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Will and Michael have found a full life in country Australia. Can other millennials follow in their footsteps?

After swapping life in the city for sheep and a vegetable garden, the couple is running a thriving gin distillery. Demographers believe more people in their age bracket could make the move to country areas as lower property prices offer more opportunities.
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Sheep industry veteran says it's time to move on from live export fight and focus on new markets

Rob Egerton-Warburton, who has farmed for nearly 30 years running 20,000 merino sheep in the industry's WA heartland, says now that the live export ban is legislated the industry should look to fresh opportunities to survive.
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farmer in paddock

McDonald's cuts back breakfast hours over egg supply concerns, supermarket prices expected to rise

Consumers can expect to pay more for eggs at the check-out in coming weeks as one of Australia's biggest fast-food retail chains limits its breakfast times.
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A notice in a supermarket that consumers can only purchase two cartons of eggs

Gascoyne's heavy rains are a washout for winter seasonal tomato growers

Some might think rain is good for growing, but for Gascoyne growers June's accumulative total of 104.4mm has been too much for their tomatoes to handle.
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Tomatoes floating in muddy water in lane of tomato paddock

Can agriculture be weaned off diesel? Some farmers are finding it harder than others to decarbonise

Diesel accounts for about 85 per cent of the energy used on Australian farms, but that mix is expected to change as alternative fuels and renewable technology become more affordable.
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An aerial view of a combine harvester on a crop.

Samoan community concerned over the distribution of fatal crash photos

The Samoan community in the Australian state of Victoria are mourning the death of two seasonal workers in a mini-bus crash last week.
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country highway crash
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'Up-and-coming Barossa Valley' pushes back against large solar farm

Residents in the regional Victorian community are concerned a proposed 665-hectare solar farm would change the microclimate of the renowned grape-growing region and drive away tourism.
Four people standing in front of a vineyard, green paddocks, and a blue sky.

Six months into the WA government's timber industry shutdown, locals in this country town wonder what's next

From tobacco to cauliflowers to timber, Manjimup has long struggled to find an identity that sticks. Where the small WA town heads next is the million-dollar question.  
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Black and white photo of tobacco grading at Manjimup, 1952.

Wasps cause damage to grapes

Grape crop destroyed by hungry wasps
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A damaged bunch of grapes at a Tasmanian vineyard which were attacked by wasps
Duration: 5 minutes 26 seconds

Making agritourism developments easier to navigate

New cellar door at Bream Creek proving a success
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A picture taken from inside a cellar door at Bream Creek which shows the view of Marion Bay over the vines
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They may be ugly and wonky but this is what natural carrots look like

Theresa Scholl says many visitors to her farm have no idea that "normal" supermarket carrots are the result of centuries of selective breeding, farming techniques and careful curation.
A woman holds up a knobbly bunch of carrots