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Nuffield scholar Jim Chapman lost an arm in a farm accident back in 2005. He's been travelling the world spreading the farm safe message. Read more
Topics: farm-labour, safety, occupational-health-and-safety, agricultural-machinery, accidents, hamilton-3300, united-kingdom
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Topics: farm-labour, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, hamilton-3300
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| UpdatedIn 2005, UK farmer and Nuffield Scholar Jim Chapman lost his arm in a tractor accident; now he is a vocal safety advocate.
Topics: farm-labour, agricultural-machinery, occupational-health-and-safety, safety-education, rural, accidents, hamilton-3300, united-kingdom
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A Queensland labour contractor says employment programs need to be more flexible if they want to tackle the shortage of worker in rural industries.
Topics: rural, regional-development, education-industry, unemployment, rural-youth, beef-cattle, farm-labour, community-development, agricultural-policy, mount-isa-4825, maryborough-4650, boulia-4829
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Trainer Brendan Condon says more flexible agricultural training programs are needed to combat farm worker shortages.
Topics: rural, regional-development, education-industry, unemployment, rural-youth, beef-cattle, farm-labour, community-development, agricultural-policy, maryborough-4650, boulia-4829, mount-isa-4825
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| UpdatedA tiny plastic farmer wearing a wide-brimmed hat and green overalls does his bit to raise awareness of Australian agriculture.
Topics: rural, farm-labour, human-interest, offbeat, primary, education, information-and-communication, internet-culture, social-media, tocumwal-2714, nsw
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When West Australian farmer Mal Beeck retired he needed something to keep him busy. Vintage tractors are now a big part of his life. Read more
Topics: farm-labour, agricultural-machinery, older-people, katanning-6317
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| UpdatedThere's been a call for the Tongan government to change its approach to the New Zealand seasonal worker scheme.
Topics: farm-labour, pacific, new-zealand, tonga
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| UpdatedAustralian Border Force officers find 27 suspected illegal workers at a Stanthorpe farm, south-west of Brisbane, which supplies strawberries to Coles and Woolworths.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, work, fruit, farm-labour, stanthorpe-4380
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An Esperance farm worker reflects on the dramatic rescue that saved his arm after he got stuck in a chaser bin.
Topics: farm-labour, disasters-and-accidents, doctors-and-medical-professionals, cascade-6450
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Topics: farm-labour, disasters-and-accidents, doctors-and-medical-professionals, cascade-6450
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Topics: farm-labour, accidents, doctors-and-medical-professionals, cascade-6450
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One of the best known agricultural training institutions in the country, the Longreach Pastoral College, turned 50 on Monday.
Topics: secondary-schools, farm-labour, rural-youth, longreach-4730
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| UpdatedHigh Victorian property prices force beef producers north into Queensland.
Topics: farm-labour, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, quilpie-4480
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Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, fruit, fruits, weeds, agricultural-chemicals, agricultural-machinery, community-development, farm-labour, merbein-3505
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Dried fruit growers Malcolm and Stephen Bennet build their own robot to spray weeds.
Topics: fruit, fruits, weeds, agricultural-chemicals, agricultural-machinery, community-development, farm-labour, merbein-3505
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Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, fruit, fruits, weeds, agricultural-chemicals, agricultural-machinery, community-development, farm-labour, merbein-3505
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West Australian farmer Trevor McIntosh ended up with a shearing team with an average age of 75 when his regular shearer pulled out at the last minute. Shearer Neville Schleicher filled the breach but at 66 he was the baby of the team. Read more
Topics: sheep-production, farm-labour, older-people, denmark-6333
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Old army tanks were snapped up by farmers at the end of World War 11 for use on farms. They were modified and turned into bulldozers and used to build dams and clear timber. Read more
Topics: history, agricultural-machinery, farm-labour, oberon-2787
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Scott Cameron from Madec explains why fruit pickers are hard to come by in Victoria's Goulburn Valley as a labour shortage bites.
Topics: farm-labour, fruits, fruit, shepparton-3630, ardmona-3629
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| UpdatedOne of Australia's largest fruit growing regions is on the brink of a labour shortage at its most critical time during harvest.
Topics: fruit, fruits, farm-labour, work, shepparton-3630, ardmona-3629, mooroopna-3629, cobram-3644
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Topics: fruits, farm-labour, shepparton-3630