Backpacker visa approval pause worries rural communities that rely on international workers
Farmers fear a federal government pause on working holiday visa approvals will rob them of an essential workforce…
Landholders still rebuilding 12 months after deepest snowfall in ‘living memory’
When New South Wales Northern Tablelands residents woke up to a snowfall last August, they couldn’t have imagined…
Bureau of Meteorology website backlash sparks independent inquiry
Farmers relying on weather information to make critical business decisions, are sceptical an independent review of the Bureau…
Farmers say absentee landholders hindering battle to control feral pests
Farmer Derek Larsen will spend most of his days setting up traps, tracing diggings and devising plans to…
Doug Harrison, 97, refuses to slow down after eight decades as a grazier
Doug Harrison doesn’t do retirement. With his trusty gopher mobility scooter and his pet chihuahua by his side,…
Farmers question decision to put Kununurra night space for youth near Ord cotton properties
Plans to locate a proposed night space for at-risk youth on an isolated former farm in Western Australia’s…
Visualising the mouse plague infesting parts of Australia
A mouse plague is invading farms and homes in southern and Western Australia. But what does that really…
Fuel supplies boosted in South Australia by $40m strategic diesel reserve
Emergency diesel supplies will be sourced from Singapore to create a strategic reserve in South Australia, with the…
New $2 million plant science boost targets stronger crops and higher yields
Share Tweet Share Share Email South Australia’s next generation of crops, foods and plant-based products is set to…