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- Come and experience the A and H Doddridge Blacksmith Shop South Australia. A working museum dedicated to the skills of the blacksmith with over 130 years of blacksmithing at the site and many of the original tools and equipment on display.
- If you're one of the many Australians who own a horse, be it for sport or play, then you've gone through the hassle of getting your mount shod. Well a Tasmanian inventor has come up with another choice, and his horse boots, described as running shoes for equine athletes, are set to take the world by storm. For humans, footwear is an important part of the wardrobe. Now horses have a choice about what goes on their feet, or hooves if you wish.
- Who can deny that the future of Australian agriculture depends on enthusiastic farmers? But with advancing technology, globalisation and new opportunities in the city ... the number of young people interested in a life on the land is dwindling. There is however a dedicated band of young farmers who are intent on showing farming is a viable choice.
- As dawn broke in the main street of Barcaldine, around 800 locals clustered to see the opening of the Queensland Biennial Festival of Music. The big moment everyone was waiting for was the world premier of the Barcaldine's very own Big Marimba Band. Around 150 kids and adults from the Barcaldine community have spent the last two months making and learning to play marimbas.
- With agriculture in crisis worldwide there's good news from Latin America. Harvests are being tripled. Rainforests are being saved. The whole environment is benefiting from a remarkable bean that really does work miracles with people's lives. In the fairy story, Jack plants a magic bean and his family prospers. Now in Latin America farmers are planting a magic bean with similar results. The bean is called "Mucuna" - the a velvet bean and extraordinary claims are being made for it: bigger harvest and more food without cost to the environment.
- Salinity has been identified as probably the biggest environmental issue in Australia today, but in Western Australia it's been part of the landscape for decades. A combination of clearing and the unique system of paeleo channels beneath the Western Australian wheat belt have resulted in 8 per cent of arable land there going saline. Ironically, the State with the most experience at tackling the problem and the biggest immediate need of help, is the only one in Australia yet to secure any of the Federal Government's $700 million under the National Action Plan for Salinity.
- Japan's retail, food service and media industries are being targeted in a $14 million promotional campaign aiming to restore Australia's $1.7 billion beef export market. About 90 per cent of Australia's beef trade to Japan was cut last year after BSE or Mad Cow disease was discovered in Japan. And while the Japan sales recovery campaign swings into action with 4,000 in-store promotions, at least one Aussie beef exporter has been busy turning good animal husbandry into a marketing success story.
- Australia has a very proud tradition of producing top rodeo riders. We've had many world champions and many Aussies compete successfully on the tough but lucrative American rodeo circuit. Where do these good rivers come from? They don't just happen - in fact many start at rodeo school.
- Those involved in a new industry are usually excited when growth follows investment. However Australia's rural history is littered with industries that grew only to be troubled by oversupply and undeveloped markets. One new fruit industry is determined it will not follow this same sorry path. Persimmon growers know they've reached a cross roads and the decisions they make in the next year or so will determine the scale and profitability of a relatively unknown industry.
- Joanne Shoebridge speaks with National Farmers Federation president Peter Corish, about the Free Trade deal with the United States.
- It began as a strange twist of nature. A winegrower in South Australia noticed some of his red cabernet grapes had turned white. The discovery attracted the attention of scientists from the CSIRO. But, now the rare grapes from Langhorne Creek are also making a big impression in the wine industry. The unique product has captured a market of its own.
- ABC Reporter, Siobhan Barry discusses the recent floods in Karumba and Normanton. Anne Kruger asks Siobhan for her first hand account about how the flood affected folk in Queensland's Gulf are coping.