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- Pick of the Crop: A trial of nine seeders on a single crop has shown extraordinary differences in yield and profitability. Meat and Greet: It's often easier for small meat producers to market their own product - and in some cases it's a question of survival. Heaven Scent: Sandalwood is in demand for its fragrance but not everyone is excited about the establishment of sandalwood plantations in the Northern Territory. Forget Me Not: Meat and Livestock Australia's lamb advertising campaign is as subtle as a smack in the chops.
- Australia prides itself on strict quarantine protocols. But at a time when foot and mouth is threatening countries all over the world, there's concern current standards aren't keeping our island state free of pests and disease. Fifty exotic pests and diseases have entered Australia during the past two years. And one of the most recent has the potential to be one of the most devastating to primary industry. It is the South American Fire Ant.
- If you had to name Australia�s favourite fruit it would have to be the banana. We eat millions of them every year and although we usually associate banana growing with Queensland and northern New South Wales the most productive plantations in Australia are in western Australia. The bananas from the west are grown in tightly packed plantations and as a result they are not as large as their eastern cousins but some clever marketing has turned a negative into a positive.
- When most people think of winter in northern Australia, they imagine warm days, clear skies and fresh air. Well think again. The "dry" is also the time when back burning's carried across 30 million hectares of savannah and spinifex to reduce the impact of wildfires in the spring. There's so many fires sending plumes of smoke and soot into the skies that some days you could swear you're in Tokyo instead of the Top End. In fact there are some now questioning whether the rangelands can sustainably continue, "fighting fire with fire".
- Recently Landline brought you a story on goat meat - Now here's a story about new hope for goat fleece.
- As family farms are passed down from one generation to the next, so too are any problems brought on by years of working the land. Today we look at one farmer in Western Australia who is turning such an inheritance into an asset. He's found a way to make his salt ravaged land pay by building a series of salt ponds and growing trout.
- With agriculture in crisis worldwide there's good news from Latin America. Harvests are being tripled. Rainforests are being saved. The whole environment is benefiting from a remarkable bean that really does work miracles with people's lives. In the fairy story, Jack plants a magic bean and his family prospers. Now in Latin America farmers are planting a magic bean with similar results. The bean is called "Mucuna" - the a velvet bean and extraordinary claims are being made for it: bigger harvest and more food without cost to the environment.
- Australian broadacre farmers have justifiably earned an international reputation for being among the most efficient and innovative primary producers in the world. This is due in no small part to their uptake of new technology. What's not always appreciated is that our agricultural engineers are responsible for many of those bright ideas from the stump jump plough through to precision farming equipment. In fact, when it comes to the development of GPS-guidance for farm machinery, the so-called "hands-free" steering systems, Australia's now the acknowledged world leader.
- The Year of the Outback is a calendar of events highlighting who and what's in the outback, but it also aims to encourage Australians to celebrate it and think about what the outback means to the country's future. One event held in Blackall near Longreach late last month aimed to draw urban Australia's attention to the agricultural produce from western Queensland. It also alerted outback producers to the opportunities to brand and value-add their produce, whether it be honey, dates, crayfish, figs, beef or mutton.
- Organisers have always hoped the Year of the Outback would be more than the sum of its parts. At last count there's been some 700 community events and festivals organised across the country. Many of them aimed at bridging the divide between urban and rural Australia and celebrating the distinctive, often isolated and challenging lifestyle that few in the bush would swap for anything.
- Each year thousands of stockmen and women choose to take a little time away and pack up their families and horses to go campdrafting. One of the big meets was in Cloncurry last weekend and Landline went along for the ride.
- Exotic fruits such as custard apples, Buddha's hand citron, Inga beans and carambolas are unlikely to ever match apples and oranges for mass-market appeal. But if one NSW mid north coast producer has his way, Australians will soon be able to taste up to 120 exotic varieties see how they're grown and learn about where they're from.
- Five years ago, the Federal Government set a target for Australia to produce 350 million litres of biofuel by 2010. Many said it was a target that would never be met. But high petrol prices and a sudden will to embrace ethanol and biodiesel means the industry is taking off.
- While country shows are dying out in many parts of the nation, Australia's longest running show, the Campbell Town Show in Tasmania, celebrated its 171st outing on the weekend. Since the early 1960's the event has been sponsored by one of Australia�s biggest buyers of premium wool, but as Conor Duffy discovered, this year the sponsors of the show's biggest draw card have pulled out.
- There was a time when every saddle was tailor made for the horse it sat on. In more recent times, saddlery like so many other traditional trades has been swamped by cheaper, mass produced goods. However Tim Lee's found a master saddler in Melbourne who's bucking that trend with his commitment to cutting edge design and hand-crafted quality.