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It would be smarter to use perennial native grasses for cereal grains instead of relying on a handful of farming-intensive annual crops. Shown here is Curly Mitchell grass (Astrebla lappacea), common in northern Australia. Ian Chivers

26 julho 2012

Splendour in the grass: new approaches to cereal production

Ian Chivers, Southern Cross University

Any investment manager will tell an investor to spread risks, to have a diverse portfolio, to engage with many sectors of the local economy, to invest in other parts of the globe, to hedge your bets, a…

How do farmers cope with the cycle of floods and droughts? recoverling/Flickr

21 março 2012

Drought, flood and a whole lot else: the lived experience of farm households

Lauren Rickards, The University of Melbourne

It has been a summer of flooding for farmers in northeast Victoria and NSW. Reporters talk about the effect on crops, pastures and yields. But what about the effect on farming households? How do they cope…

Indigenous Australians systematically burnt grasslands to reduce fuel and stop fires raging out of control. Flickr/pietroizzo

7 dezembro 2011

The biggest estate on earth: how Aborigines made Australia

Bill Gammage, Australian National University

Aboriginal people worked hard to make plants and animals abundant, convenient and predictable. By distributing plants and associating them in mosaics, then using these to lure and locate animals, Aborigines…

Understandably, farmers get worried when they think their water is under threat. Phil Schubert

6 novembro 2011

CSG conflict – we know what we don’t know, let’s do something about it

Bryce Kelly, UNSW Sydney

There are many good reasons why the general public, and in particular farmers, are concerned about coal seam gas (CSG) extraction. There are major gaps in our knowledge about the future impacts of CSG…

Seventeen Australians have died this year from quad bike accidents, also known as all terrain vehicles or ATVs. Flickr/sharkbait

4 outubro 2011

It’s time for quad bike manufacturers to rollover on safety

Raphael Grzebieta, UNSW Sydney

The tragic quad-biking death of an 11-year-old boy from northwest Victoria on Monday takes the 2011 death toll from all terrain vehicle (ATV) accidents to 17. The boy reportedly died after his ATV overturned…

30 setembro 2011

Weeds vital to existence of farmland species

University of Hull

Despite being widely regarded as a nuisance, weeds are actually vital to the existence of many farmland species. Since many…

The trial was aimed at producing a wheat strain with a low glycaemic index. Flickr/RaeA

14 julho 2011

Scientists appalled by whippersnipper attack on CSIRO GM wheat trial

Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation

Scientists today said they were appalled and disappointed by Greenpeace protesters who whippersnippered a genetically modified wheat crop being grown as part of a CSIRO trial. The trial crop was part of…

Smaller farmers face increasing competition and struggle to break into institutional markets. AAP

10 julho 2011

These are dark days for smallholder farmers

Peter J. Batt, Curtin University

Agriculture in Australia is at the crossroads. Not only must smallholder farmers contend with the adverse impacts of global climate change, a strong Australian dollar and greater deregulation in the market…

Livestock may also face mistreatment without leaving Australian shores. AAP

9 junho 2011

Live animal export problems begin in our own paddock

Carol Petherick, The University of Queensland

Throughout the heated debate around live animal exports over the past week, there has been an implicit assumption that the mistreatment of Australian cattle only ever begins after the animals have left…

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