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“Foster parents” who take care of native beehives in their own backyards have helped a Queensland macadamia nut farmer develop a pollination backup plan should the invasive varroa mite spread. Key points: …
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Tucked away in a tree plantation south-east of Perth, a saltwater greenhouse that may be one of a kind is growing salty plants for innovative restaurants. Key points: Salt rises up in …
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Northern New South Wales farmer Clare Felton-Taylor hopes to fill a gap left in an expanding market by a worldwide shortage of jojoba seeds. The wax from the seeds of jojobas trees …
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A pioneering Western Australian farmer known as the last of the early families to develop virgin blocks at Binnu, north of Geraldton, has passed away at the age of 94. …
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Every year, sheep farmer Ian Kelly worries about his lambs dying to miscarriage and mismothering. Checking the flock every day on a loud petrol motorcycle was not helping. So this …
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When the Murray-Darling Basin Plan was created almost a decade ago, it promised to create tourism opportunities for local communities. Key points: During the Millennium Drought, Peter McDonald sold most of …
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A central Victorian farmer has been given just four days’ notice that Crown land he is licensed to manage will be accessible to campers and anglers. Key points: A farmer …
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When Sunshine Coast egg farmer Paul Heaton put the call out that he needed to urgently rehome 1,400 laying hens, he never imagined the response he’d get. Mr Heaton had …
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An exhausted Queensland egg producer is calling it quits, blaming the crippling impact of COVID-19 on the hospitality industry. Key points: Paul Heaton is selling 1,400 layers He says the pandemic has …
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By day David Avock picks tomatoes, but when he’s off the clock he and three other men from his home country of Vanuatu travel hundreds of kilometres to perform at …
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