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Australia
Joined February 2009
We're pretty sure these woolly jumpers 🐑 know a farmer they'd like to nominate for this year's @ausfarmerawards. Nominations have just been extended until Sunday July 7th. Baaa-rilliant, right?! 🐑🤠 >>> ab.co/2XcY51o 📸 @sharonprinsphotography #farmeroftheyear
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👩‍🌾🚜👨‍🌾Farming is often ranked as one of the toughest gigs in Australia. Nominations are open until Sunday for the Australian Farmer of the Year Awards (bit.ly/2YgWkgq) we want to know... ⬇️
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Where would we be without our farmers and rural community? Nominate someone who mooooooves your world in the Australian Farmer of the Year Awards > bit.ly/2YgWkgq 📸 ABC
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Who inspires you in the farming community? It might be an amazing farmer or ag students, consultants or even young'uns in the industry. Put their hat in the ring for the 10th Australian Farmer of the Year Awards. Nominations close Sunday > bit.ly/2YgWkgq
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Could you - or someone you know - be the next Australian #farmeroftheyear? Hurry .. nominations close on the 30th June> bit.ly/2KBOQ4g
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Role of traditional owners recognised as 137-year relationship with historic Durack homestead goes full circle ab.co/2FdA7Z4
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Glimmer of hope for some NSW farmers as agricultural production plummets ab.co/2WNd4dm
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Are wind farms the 'Formula One cars' of our future power systems? ab.co/2WNrYFy
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Outback underground house takes on a New York style: When the daytime temperature gets above 50 degrees Celsius, living in the cool underground holds huge appeal ab.co/2RhfO1L
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One of Australia's most remote cattle properties, Suplejack Station, sells for the first time in its 55-year history ab.co/2F7DmRS
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Australia's country music industry pays tribute to renowned producer and musician Glen Hannah, who will be farewelled at a private funeral today ab.co/2XJlsfj
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Woodwork enthusiasts chip away at the fading art of turning green wood into custom-made items, while finding new skills, new friends and inner peace ab.co/2IH8M2f
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Orphaned lambs don knitted NRL jumpers as winter frost bites ab.co/2IdrqzN
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After a disastrous season last year, the national winter crop is set to rise significantly as rains arrive in WA, the national forecaster ABARES says ab.co/2ZkijDe
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When cattle farmer Lindsay Titmarsh decided to carbon date a grey mangrove that had caught his eye on his Qld property, he discovered it was the oldest known mangrove in Australia ab.co/2ZnI7hT
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The worldwide price of oil has fallen by more than $US10 a barrel in recent weeks, but Norwegian company Equinor still plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight ab.co/2wLbezd
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How kelpies saved a dying Victorian town — twice ab.co/2Zdb1Ry
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Two years ago Australia's red meat industry set itself the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2030. Farmers are getting on with the job to bring restaurant customers green menu credentials, but how realistic is that goal? ab.co/2Z9LQPU
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The gold rushes of the 19th century created new wealth and communities. But Phillip Adams asks: at what price? @RadioNational ab.co/2IzaYsN
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