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Summer crops almost harvested

A trial is under way looking at opportunistic summer cropping at Pine Lodge between Benalla and Shepparton.

Skills tested at sheepdog trials

It seems like every man and his dog has descended on Molong for the NSW Sheepdog Championship Trials.

Witch grass kills 100 sheep

Lower Norton grazier Kevin Wilkie checked his weaner lambs one day and they were fine, the next day they were dead.

Gold royalty increase spat

There's very little that gets the mining industry worked up as much as talk of a new tax or royalty, and miners at a gold conference in Perth this week were, to put it mildly, spitting golden chips.

What's that smell?

Drive down the road toward Nangiloc and Colignan in Victoria's north-west, and you might notice a slightly odd smell wafting through your car air vents.

Reading the citrus leaves

How do you judge whether a citrus tree is healthy?

Pistachio harvest underway

Australia's 25 pistachio growers have started harvesting this years crop, and for some, it's been a 'weird' year.

A very dark harvest

It's pitch black, and quiet. Very quiet.

Sweet smell of success sours

From the Clarence to the Daintree river, the brilliant vermilion flames of cane fires have scorched the night sky for 130 years.

Theodore great training ground for med students

What makes a small town a great place to train young doctor?

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