage, gardening, lifestyle-and-leisure, agricultural-crops, flowers, agribusiness, rural, yandina-4561
Rose farm not so romantic when the mud sets in
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The first serious rains in two years have made life tough on a South Australian Rose farm, but the show must go on.
Topics: rural, gardening, flowers, kalangadoo-5278
Dairy farmer has orchid named in his honour
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Peak farming body pays tribute to dairy farmer Howard Lee naming an orchid in his honour.
Topics: flowers, dairy-production, activism-and-lobbying, kempsey-2440
Flower growers concerned over rent costs, sales at new Melbourne market
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Some flower growers are demanding their rents be reduced at the new wholesale market in Melbourne's north to compensate for falling sales.
Topics: flowers, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic
Native South African flower Blushing Bride back in vogue
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A delicate, creamy-white South African native flower is back in vogue this year.
Topics: flowers, flower-foliage, natives, mount-gambier-5290
Approval to plant Northern Territory poppies
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Poppy company TPI Enterprises has received approval from the Northern Territory Government to plant a commercial crop near Katherine.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, flowers, pharmaceuticals, chemicals-and-pharmaceuticals, darwin-0800
Chelsea Flower Show's red carpet of poppies creators overwhelmed by response
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The Australians behind a display at the Chelsea Flower Show which has been described as breathtaking are finishing off their week on a high after meeting the Royal family and being feted across London.
Topics: flower-foliage, flowers, royal-and-imperial-matters, human-interest, united-kingdom
Peace in Colombia could reveal secret jungle species
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The promise of a peace deal in Colombia has scientists hopeful they may soon explore tropical forests that they have long avoided for fear of being kidnapped or killed.
Topics: science-and-technology, animal-science, flowers, government-and-politics, colombia
Producers fear new Biosecurity Act could severely threaten Western Australia's bee and honey industry
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Western Australia's vulnerable bee and honey industries are concerned their sector is at threat if their concerns over the new Biosecurity Act aren't taken seriously.
Topics: food-processing, flowers, activism-and-lobbying, laws, esperance-6450
Plans to ramp up poppy production in the Northern Territory
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TPI Enterprises is looking to ramp up its production of poppies in the Northern Territory and has applied to grow hundreds of hectares in 2016.
Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, drug-use, pharmaceuticals, flowers, darwin-0800
Hop fields in Tasmania and Victoria are expanding
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A big hop producer in Australia is expanding in Tasmania and Victoria because of an increase in world-wide demand for craft beer.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, flowers, beverages, bushy-park-7140
Sugarcane Sunflowers : Caneflowers Video
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A canegrower increases crop yield by growing sunflowers to improve soil biology.
Topics: sustainable-and-alternative-farming, rural, agricultural-chemicals, agricultural-crops, flowers, sugar, fertilisers, marian-4753, australia, qld
Plant industry constantly seeking next trendy plant
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As much at the whim of trends as the fashion industry, nursery owners and plant breeders work hard to ensure they have the next trendy plant available for their customers at the right price.
Topics: agricultural-prices, flowers, gardening, rockhampton-4700
Sale Floral Art Group gears up for Melbourne Flower Show exhibition
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From humble beginnings and monthly meetings, a small group of women from Sale is now representing Australia in Melbourne's International Flower and Garden Show.
Topics: flowers, art-and-design, sale-3850
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