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- The wall of one of the country's newest dams being lowered for safety; A young farmer succeeding on the land after the sudden loss of his father; Making beer from jujubes; On the road with a travelling vet.
- The Queensland company leading the world in ag-robots; The relentless march of the Fall armyworm; Championing home-grown coffee beans; Farmers and citizen scientists help the Australian Museum to find frogs.
- Central Queensland stud breeder Geoff Maynard is achieving success with the Bonsmara beef cattle breed. Mr Maynard was among the first stud cattle breeders in the country to import Bonsmara genetics. Since the eighties, he has focused on developing eating quality and came to see the tropically-adapted Bos Taurus breeds as coming into their own.
- We often hear how life is tough on the land as farmers struggle to make ends meet on properties that have been in the family for many generations. But they are not the only ones trying to make a buck in the bush, there is also a new breed of farmers, city dwellers who are choosing rural life. And while beef, sheep and grains still dominate Australia's agricultural economy many of these novice farmers are experimenting in alternative ventures on their very own bush blocks.
- After a lifetime of collecting, former scientist Ken Plomley has reluctantly decided to part with his treasures. Among them are some of the rarest and valuable books on early Australian agriculture. The jewel of his library is an 1826 book on agriculture and grazing in New South Wales, by James Atkinson. It cost Ken 50 pounds back in the early 1960s. The winning bidder in Melbourne on April 16, will likely pay more than $30,000. They may be antiquarian, but Ken's agricultural books make some surprisingly sharp observations about farming in the fledgling colony.
- When you're farming the driest continent on earth, it's water not land that's the limiting factor. It's also the cause of friction between stakeholders competing for a fair and sustainable share of this precious resource. And while there are obviously dozens of disputed catchments across the country there is only one where our biggest cotton grower is staring down a State Government threat to shut it down completely. Landline's been to Dirranbandi in Queensland's south west for this report on the case for and against Cubbie Station.
- They may not be as well known as the man from Snowy River but the "cattlemen of the sea" who work Victoria's southern coast also deserve to be immortalised. For more than a century, they've moved cattle through the ocean at low tide in search of island pastures.
- There are about 50 registered cattle breeds in this country and by and large if you are in the commercial beef and dairy business, the bigger the better. But for a growing number of hobby farmers on small acreage, size is important too. They are after quiet, compact cows that will not eat them out of house and home, like the dual purpose "Dexters".
- 1990– 58mTV EpisodeTammy builds a herb tower, Clarence welcomes a new eucalypt, Sophie marvels mosaic art, Jerry tours a restored waterway, Millie preps for winter, Jude makes a hot compost bed, and we meet a scientist nurturing native bees.