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Preventing theft on farms is much more difficult than in urban areas for many reasons – but new technological developments may help curb the crimes.
Installing enough solar panels and battery storage to see a household through a week without sunshine isn’t yet financially possible.
To maintain our role as a global food bowl, Australia has to keep innovating in agricultural technology.
Due to warfare, ploughing and planting was not timely in Tigray. This may lead to a second year with failed crops.
Supermarkets and farms have acted to ensure they discard fewer “ugly” and “wonky” fruit and vegetables. However, the bulk of the problem lies with households.
In 1954, US Border Patrol’s Operation Wetback promised to deport millions of undocumented Mexicans. It fell far short of its target, but made a mark in the minds of immigrants who lived in fear.
Farmers were supposed to bet big on energy crops like short-rotation willow to help fuel the UK’s biomass fleet. It hasn’t worked out like that.
When most Australians think about farmers, one image still springs to mind: a family in Akubras and Blundstones, battling the elements with a Blue Heeler by their side. That’s still the image invoked by…
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