Producers across South Australia's Mid North and Flinders Ranges are reporting significant locust outbreaks.
Latest Landline video
Farm to reef: Fruit & vege growers protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Share options
- Copy link
- X (formerly Twitter)
Features
More Rural
'They absolutely destroy a cherry': Lorikeets wipe out Perth orchard
A tiny flock of rainbow lorikeets introduced to WA in 1968 has bred into an almighty problem — with their latest attack taking out all the cherries at a Perth Hills Orchard.
Government back to the drawing board on backpacker crackdown
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke reconsiders the government's backpacker crackdown, but says it must still find a way to curb the surge in UK working holiday-makers who are permitted, under a free trade agreement, to stay for up to three years.
Sheep price records continue to tumble
Sheep values are soaring at saleyards across the country in a golden age for producers who are enjoying never-before-seen prices for their stock.
Pregnant heifer rescued from mine shaft with purpose-built harness
A pregnant heifer has had a lucky escape after falling three metres into a mine shaft in South Australia's Barossa region.
Fires raze crops in north-west Victoria as weather heats up
Hundreds of hectares' worth of crops are lost in the Mallee as dry lightning and harvest activity combine with dangerous weather conditions.
Cooped-up free-range hens set free again as bird flu spread slows in SA
Egg farmers rethink the voluntary housing of their free-range hens as the spread of H5N1 bird flu eases in South Australia.
Latest Audio
Latest Video
'They absolutely destroy a cherry': Lorikeets wipe out Perth orchard
A tiny flock of rainbow lorikeets introduced to WA in 1968 has bred into an almighty problem — with their latest attack taking out all the cherries at a Perth Hills Orchard.
Japanese consumers build appetite for Australian 'red-tipped' bananas
Ecoganic bananas, identified by their tips dipped in red wax, have begun regular export shipments to Japan after months of trials and market testing.
Changing tastes, warming climate push winemakers to extinct volcano
The Hunter Valley's climate has become increasingly compromised with the region's producers looking elsewhere for grapes.
First-time farmer solves mulberry packing problem with dental drill
A former dentist comes up with a $4 storage basket hack to protect the fragile fruit from bruising.
Farmers wear cost as starving flying foxes damage banana, berry crops
Tens of thousands of bananas are ruined as starving bats search for food on NSW Mid North Coast farms.