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  1. Coal company silenced farmers with confidentiality clauses: environmentalist

    New Hope, the company behind the New Acland coal mine on Queensland's Darling Downs, is silencing nearby farmers in signed agreements, an environmentalist says.

  2. WA introduces new border controls for managing BJD

    Western Australia has introduced new border controls aimed at protecting the state's cattle herd from bovine Johne's disease.

  1. Dairy's end of an era

    Lion sells its small stake in WCB dairy processor to Saputo, marking the end of an era for Australia's oldest dairy.

  2. Kwinana live export promise

    Colin Barnett promises a new dedicated live export berth in Kwinana if re-elected, but proposes no timeline.

  3. Radioactive Czech boars

    The Czech Republic has an unusual problem this winter with its wild boar meat — the boars are radioactive.

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  1. Cannabis opportunities

    The medicinal cannabis market is offering new opportunities for agriculture.

  2. Boosting online beef

    Australian online sales of branded beef could be improved with better marketing and value adding.

  3. Barley crop beer star

    SA barley crop stars in million-dollar advertising campaign by a major Japanese brewing company.

  4. Biosecurity failures

    An increase in exotic pests and diseases prompts demand for more focus on biosecurity.

  5. Manuka 'hamstrung'

    Land-clearing laws preventing development of billion-dollar Manuka honey industry, beekeepers say.

  6. Fodder after fires

    More than 50 truckloads of hay have been delivered to fire-affected farmers.

  7. Poultry research praise

    Researcher recognised for his work improving poultry husbandry in Australia and overseas.

  8. Aussie-made bio insecticide

    Australian company behind bee-safe bio insecticide secures funding to keep production remains on home soil.

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Markets

  1. Kwinana live export promise

    Colin Barnett promises a new dedicated live export berth in Kwinana if re-elected, but proposes no timeline.

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  1. Trading Australian food with China

  2. Meet the 2016 Farmer of the Year winners

Rural Life

  1. Crowdfunding lifeline

    Queensland farming family teetering on the brink hopes crowdfunding will provide a water lifeline.

  2. Free-range veteran

    One of Australia's first certified free-range pig farmers is leaving the industry.

  3. Art breaks silence

    Former farmer uses art exhibition to encourage other farmers to talk about rural suicide.

  4. World food waste

    The world's population consumes 10 per cent more food than it needs, a new study finds.

  5. Farmer safety advocate

    Jim Chapman became an advocate for farm safety after losing his arm in a tractor accident.

  6. Carwoola fire kangaroos

    Wildlife carers prepare for hundreds of injured kangaroos from Carwoola blaze.

  7. Kelpie genetics

    The genetics of kelpie working dog pups bred today are studied intently by their owners.

  8. Remote doctor funding

    $93 million Federal Government funding to encourage more doctors to rural and remote areas.

Latest interviews

  1. Big River Pork Chairman Geoff Hampel says the $14 million expansion will enable the company to increase its production as consumer demand for pork continued to grow.
  2. A Big Country: Young winemaker acts on crazy ideas
  3. A Big Country: Spreading the farm safe message
  4. A Big Country: Floodwaters bring birds back to Lake Cowal
  5. How much can you lift? Canberra Show hosts first strongman event
  6. Steve Meerwald explains the decision to regulate BJD management in Western Australia
  7. Jill Bottral and Carina James speak about the NBN installs.
  8. Kangaroo Island Plantation Timber Company say a new multi-user wharf at Smith Bay could change the face of the South Australian forestry industry but Yumbah Aquaculture say it will put their abalone farm in jeopardy
  9. Kelpie breeder Julie Turner gives Lara Webster a crash course in genetic selection
  10. A leaked email has set tongues wagging in the dairy industry.

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Best Rural Photos

  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. Hay supplies in the Hunter Valley

  2. Mussel Up

  3. Bee Deaths

  4. Pangkarra Pasta

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

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