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AuctionsPlus CEO Angus Street reveals the day that changed the company forever

In 2018, Australia's largest online platform for selling livestock had about 30 staff and annual sales of about $800 million. Fours years later during a pandemic, it's racked up $3.5 billion of sales.

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Agfest organisers confident of event's 'bright future' on 40th anniversary despite COVID challenges

When a group of young farmers banded together to launch Agfest in 1983, they were not thinking about creating one of the biggest agricultural events in the country — they were thinking about survival.

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Two months, 99 infected sites and still no answers on where bee parasite varroa mite came from

It's the tiny parasite that has beekeepers on edge, threatening to rip $70 million a year from Australia's honey industry, and still many questions remain.

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Battery caged eggs to be phased out in Australia over the next decade

A farmer lobby group says the phasing out of battery caged eggs will have a huge impact on food security in Australia, but advocates say it doesn't come soon enough.

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Victorian farmers fear wet La Niña will damage grain harvest

BOM has declared a La Niña alert with higher rainfall which could spell bad news for the grain harvest.

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Guardian dogs protecting hundreds of sheep from wild dog attacks in outback WA

A West Australian pastoralist was about to sell all of her sheep due to wild dog attacks, but the introduction of guardian dogs has changed everything.

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Nguni cattle, gourmet mushrooms pave way for farmers to tread lightly on Noosa hinterland farm

After struggling to find animals that could cope with the moist, highly parasitic countryside, these farmers settled on Nguni cattle and fancy fungi to build their business.

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Off-season native bee carers give macadamia farmer a pollination backup plan against varroa mite

Members of the public who welcome native beehives into their gardens in the off-season have helped a Queensland macadamia nut farmer bolster his defences against the threat of an invasive pest.

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Lettuce prices to fall as production lifts in flood-hit growing regions

After months of paying as much as $10 for a head of lettuce, shoppers can expect some relief with Queensland growers bouncing back, three months after devastating floods.

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Nitrogen use in the spotlight as grain industry pushes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

With several governments around the world pursuing limits on nitrogen fertiliser use, the Australian agriculture industry has much to consider. But how would farmers adapt?

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More women driving tractors and trains for the sugarcane harvest in far north Queensland

Labour shortages have been a growing challenge for the agriculture industry in far north Queensland, but these young women are rising to the challenge.

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Australian chocolatiers ditch cocoa's murky colonial history in favour of new trade routes

How do you choose your chocolate — is it decided by your taste buds? Or maybe your wallet? Just how ethical has the journey from farm to supermarket shelf been?

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Queensland farmer battling Suncorp Bank vows to keep pushing to fix financial services

A farmer who looks set to lose his farm vows to keep fighting for accountability in the financial sector and its lending practices.

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Ballarat potato growers ask McCain Foods for 78 per cent price increase

Last season McCain Foods paid growers an average of 33 cents per kilo of potatoes delivered to the local processing plant, a figure that farmers say was well below the rising cost of production.

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Quick-thinking driver saves more than 100 head of cattle from Tanami Road truck fire

When Cory Stirling's tyres caught fire he knew he had to get the cattle off the truck fast before it was too late.

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Safety concerns on remote NT's Roper Highway, as trucks start carting 300,000 tonnes of iron ore

Remote Arnhem Land residents worry iron ore trucks are making the Roper Highway increasingly more dangerous, and causing dust pollution.

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Northern NSW's guava growers consider replacing 'declining' crop, but exotic fruit finds home in sour beer

The only remaining commercial guava grower in northern NSW is preparing to rip out two-thirds of the orchard and replace it with another tree crop.

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Gippsland farmer 'shocked' by Crown land campsites announced by Victorian government

Gippsland's first campsites on licensed river frontages are open, but expect to share the site with grazing livestock — and bring your own toilet.

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Farmers digging into the eco-friendly powers of dung beetles in far north Queensland

In the quest to reduce water pollution, soil degradation and fly outbreaks, far north Queensland farmers are seeking assistance from the smallest of creatures — one cow pat at a time.

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Natural, organic, regenerative or conventional farming: Do labels help or hinder producers?

Demand for food bearing labels such as 'organic' or 'sustainable' is soaring, but some farmers are questioning if the name is worth the pain.

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Cultural gardens are connecting school kids to Mackay's Indigenous history

Instead of growing carrots and broccoli, these primary school students are growing native fruits in a garden that teaches them the history of Indigenous cultivation.

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Hunting for heritage fig trees introduced to Australia by migrants

She has already propagated cuttings from 100 heritage figs in Melbourne that were introduced to Australia by migrants. Now she's off on an interstate expedition to find more.

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The mystery surrounding Australia's ancient wild and endangered macadamia trees

Ian McConachie is eager to find the answer to an ancient mystery — just how many hundreds of years do Australia's wild macadamias live?

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Glasshouse expansion for protected cropping across the Goulburn Valley gets government tick

A new six-hectare glasshouse in Victoria's Goulburn Valley will produce 4,000 tonnes of tomatoes every year, creating 60 new jobs for the site in the process.

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Maryborough sugar mill's $100-million resurrection as bio-energy hub

When the sugar factory at Maryborough closed two years ago it was the end of 126 years of crushing. Now, a new deal could see it brought back to life as a bio-energy hub.

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