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  1. Labor drafting Murray-Darling Basin Plan changes to deliver extra environmental water

    The Federal Opposition is drafting Murray-Darling Basin Plan amendments, to guarantee delivery an extra 450 gigalitres of water for the environment.

  2. Heat provides headaches for SA Riverland roses amid busy Valentine's period

    Riverland rose growers are looking to jump on the popularity of vodka after warm weather throws a Valentine's curveball.

  1. Record grain crop

    Australia's winter grain harvest is now officially the nation's largest for every single mainland state.

  2. Farm land off the table

    A Queensland rural lobby group says a decision to rule out forcing graziers off their land has set a precedent.

  3. Roses from Kenya

    If you bought a rose for your loved one this Valentine's Day, there is a chance it has travelled a very long way.

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  1. Exporting knowledge

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

  2. Worrying 'anti-science'

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

  3. The good, the bad, the ugly

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

  4. Irrigators turn to solar

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

  5. Farm land off the table

    A Queensland rural lobby group says farming land should never be forcefully acquired.

  6. Farm electricity woes

    Farmers say power supply has become more unreliable as it has become more expensive.

  7. Keeping headers cool

    Two farmers come up with a way to keep headers cool and reduce harvest fire risk.

  8. Hot grapes kept cool

    Queensland grapes are watered around the clock as abnormally hot weather tests fruit.

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  1. Assessing livestock caught in bushfires

    Decisions on which bushfire ravaged animals will survive is now underway with losses expected to be huge.

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  1. Trading Australian food with China

  2. Meet the 2016 Farmer of the Year winners

Rural Life

  1. 'Amaizing' maize maze

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

  2. Now, that's a knife

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

  3. Naughty natives

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

  4. Noeline Ikin farewelled

    The Gulf country in far north Queensland is mourning the loss of an inspirational woman, Noeline Ikin.

  5. Windmills solar switch

    A Central Australian cattle station has swapped its windmills for a more modern and efficient technology.

  6. NSW's hottest towns

    How do you cope with the heat when you're in one of the hottest towns in Australia?

  7. Urban farming in Whyalla

    Whyalla family sources all their own fresh food thanks to an aquaponics system set up in their backyard.

  8. Roper River 'highway'

    Remote communities make the most of the Roper River "highway" during the wet season.

Latest interviews

  1. Robyn Francis talks about Polly's recovery
  2. Blair and Josie Angus discuss their plans for a boutique abattoir.
  3. Andrew Campbell, CEO of ACIAR, discusses scientific diplomacy and exporting ideas.
  4. Gulf cattleman Barry Hughes recalls Noeline Ikin as a trail blazer for NRM
  5. WA company hopes lupin flakes will be the next big superfood
  6. A million animals at risk as Mongolia's brutal winter hits herders
  7. Daniel Fitzgerald reports from the Roper River water taxi service.
  8. Jenny Sleep explains how the aquaponics system works in her backyard
  9. Russian wheat aphid panel including Dr Frank Peairs, principal SARDI entomologist Greg Baker, Maarten van Helden from SARDI and GRDC's Craig Ruchs.
  10. Mounting calls for Q fever vaccine subsidy

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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. Floodwaters inundated CBH's grain receival site at Borden

  2. China Wine

  3. Lentil Beer

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  6. The week in review

  7. 5-year-old shearer knows what he wants to be when he grows up

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