Drought-hit grain growers make every drop of rain count
New techniques and technology is allowing southern NSW grain growers to produce a harvest, despite significantly below-average rainfall.…
Brain Health Challenge: Try the MIND Diet
Welcome to Day 2 of the Brain Health Challenge. Today, we’re talking about food. Your brain is an…
Crops preferred to sheep in large parts of Australia’s traditional mixed farming regions
Not all that long ago, mixed farming was standard practice on broadacre properties across Australia. Most farmers ran…
Mouse numbers on the rise, farmers told to be on alert
Scientists are urging farmers to look out for mice this harvest season as the threat of a pest…
Strong prices, good conditions encourage Queensland farmers to trial canola
Comparatively strong prices and new heat tolerant varieties have encouraged Queensland farmers to expand into growing canola. The…
Worker dies near Merredin grain facility in WA’s Wheatbelt
A man in his 60s has died at the property of a prominent farmer in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt.…
Western Australia starts harvesting what could be a record-breaking grain crop
West Australian farmers have begun harvesting one of the state’s biggest ever grain crops, forecast to reach 25.4…
Clean eating with four recipes straight from Jamie Oliver’s new book
Eat Yourself Healthy, by Jamie Oliver (Penguin Michael Joseph, $65), is out now. Photo / Richard Clatworthy Lemon…
Rain softens drought pain in Victoria but the effects linger
The effects of drought linger, but the season has taken a turn for the better in western Victoria.…