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ABC Rural@ABCRural
9 Aug 2023
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#Podcast 🎧 🐂Yambah Stn sold 🐟Aquaculture facility looks to pull the plug 🐎Saddle sales ⬆️ 🌧️Rain in the Red Centre 🌱Serious soil concerns across the Pacific @ACIARAustralia & ATSB investigating fatal chopper crash in the Top End abc.net.au/listen/programs/n…

NT Country Hour - ABC listen

Helicopter pilot dies in crash while mustering on Limbunya Station. Rain continues to fall in Central Australia. 

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Matt Brann@MattBrannRURAL
27 Jun 2023
The dirtiest ABC Country Hour you’ve heard in a long time 😜 Check out our special #podcast from the National Soil Conference in Darwin podcasts.apple.com/au/podcas… @NTFarmers @abclandline @RangelandsNRM @ACIARCEO @LandcareAust @SoilsforLife @NSWDPI_Soils #WorldMicrobiomeDay
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Listening to the vibrant Amelia Bernasconi broadcast live from Parliament House with some of our 2023 winners. Tune into @ABCrural Country Hour! #ausfarmerawards @millbernasconi
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ABC Rural@ABCRural
20 Jun 2023
NSW farmers Tess and Andrew Herbert are the 2023 Australian Farmers of the Year. @KondininGroup @gundamaincattle @meatlivestock #ausfarmerawards
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20 Jun 2023
Victorian fruit grower Mitchell McNab has been named 2023 Young Farmer of the Year. @McNabMitchell @KondininGroup @FruitGrowersVic @Hort_Au
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Arlie Felton-Taylor@afeltontaylor
8 May 2023
Frozen bird bath and a light frost near Westbrook on Qld’s Darling Downs. @jennyweather @SciNate @ABCRural @BOM_Qld @abcnews @ABCaustralia
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ABC Rural@ABCRural
20 Apr 2023
Off-road racing was on Ben's bucket list. So he built a 60km track to practice on abc.net.au/news/2023-04-20/j…

Off-road racing was on Ben's bucket list. So he built a 60km track to practice on

Known for taking on big challenges, South Australian farmer Ben McNamara turned a section of his property into a 60-kilometre dirt circuit in just under a year.

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20 Apr 2023
Abalone sector throws down as WA government pushes ahead with marine park zoning plan abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Abalone sector vows to fight as WA government pushes ahead with marine park zoning plan

There are fears Western Australia's south coast abalone sector could be devastated by restrictions flagged as part of the creation of a controversial marine park.

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20 Apr 2023
Australia's largest private landholder expands portfolio abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Australia's largest private landholder expands portfolio

Viv Oldfield adds well-situated Middle Creek Station, south of Katherine in the Northern Territory, to his vast property portfolio.

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20 Apr 2023
Queensland grazier Melinee Leather is breaking stereotypes by planting a 10ha tree corridor on farmland abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Queensland grazier Melinee Leather is breaking stereotypes by planting a 10ha tree corridor on...

An ambitious regeneration project will see four central Queensland landholders plant 30 hectares of forest on agricultural land to increase animal habitat and biodiversity.

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19 Apr 2023
'High-grade' gold find tipped to bring wealth, jobs to Queensland region abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

'High-grade' gold find tipped to bring wealth, jobs to Queensland region

The discovery of gold and copper in Queensland's Wide Bay-Burnett region has mining industry leaders excited about what it could mean for the state.

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19 Apr 2023
How farmers are trying to save a $500,000 black market bird from extinction abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

How farmers are trying to save a $500,000 black market bird from extinction

Fewer than 8,000 glossy black-cockatoos remain in the wild across Australia. In response, a group of farmers are planting trees in their thousands to bring back the species' habitat.

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19 Apr 2023
Frustrated farmers turn up in droves to lobby for live export abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Frustrated farmers turn up in droves to lobby for live export

Hundreds of farmers have attended meetings across regional Western Australia to voice concerns about a ban on live export. 

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19 Apr 2023
Cooler season puts Gippsland winemakers 'under pressure' despite overall warming trend abc.net.au/news/2023-04-20/g…

Cooler season puts Gippsland winemakers 'under pressure' despite overall warming trend

A Victorian winery owner says cooler weather has delayed harvest and exposed grapes to more risks but, until this season, the conditions had been growing noticeably hotter.

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19 Apr 2023
Casey Bowie's company was starting to grow. Then a major freight company collapse left her business in a bind abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Casey Bowie's company was starting to grow. Then a major freight company collapse left her business...

When major transport and logistics company Scott's Refrigerated collapsed last month, it exacerbated the struggle some small regional businesses have long faced to get their products to larger...

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19 Apr 2023
Beetaloo Basin inquiry calls for further scrutiny of Middle Arm's 'petrochemicals plant' abc.net.au/news/2023-04-20/s…

Beetaloo Basin inquiry calls for further scrutiny of Middle Arm's 'petrochemicals plant'

A long-awaited Senate inquiry's final report into fracking in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin has made 14 recommendations.

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19 Apr 2023
Sugar prices skyrocket as growers eye 'once-in-a-generation' payday abc.net.au/news/2023-04-20/s…

Sugar prices skyrocket as growers eye 'once-in-a-generation' payday

As the 2023 harvest approaches, sugarcane growers are locking in some of their best prices in decades.

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19 Apr 2023
New Zealand feral cat killing competition for children axed after backlash abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/n…

New Zealand feral cat killing competition for children axed after backlash

A hunting competition for children aged under 14 to shoot feral cats was due to be held as a fundraiser for a school in the country's South Island.

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19 Apr 2023
Regional Drive Great Builds abc.net.au/radio/programs/sa…

Regional Drive Great Builds: The McDonald's birthday plane - ABC listen

Karoonda farmer Jeffery Morgan has been chipping away at a plane restoration for about 22 years. The plane was formerly the McDonald's birthday plane, stationed outside the West Lakes store.

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