Boom in Aussie Avocado Production
A new Rabobank report, The ‘Avolanche’ of Australian Avocados, has found that Australia's yearly avocado production…
Farming
Rural Connection: Regenerative Agriculture
If you’re a city slicker, you may not think that ‘cows’ and ‘carbon positive’ belong in…
Organisations adressing farmers mental health
Australia's farming communities have toughed it through a testing few years, which introduced further stresses onto…
Farmers must work with First Nations peoples to protect heritage sites
First Nations peoples and Queensland researchers say the Queensland government's legislation to protect Aboriginal heritage sites…
Wage Safety For Seasonal Workers
Seasonal farm workers will now be able to access a minimum wage after years of working…
Rural Connection: Portable Chooks For Perfect Soil
They might provide you with your eggs in the morning or turn up on your sandwich…
Rural Connection: Rebuilding Australia’s Harvest Worker Industry
Spring has sprung and for many of us, that means life is blooming. But for farmers,…
Rural Connection: Sowing the Seed For Farmers On YouTube
The social media era is well and truly here and one man has set himself a…
Rural Connection: Farming In Shipping Containers
Traditional farming brings to mind sweeping plains or rolling green hills but one company is using…
Rural Connection: Growing Up As A Sugar Cane Farmer
Whether you’ve poured yourself a bowl of cereal, a hot cup of coffee or grabbed a…
Rural Connection – Land Centred Grazing
This week's Rural Connection looks at a family of cattle graziers doing things differently. Emma and…
Rural Connection: Pig Waste Powers Property
We’re launching a new segment on Tuesday Breakfasts at 7:45 and we’re pretty stoked to say…