Rural

  1. Rural business owner tells Government to 'grow a set' as gas shortage looms

    A New South Wales abattoir owner calls on Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg to "keep some gas for Australians" as the east-coast braces for a huge surge in prices.

  2. Can Dame Edna convince Aussie women they're better on beef?

    Meat and Livestock Australia enlists Dame Edna Everage to push its latest advertising campaign aimed at getting women to eat more beef.

  1. From boom to clean-up

    More than 60,000 mines have been abandoned, prompting concerns about how land rehabilitation is managed.

  2. Remote communications

    The vexed issue of internet speed, mobile phones and loss of landlines may be addressed with new trial.

  3. Calicivirus to be released

    Rabbit owners are being urged to make sure their pet is vaccinated, as a new strain of the calicivirus nears.

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  1. Cattle tips for Vietnam

    Tasmanian researchers hope to transform the way Vietnamese farmers raise their cattle.

  2. Wild dog killed

    A wild dog that terrorised a flock of sheep in NSW's Upper Hunter region is finally been killed.

  3. Clean coal discussions

    Energy scientists say cleaner energy should be 'technologically agnostic' as they look to the future.

  4. Exporting knowledge

    Agricultural knowledge could become Australia's next big export alongside coal and wool.

  5. Boutique abattoir plans

    Boutique abattoir model hopes to target specialist beef producers creating banded beef.

  6. Worrying 'anti-science'

    A former UK chief scientist warns that in an era of 'anti-science', politicians are ignoring scientific evidence.

  7. The good, the bad, the ugly

    Southern WA sheep producers are emerging as one of the hardest-hit in recent flooding.

  8. Irrigators turn to solar

    Farmers make the switch to solar powered irrigation to reduce power costs.

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Markets

  1. Ergon's Queensland price hike

    A Queensland's sugar industry report warns that the pain from increasing electricity prices under a new tariff proposal is almost guaranteed.

markets

  1. Trading Australian food with China

  2. Meet the 2016 Farmer of the Year winners

Rural Life

  1. Kids feed firefighters

    Firefighters battling fire in NSW have been kept well fed thanks to the efforts of local school children.

  2. Industrial design comeback

    Tasmania is hopes to attract more homegrown industrial designers.

  3. Secret rural base

    During World War II a small town in Victoria's Mallee was home to a top secret air base.

  4. 'Amaizing' maize maze

    This paddock of maize in Tasmania has been shaped into a maze for the kids.

  5. Character creator rewarded

    Co-creator of popular children's character George the Farmer wins SA's RIRDC Rural Women's Award.

  6. Calls for FIFO limits

    Calls for limits on FIFO workers amid concerns an NT mining town is losing the last of its residential workers.

  7. Now, that's a knife

    Professional crocodile catcher speaks fondly of his 31-year-old life-saving hunting knife.

  8. Naughty natives

    Australian native animals are loved across the globe, but their private mating can be extremely wild.

Latest interviews

  1. A Big Country: Roadhouse gems in the Northern Territory
  2. A Big Country: Native flavours for gin renaissance
  3. A Big Country: Creating scrap metal sculptures
  4. Kalyn Fletcher talks about her agricultural study tour of Brazil
  5. Robyn Francis talks about Polly's recovery
  6. Blair and Josie Angus discuss their plans for a boutique abattoir.
  7. Andrew Campbell, CEO of ACIAR, discusses scientific diplomacy and exporting ideas.
  8. Gulf cattleman Barry Hughes recalls Noeline Ikin as a trail blazer for NRM
  9. WA company hopes lupin flakes will be the next big superfood
  10. A million animals at risk as Mongolia's brutal winter hits herders

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  1. The Heward's Monash fig patch
  2. Shearing contractors urgently looking for workers
  3. PhD graduate Dr James Boyden and Kakadu National Park ranger Dwayne Wauchope at the Magela Creek Floodplain.
  4. Herd of South Australian dairy cows
  5. Bull rider prepares for ride
  6. Percival the peacock: flamboyant feathery bird, or fearful defender of the realm?

Videos

  1. Floodwaters inundated CBH's grain receival site at Borden

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