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Dr Maarten Stapper is unconventional, stubborn and difficult. Not even a near fatal car accident could slow him down in his mission to feed the world using less chemicals.
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Ever since Bronwen Scott was a small child, she has had an abiding interest in animals, but growing up in London meant the closest she came to wildlife were the bugs and creepy crawlies that frequented...
View ArticleReviving the soils - the Green Agriculture Stewardship Scheme
We know that if we have a poor patch of soil then mulching is a straightforward, easy way to improve our veggi or garden patch. But imagine an attempt to improve thousands of acres.
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View ArticleTony Abbott goes carbon farming
A biological farmer, from northern New South Wales, will today get the chance to show the leader of the opposition, Tony Abbott, how he's improving carbon in the soil. Tony Abbott will visit the...
View ArticleLandcare cuts disappointing
The National Chair of Landcare says he's extremely disappointed in the government's decision to cut Landcare spending by 11 million dollars. David Walker says the cuts will make it difficult for...
View ArticleClimate change 'rednecks'
A University of New England Honours student is researching farmers attitudes to climate change. Psychology student and beef producer, Methuen Morgan thinks farmers have been perceived as climate change...
View ArticleArmidale gears up for Sustainable Living Expo
Armidale's Sustainable Living Expo (SLEX) will get underway this Friday at the Armidale Creeklands site.
View ArticleThe role of sheep in the carbon debate
This morning on the Rural Report, we talk to Chick Olsson Chairman of the Wool Carbon Alliance about how he plans to change public perception of sheep in the climate change debate; we're hearing about...
View ArticleThe role of sheep in the carbon debate
This morning on the Rural Report, we talk to Chick Olsson Chairman of the Wool Carbon Alliance about how he plans to change public perception of sheep in the climate change debate; we're hearing about...
View ArticleLachlan Valley has seen one policy error after another
Today in the Rural Report we're talking about the impact of government policy on communities, why do government's keep making the same mistakes? If you've been enjoying the very low prices on quality...
View ArticleGunnedah speaks out about mining
The New South Wales state government released its scoping paper into coal and gas mining last week. And at the Gunnedah Town Hall landholders had their chance to tell Planning Minister Tony Kelly what...
View ArticleCotton crop boosts rural towns
As the biggest cotton harvest in Australian history ramps up, some rural towns are seeing a big boost in business. Workers from around the world have flocked to Northern New South Wales towns like...
View ArticleConsumers subscribe to Maitland vegetable farm
Farmers often complain they don't receive a fair income for the work they do. One Hunter Valley organic farm has found a pretty good way around it. For the past six years, Mark Brown and Kate...
View ArticleUNE talks rural climate change solutions
A Rural Climate Change Solutions Symposium gets underway this week at the University of New England in Armidale, in northern New South Wales.
View ArticleFarmers joins forces to fix river
Famers and authorities have taken the first steps towards fixing an ongoing problem for the Macintyre River at Bannockburn Creek, near Inverell.
View ArticleFarming adaptations to combat variable weather
A Queensland farmer says he would not have survived the drought if he had not made sweeping changes to the way he runs his property. Sid Plant from the Darling Downs has been speaking a major climate...
View ArticleA fourth wind farm proposed for Glen Innes
A small town in the state's north could be home to four wind farms, if the latest plans worth $350 million get the green light. The renewable energy company, Epuron, wants to build 119 turbines and a...
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