Move over Hottest 100, farmers have their own music poll for harvest
By Elsie Adamo, Selina Green, and Brooke Neindorf
Forget the Hottest 100 music countdown, farmers have their own annual music poll to get though the long harvest after two consecutive years of drought.
#Music #CropHarvesting #GrainGrowing #RegionalCommunities #Farmers #RuralandRemoteCommunities #AgriculturalWorkers #AgriculturalCrops #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #Droughts #ElsieAdamo #SelinaGreen # #BrookeNeindorf
This apple grower has noticed a peculiar change on his farm
By Victoria Pengilley
Across the the Blue Mountains, apple farmers are noticing less fruit this season. Some are wondering if it's linked to varroa mite.
#FruitTrees #FruitCrops #FruitGrowing #FruitDamagingInsects #Farmers #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #VictoriaPengilley
Flower likened to 'cancer' for environment still sold at nurseries
By Jessica Schremmer
The colourful flowers of gazanias might attract you to buy them at a nursery but it is worth considering whether you are getting an invasive weed causing havoc to our landscapes.
#InvasiveSpecies #Plants #PestsHorticulture #Pests #AgriculturalWeedControl #FlowerGardens #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #NurseryandFlowerProduction #WeedsHorticulture #AgriculturalCrops #JessicaSchremmer
Nathan Luke Stevens cleared after pineapple farm electrocution
By Vanessa Jarrett
The owner of a pineapple farm charged over the death of a 25-year-old worker has successfully appealed his conviction.
#Courts #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #VanessaJarrett
Paddocks are finally green again but bringing a flood of unwelcome guests
By Elsie Adamo and Conor Burke
A resurgence of rabbit populations following recent rainfall is driving experts to urge for increased control measures.
#Pests #AgriculturalPestControl #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #EnvironmentalManagement #PestControl #RuralandRemoteCommunities #Farmers #LivestockFarming #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #EnvironmentalImpact #EnvironmentalPolicy #ElsieAdamo #ConorBurke
Once parched and bare, these paddocks are now flourishing again
By Liz Rymill and Elsie Adamo
After months of dust and dry skies, farmers on South Australia's Limestone Coast have welcomed early spring rain and a promising season ahead.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-12/south-east-emerges-from-drought-and-price-slump/105848144
#Droughts #Farmers #CropHarvesting #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #LivestockFarming #SheepFarming #RegionalCommunities #RuralandRemoteCommunities #LizRymill #ElsieAdamo
Kangaroos add pressure on drought-hit farmers by eating scarce feed
By Elsie Adamo
Farmers are calling for a cull of kangaroos, which they say are being forced onto farmland by drought and dry conditions and consuming what little feed and water they have.
#AgriculturalPestControl #LivestockHealthandWelfare #LivestockFarming #Droughts #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #Farmers #Animals #RegionalCommunities #WildlifeTrafficAccidentsandIncidents #SheepFarming #BeefCattleFarming #ElsieAdamo
Family builds tractor museum to fund cancer research in memory of son
By Anna Cox
Oliver Crane was diagnosed with bone cancer and died at age 17. This week, his family opened a vintage tractor museum in his memory to help raise money for cancer research.
#AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #AgriculturalMachinery #Cancer #Charities #Family #RegionalCommunities #AnnaCox
South Australian farmers 'on knife edge' ahead of summer after a year of dry conditions
By Genevieve Blandin de Chalain
Some South Australian farmers say they are still feeling the strain of drought after inconsistent winter rains left little room for recovery before the coming summer.
#DairyFarming #LivestockFarming #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #Droughts #Rain #GenevieveBlandindeChalain
Hermès-owned NT croc farm irrigating crops with water high in E. coli
By Sam Parry
One of Australia's largest crocodile farms, owned by a subsidiary of luxury label Hermès, is consistently irrigating with water containing E. coli concentrations almost 500 times the national guidelines.
#AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #Safety #Reptiles #IrrigatedFarming #RecyclingandWasteManagement #FashionBrands #FishingandAquacultureIndustry #StateandTerritoryGovernment #EnvironmentalManagement #Bacteria #EnvironmentalHealth #SamParry
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