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A portrait of Ron Greentree, a farmer and former chairman of GrainCorp, in 2013.

Record fine for farmer who illegally bulldozed woodland

The NSW Land and Environment Court has imposed $2.1 million in fines for eight offences, with half to be paid by high-profile farmer Ron Greentree.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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Andrew Forrest.

WA-grown Sydney Rock Oysters heading east as Andrew Forrest’s farm ramps up production

It remains to be seen whether east coast seafood lovers will warm to the newcomer that’s renamed their native species Albany Rock Oysters.

  • Aaron Bunch
Jack Briscoe with Jill, his trusty six-year-old border collie.

‘We bring the country to the city’: Animals still the key to show’s success

Rides and showbags come and go, but livestock demonstrations and the animal nursery are the backbone of people’s visits to the Melbourne Royal Show.

  • Caroline Schelle
Zali Jestrimski at Wooleen Station with dingoes Eulalia and Steven.

Community in shock after WA’s beloved ‘dingo tour’ pair shot dead

The heartbroken handler of dingoes Eulalia and Steve has taken to social media to express grief over their loss.

  • Claire Ottaviano and Holly Thompson
Chocolate prices are set to rise sharply.

Why a global cocoa crunch will sour chocolate for years to come

But spare a thought for the small family farms of West Africa, who aren’t getting their fair share of soaring commodity prices.

  • Mike Foley
Beef cattle.

Define ‘tree’: The fight over Woolworths’ eco-beef pledge

Woolworths wants to sell beef that hasn’t been produced on farms that take part in “deforestation” – but no one can agree on the definition.

  • Mike Foley
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Finn Parker (left) and Professor Peter Banks from the University of Sydney successfully “camouflaged” the odour of wheat seeds and reduced damage from mice by 74 per cent.

Mice follow their noses. To stop them damaging crops, farmers are turning to smell

What if a mouse couldn’t smell the wheatgerm it feeds on? What if a feral cat couldn’t smell the native bird it hunted?

  • Liam Mannix
Sheep under solar panels at Gayle Lee’s farm in Glenrowan, Victoria.

‘It’s beneficial for the sheep’: The surprising ‘win-win’ for solar panels on farms

Farmers are increasingly finding that hosting renewable projects not only provides guaranteed income, but can also offer agricultural benefits.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Don Henning (right) at a cattle auction in Wallumbilla in 1966. 7500 white-faced Herefords were sold in one day, a record for the time.

The Queensland cattlemen and the traditions they keep going

The Ekka is steeped in tradition, and 148 years on from the first show, people are still finding ways to make it relevant.

  • Courtney Kruk
Photograph shows the sun setting over Katoomba this evening. NSW will turn it’s clocks forward one hour as daylight saving starts tomorrow night. October 6 2018. Photograph by Dean Sewell.

‘There’s no benefit’: Call to cut back daylight saving in NSW

NSW should knock two months off daylight saving and let it run from November to March because post-pandemic work habits have largely made it redundant, critics say.

  • Catherine Naylor

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