Farming
‘It’s really hard’: Farmers feel squeeze of rising power bills
Many Australian farmers concerned about the mounting electricity prices can’t pass them onto consumers, who are already feeling cost of living pressures.
- by Jessica Yun
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Grab that sad, single banana and take it home – but don’t forget to eat it
In this episode, Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland talks food waste with freelance writer Dani Valent and Farmers Pick co-founder Joshua Ball.
For sale: Country newspaper that was a farmer’s bridge to health
Purchasing a newspaper is not a conventional recovery step after traumatic brain injury, but that’s what Lloyd Polkinghorne did five years ago. Now, as he returns to farming, he wants to see his paper survive.
- by Carolyn Webb
Indonesian foot and mouth disease outbreak puts Australian farmers on high alert
The livestock industry and government are scrambling to secure their supply chains and limit the risk the highly infectious virus will spread here.
- by Mike Foley
Farmers’ lobby criticises major parties’ ‘radio silence’ on climate policy
The National Farmers’ Federation says both major parties are failing to address one of the biggest issues facing the agriculture sector.
- by Mike Foley
Wolf or dog? Dingo genome reveals answer lies somewhere in between
Researchers have sequenced the genome of a wild-born dingo pup and revealed that pure dingoes are an “intermediary” between wolves and domestic dog breeds.
- by Miki Perkins
The tiny NSW school that’s growing and harvesting its own wheat crop
Every morning, the students at Hermidale Public School pack their boots and clothes in their school bags ready to work on their wheat field.
- by Daniella White
Nationals claim foreign worker win with symbolic ag visa agreement
Vietnam has entered negotiations with the federal government over a new scheme to bring more foreign farm labourers into Australia.
- by Mike Foley
Whistleblower’s ‘fraud’ claim threatens integrity of $4.5 billion carbon offset scheme
The designer of the carbon offset scheme says a large swathe of “fraud” carbon credits have been issued, angering carbon-neutral businesses that rely on the scheme’s integrity.
- by Mike Foley
Government pledges $5.4bn for North Queensland dam before business case
Barnaby Joyce said the project would be opposed by “green cynics”, but the PM said the dam was 100 per cent guaranteed, despite the business case for it not being completed.
- by Mike Foley
Carbon price plummets as regulator allows companies to break contracts
A new ruling means companies could earn hundreds of millions of dollars by breaking contracts, but it remains to be seen how profits are shared with farmers.
- by Mike Foley