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- The struggle of overcoming infertility in the bush. The singing and dancing farmer teaching kids about life on the land. Plus the impact of coronavirus on Australia's multi-million-dollar lobster export industry.
- Action is expected on the wool stockpile. New rural enterprises have helped restore Katherine's agricultural base. In Western Australia there are signs that the mallee may be just about to make the long march from unwanted plant to environmentally friendly cash crop.
- Nestled within the tropical paradise of the Great Barrier Reef, Orpheous Island is the focal point for research by James Cook University.
- This week Chris Clark takes a look at the work being done to adapt grazing enterprises.
- They say you can grow just about anything in the Top End - anything, that is, that thrives on water, stacks of sunshine and space. Few know this more than Darwin's nursery operators.
- One bloke has single-handedly turned Australian bull riding from a pastime into a profession. Troy Dunn is helping to bring the most dangerous sport in the world to the big smoke.
- Property owners in Australia are no strangers to the tough times of drought. After all why else would Australia be known the world over as a wide brown land? But for all the problems associated with unreliable rainfall, some graziers have been able to successfully beat the odds and triumph over a lack of water. In some of our arid zones wool producers have been relying on a native plant which hasn't always been feted in scientific circles, but they say the hardiness of saltbush speaks for itself.
- Abbotsleigh Citrus has only been up and running for five years, but after winning a prestigious Banksia Award, has shown already it's leading the way. It isn't just being sustainable but is also being innovative - not just in how it manages the environment but how it uses the latest technology in most parts of its operation.
- Boronias are known for their scent and besides the cut flower market, can be cultivated for essential oil. But boronias are also notoriously difficult to farm. A bioscience venture at Margaret River however is overcoming the plant�s limitations and is producing super-hybrids better suited to harvest.
- Researchers in the Top End this week unleashed one of the most devastating diseases affecting commercial banana production - all in the name of science. There have been a series of outbreaks of the soil-borne fungus Fusarium Wilt or panama disease in the Territory over the past five years, which have threatened the viability of the fledgling industry. Panama disease has no known cure or treatment. Not only does it lead to the destruction of banana plants, but it can contaminate soil and remain undetected for up to 30 years.
- If you happen to watch the Davis Cup at the end of the month, take a look at the $350,000 portable grass court. It is the end result of Bill Casimaty's decision four years ago to move on from sheep and cereals.
- Kingaroy, in Queensland is famous for two things - peanuts and former Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. But for locals Kingaroy has another claim to fame - its dirt. It's red, it stains and it gets into everything. One young couple has decided to make money from the bane of Kingaroy farmers' wifes' existence.
- Five years ago, George King's neighbours scoffed at the idea he could turnaround the fortunes of his family's farm without spending a fortune in the process. By any objective measurement the place was falling to bits. The paddocks were clapped out, the stock was in-bred and the dams were silting up. He believed the problem was not the farm as such, but the way it was being managed, lots of decisions with no clear goal in mind. After a decade in the red, the place is in the black and we have just been back to see how George King turned it around.
- The growing divide between city and country has seen another push to teach children from metropolitan areas about life and work on the land. The Kondinin group has just released another book in its children's educational series, this time it looks at beef. It seeks to educate young urban Australians into the culture of the beef industry, its history and its importance to the rural and national economy.
- Tucked away in a laboratory in Canberra is a group of scientists hoping to unlock the secrets of the flowering process. Already they've won a worldwide race to find the gene that makes plants flower. Now they're trying to make sense of it. When they do agriculture, as we know it, is in for a radical overhaul.
- The snake bite season will begin in the next few weeks. Vets in Mount Isa in Queensland traditionally report the first brown snake bites when the weather turns warm - many of the victims are farm dogs.
- The Queensland Biennial Festival of Music is this country's biggest and most diverse celebration across the musical spectrum. For 10 days there are performances all over the state which include jazz, classical, rock, country, theatre, opera. You name it - it is bound to be performed somewhere at some time. There is also a host of specially commissioned pieces including an innovative creation at Winton, better known as the birthplace of Waltzing Matilda. As you will see when the festival asked for community involvement, the locals from Winton responded with considerable enthusiasm.