The Land

Crop breakdown: hot and dry summer, reduced irrigation slashes grain potential

A hot, dry summer and the reduced availability of irrigation water saw summer crop production fall by 14 per cent to 4.5 ...
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Australia exposed: fuel, fertiliser in firing line as Iran war chokes trade

Australia's exposure to global supply shocks is again being laid bare as conflict escalates in the Middle East and threatens ...
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The genetic strategy keeping this historic sheep station profitable

Constant genetic improvement in Merino sheep through benchmarking is dialling up sustainable wool production at a time when ...
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Fast fashion no longer 'screwing the scrum' as wool proves its sustainability

Fast fashion bias in the European market is "screwing the scrum" in favour of synthetic fibres.
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Watt opens a new front in the Basin water wars as buyback dollars head north

Environment Minister Murray Watt has stoked Australia's water wars after pushing Labor's buyback front into the northern Murray-Darling Basin in a move that puts fresh cash on the table for irrigators ...
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'Keeping on with a good thing': flocks flourish despite the dry at Cumnock

Despite dry conditions across the district, Phil and Anne Salter, were quietly confident, with multiple 'irons in the fire' ...
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Grain levy dispute triggers state group exodus from national farm body

NSW Farmers has joined another state farmer organisation in signalling its plans to leave national body Grain Producers ...
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From Mildura to Mount Woowoolarah: Exactly where the record rain fell

Notable rainfall totals in the 24 hours to 9am Monday included: Mount Woowoolarah, a western NSW cattle station near the SA border recorded 103.2mm. Just over 100mm at Arcoona Bluff in SA's North East ...