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2239 - Dave McGiveron's family lost their farm to drought. He became a farmer anyway.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world, with our team of specialist reporters covering the big issues of rural life.

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2239 - Dave McGiveron's family lost their farm to drought. He became a farmer anyway.

Thu, 09 May 2024
2238 - Biosecurity, vet shortages, and calling out federal ministers

Wed, 08 May 2024
2237 - The US is not breeding more cattle, and won't start soon.

Tue, 07 May 2024
2236 - You don't have to eat beef to know it is big business

Mon, 06 May 2024
2235 - At this rate, rural land prices are set to double every seven years.

Fri, 03 May 2024
2234 - How much of the government's $925 gendered violence package will help rural women?

Thu, 02 May 2024
2233 - Farmers that once embraced Pacific workers are leaving the program, and it's hurting island life.

Wed, 01 May 2024
2232 - Rural crime is rising, so why aren't farmers talking about it?

Tue, 30 Apr 2024
2231 - The seedless future of fruit may be closer than you realise.

Mon, 29 Apr 2024
2230 - The pieces of Annie Henwood's mind

Fri, 26 Apr 2024
2229 - Invasive fire ants have been found in the Murray-Darling Basin, and it's a big problem.

Thu, 25 Apr 2024
2228 - Would you eat dinosaur food?

Wed, 24 Apr 2024
2227 - Clean energy, planning pitfalls, and the young people flocking to mining.

Tue, 23 Apr 2024
2226 - People are still keen to be farmers, even when they know it's tough.

Mon, 22 Apr 2024
2225 - From droving cattle on horseback to driverless trucks, freight has come a long way.

Fri, 19 Apr 2024
2224 - Producers say its natural and sustainable, but is wool still fashionable?

Thu, 18 Apr 2024
2223 - Vergemont Station set to become Queensland's newest National Park.

Wed, 17 Apr 2024
2222 - Forest bathing, crunchy soil, and using nature to prevent dementia.

Tue, 16 Apr 2024
2221 - Ancient bunya pines are dying, and bushwalkers could be part of the problem.

Mon, 15 Apr 2024
2220 - Is the PMs plan for the future of clean energy to be 'made in Australia' possible?

Fri, 12 Apr 2024
2219 - Changing backpacker visas could interrupt Australia's food supply. Here's how.

Thu, 11 Apr 2024
2218 - You may not have heard of this organisation but they're crucial to getting steak to your table

Wed, 10 Apr 2024
2217 - The DNA breakthrough that could help biofuel from sugar cane take off.

Tue, 09 Apr 2024
2216 - Weather balloons, cyclones and 10,000 birds. This is life on Willis Island.

Mon, 08 Apr 2024
2215 - The remote cattle station with better connectivity than some city suburbs

Fri, 05 Apr 2024
2214 - Australia's first lab-grown meat is on the menu in Singapore. Could local consumers get a taste next?

Thu, 04 Apr 2024
2213 - Could storing gas in the Great Artesian Basin save or damn the environment?

Wed, 03 Apr 2024
2212 - William Baker can afford an ATV, but he's not allowed to buy one.

Tue, 02 Apr 2024
2211 - How this doctor is saving lives in rural Queensland

Thu, 28 Mar 2024
2210 - Horror start to 2024 for Queensland Agriculture industry as four people have died on farms

Wed, 27 Mar 2024
2209 - Why these politicians think breaking up major supermarkets could fix food prices

Tue, 26 Mar 2024
2208 - This rural community is facing its fourth month of isolation

Mon, 25 Mar 2024
2207 - Mark Wootton's livestock operation was carbon neutral. Now it's not.

Fri, 22 Mar 2024
2206 - Does Bunnings have more power than the supermarkets? These farmers think so.

Thu, 21 Mar 2024
2205 - America - that's not a barbecue. This is a barbecue.

Wed, 20 Mar 2024
2204 - You can eat it, build with it and wear it, but growing hemp in Australia isn't easy

Tue, 19 Mar 2024
2203 - Returning the warriors' history stored in a tractor shed for 100 years

Mon, 18 Mar 2024
2202 - The little tuna business making a big difference for Aussie seafood

Fri, 15 Mar 2024
2201 - Why Leonardo DiCaprio is talking about Queensland's cattle industry.

Thu, 14 Mar 2024
2200 - Is the supermarket squeeze behind the farmer exodus?

Wed, 13 Mar 2024
2199 - Amanda Tolson had never met a lawyer. She became one anyway

Tue, 12 Mar 2024
2198 - Meet the painting pastoralist

Mon, 11 Mar 2024
2197 - The natural gender equality of campdrafting

Fri, 08 Mar 2024
2196 - What brand is your beef, and does it matter?

Thu, 07 Mar 2024
2195 - Cattle prices are personal for Trevor Hess

Wed, 06 Mar 2024
2194 - The dream farm job that takes Tash Greenshields to the skies

Tue, 05 Mar 2024
2193 - From wild cattle to wild fires, meet two pilots who work from above

Mon, 04 Mar 2024
2192 - Australia's honey glut plus the survival of invasive Asian honey bees' helping researchers save threatened native species

Fri, 01 Mar 2024
2191 - The sour reality of Mossman's failing sugar mill

Thu, 29 Feb 2024
2190 - Cattle families, bull semen, and the auction that never was.

Wed, 28 Feb 2024

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