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Dehorning cattle a dilemma for some breeders, but genetically polled on increase in national herd

Australia will spend millions of dollars reviewing animal welfare, but the beef industry says ending dehorning will take more than money.

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Victorian flower farmer invents award-winning app encouraging people to buy local

In a bid to encourage Australians to buy locally grown flowers, a young entrepreneur in western Victoria designs a digital marketplace to connect producers with the local market.

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$Pastoralists divided on gas industry, as NT government clears fracking in Beetaloo Basin$

Pastoralists divided on gas industry, as NT government clears fracking in Beetaloo Basin

Pastoralists are divided on the costs and benefits of the gas industry as the Northern Territory opens the door to fracking in the Beetaloo Basin.

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Community collaboration saves Sunshine Coast's historic Wheel House from demolition

A Sunshine Coast couple battles time, tide and flooding to restore an old timber boathouse and tourist drawcard from the brink of ruin.

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Central Queensland's croc-handling course at Koorana Crocodile Farm opportunity for career change

These Australians are swapping their jobs for the croc cage. Do you have what it takes?

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Italian energy company Eni to develop Evans Shoal gas field described as 'carbon bomb'

Energy company Eni has quietly revived plans to develop a gas field in the Timor Sea which contains some of the most carbon-intensive gas in Australia, "far more than any other gas field that is being developed".

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Cheap macadamias unlikely to hit market, despite farmers getting near record low prices

The majority of Australian macadamia processors will pay their suppliers some of the lowest prices on record, with concerns they could drop further.

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Gasfields Commission Queensland reviews coal seam gas-induced subsidence of farm land

Lawyers and farmers say the government's response to the subsidence of land near gas projects is like a "bandaid on a volcano" and they have no confidence in its ability to tackle the problem.

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Saleyards are the social hotspot of the outback and here's why they may never go out of style

There's dust in the air, dirt on the boots, and the booming voices of auctioneers break through the cattle-dung-scented air, but farmers don't want to let go of saleyards despite the boom in online sales.

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Lismore floods aftermath debate asks if land management could slow flow of water

As the painstakingly slow recovery continues for flooded communities across parts of Australia, a land management group says it's possible to take more than 2 metres off the flood peak by slowing the flow of water across the landscape.

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Prized buffalo semen destroyed accidentally after administration error

An administration error by a third party has caused more than 2,300 straws of buffalo semen to be destroyed.

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Mail plane travels 1,000km to deliver to remote communities, cattle stations across NT outback

Jordan Griffin's job takes him to some of the most remote parts of the country, delivering mail to Aboriginal communities and outback cattle stations.

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Australian farmers use Starlink satellite internet kits to access agtech for grain sowing program

An Australian farmer who has struggled with dodgy internet for years has strapped Starlink satellite internet kits to the roofs of his tractors for this year's grain crop sowing program.

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High costs, shortages and a push for free-range eggs show cracks in industry

The phasing out of caged eggs and higher production costs for farmers continues to impact the supply of eggs to consumers.

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Queen bee breeder doing big business as varroa mite outbreak impacts hives

Queen bees are not born to rule but instead have their destiny determined by diet.

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Unexplained mass deaths of young strawberry plants in Queensland may add to price increases

Strawberry farmers count the cost of losing half a million young strawberry plants soon after they were purchased and planted.

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Viv Oldfield adds Middle Creek Station to vast property portfolio

Viv Oldfield adds well-situated Middle Creek Station, south of Katherine in the Northern Territory, to his vast property portfolio.

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Queensland grazier planting 10ha tree corridor to improve productivity and environment

An ambitious regeneration project will see four central Queensland landholders plant 30 hectares of forest on agricultural land to increase animal habitat and biodiversity.

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AEMO ditches community meeting to discuss VNI-West transmission project with farmers

The Australian Energy Market Operator has refused to attend an energy infrastructure consultation meeting in western Victoria after hundreds of people arrived to voice their opposition.

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Pandurra Station shearing training school celebrates 50 years

The owner of a sheep station that has been training shearers for half a century says the quality of young people coming through the program gives him great confidence in the future of the industry.

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Beekeepers called to action amid fears varroa complacency is threatening multi-billion-dollar industry

The Queensland Beekeepers' Association warns the future could be "catastrophic" for Australia's multi-billion-dollar honey industry unless all apiarists take part in a national biosecurity blitz.

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Why Hass avocados are more popular than the Shepard variety

Every avocado season a battle arises between Australia's two most popular varieties — Hass and Shepard. The Hass always prevails … but why?

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Gina Rinehart sells four more S. Kidman & Co. cattle stations in Queensland, NT

The Gina Rinehart-owned S. Kidman & Co. has sold four of its stations spanning 2.4 million hectares in Queensland and the Northern Territory.

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Griffith irrigator Dean Salvestro fined over $156,000 in NSW Land and Environment Court over water offences

Dean Troy Salvestro has been convicted of unlawfully taking $1.1 million worth of water in the NSW Land and Environment Court.

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Tassie apple variety Southern Bliss about to enter market as national harvest numbers drop

Tasmanian apples could fetch top prices this season, with its apple season escaping the bad weather that plagued interstate orchards.

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