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- To the sometimes prickly issue of housing encroaching on farm country. We've all heard about diminishing country towns but what about the reverse situations? - when the town gets bigger and the only land available for expansion is used for farming? When the urban sprawl meets farming country, should primary producers be forced to accommodate the newcomers by changing the way they farm? Or should those who choose to live in certain areas, have to put up what was there first? It can be a very smelly question. Opinions vary on what, if any, compromises should be made.
- When most people think of winter in northern Australia, they imagine warm days, clear skies and fresh air. Well think again. The "dry" is also the time when back burning's carried across 30 million hectares of savannah and spinifex to reduce the impact of wildfires in the spring. There's so many fires sending plumes of smoke and soot into the skies that some days you could swear you're in Tokyo instead of the Top End. In fact there are some now questioning whether the rangelands can sustainably continue, "fighting fire with fire".
- 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.
- Less than three years ago pork producers in this country were talking about the death of their industry. Rising imports from Canada and Denmark had brought growers to their knees; many forced to start killing their stock, as it was not viable to send them to market. But desperate times in another country, Malaysia, have brought a new prosperity to the pork industry that is now enjoying record prices as well as a massive jump in exports to Asia. Julia Limb looks at the changing fortunes of Australia's pig farmers.
- Australian broadacre farmers have justifiably earned an international reputation for being among the most efficient and innovative primary producers in the world. This is due in no small part to their uptake of new technology. What's not always appreciated is that our agricultural engineers are responsible for many of those bright ideas from the stump jump plough through to precision farming equipment. In fact, when it comes to the development of GPS-guidance for farm machinery, the so-called "hands-free" steering systems, Australia's now the acknowledged world leader.
- The Australian wild dog has long been the curse of the landholder. Even with a constant vigil throughout the pastoral regions of mainland Australia, wild dogs still cause havoc. Stock losses annually total hundreds and thousands of dollars and landholders across the eastern seaboard believe dog attacks are increasing. And there's a disturbing new trend emerging of wild dog attacks on humans. Reporter Tim Lee visited the remote high country regions of Victoria and New South Wales for this special Landline report.
- Hobby farmers are an integral part of rural Australia. The money they spend stocking, fencing and planting out their small holdings is very important to the towns they surround. The trouble is, systems set up to service large scale farms do not always suit small scale hobby operators. Six years ago, one New South Wales auctioneer decided the most basic system, the auction, could be modified to suit the weekend farmer.