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A #lantana removal expert claims the spread of the poisonous weed is a "catastrophe" on a scale that has not been properly recognised or resourced ab.co/2MBETWw
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A West Australian company converting thousands of tonnes of carrots destined for landfill into animal feed is hoping to produce a new type of lamb with the same marbling as wagyu beef. READ MORE: ab.co/2I5itZs
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Australian creatives who have lived through devastating natural disasters turn their trauma into beautiful pieces of art. READ MORE: ab.co/31mwVDJ
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At this monthly gathering at Sunshine Coast's Perma-Poultry Market they come from far and wide to buy and talk about chickens — from breeding to sustainability, to health and nutrition, to preparing chooks for the table ab.co/2Ip1YpU
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Victoria's iconic Shepparton Preserving Company (SPC) is changing hands again, as owner Coca-Cola Amatil announces it has sold the business for $40 million. READ MORE: ab.co/2ELhWtx
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Farmers in Tasmania's drought hit regions are spending big money feeding cattle — and there doesn't seem to be any relief in sight. READ MORE: ab.co/2JWfN28
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Meet the locals in Queensland's coal heartland who are leaving their mining jobs to work in renewables. READ MORE: ab.co/2wwbUsf By the National Regional Reporting Team's @CaitlynGribbin
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The sale of one of Australia's last remaining grower-owned sugar milling companies has moved a step closer, with the Qld Govt committing $14m towards securing a foreign investor in Mackay Sugar.
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After flooding earlier this year, smaller Qld producers are struggling to apply for disaster relief funding. "Small [cattle] businesses have really been left behind," says #juliacreek producer Shauna Royes.
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Remote Indigenous community of Maningrida wraps up biggest ever harvest of Kakadu plum
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📸 Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation
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Central Australian pastoralists say feral camels are causing massive damage on their properties with numbers at their highest level in years. ab.co/2VZ5QT6
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As florists raise concerns about the impact of chemicals on health and the environment, there's a push to buy sustainably grown flowers which are safe for everyone to handle ... and sniff.
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This snail can grow up to 20cm and authorities say the giant African snail is a biosecurity threat too big for Australian agricultural industries to ignore.
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Once upon a farm? This family didn't expect to become lavender farmers, but now they wouldn't have their lives any other way.
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Despite good rainfall earlier this year, an insect boom has left some graziers in Qld's central west with little to celebrate 😢ab.co/2HGVDa5
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A date farm in #centralaustralia has had a record date crop and even hand-picked more than 15k this year! The company attributes the bumper harvest to a switch to solar power.
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How would you microchip a bee?Researchers in Australia plan to do exactly that in order to better understand the decline in their numbers over the last 50 years.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveils new ministry, with Bridget McKenzie to become Australia's first female Agriculture Minister. ab.co/2K4d0TT
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A former long-time supplier of milk processor Fonterra said the company only had itself to blame for the closure of one its factories this week. ab.co/2wfMY8b
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An ambitious business model has propelled this Indigenous-owned WA pastoral company into the arena of the nation's business elite ab.co/2HNTZCs
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