Farmers call for rethink as phase-out of flying fox shooting permits looms
A flying fox fortress greets visitors as they drive onto Craig Van Rooyen’s Bundaberg lychee orchard. He has…
‘So much uncertainty’: NSW Farmer details mental health toll of ‘zombie’ NSW wind farm project on rural community
A rural New South Wales farmer has revealed the shocking mental health impacts an indefinitely delayed wind farm…
Bega sells peanut processing plants at Kingaroy and Tolga to family business
A major deal has been struck that may provide a lifeline to Queensland’s peanut industry. Bega announced plans…
Australian coffee in demand as global supply tightens
The spike in price of coffee around the world means consumers are likely to pay more for their…
Scarlett Johansson and AC/DC Are Being Used to Scare off Wolves by American Farmers
credit (left) Unsplash (right) Brian Johnson, from ACDC – credit Matt Becker, CC 3.0. BY-SA From Wyoming and…
Surge in use of Beef + Lamb NZ’s nProve genetic tool
The nProve Beef tool is “a key output” of the Informing New Zealand Beef (INZB) programme, which aims…
Growers paid to experiment with sugarcane on land traditionally used for peanuts, grains
Fourth-generation peanut farmer Ben Rackemann was hesitant when his father suggested growing sugarcane at a time when farmers…
Hay run bringing bales — but also smiles — to drought-stricken SA farms
At Elbow Hill, near the Lincoln and Birdseye Highways, the delivery of donated hay bales is a life-and-death…