The Show is ‘where country meets city’ but animal entries are down

The Show is ‘where country meets city’ but animal entries are down

Organisers promised this year’s Show,the 175th,would be a return to its agricultural beginnings after some farmers abandoned last year’s event.

  • byCara Waters

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In an underground car park,something is growing under lights that may tickle your nose

In an underground car park,something is growing under lights that may tickle your nose

By 2050,almost five billion people will be living in cities,representing 70 per cent of the global population. Urban farming on rooftops and underground may be a large part of the solution.

  • byJulie Power
Indonesia lifts lumpy skin ban on Australian live cattle exports

Indonesia lifts lumpy skin ban on Australian live cattle exports

The live cattle and buffalo export trade from Australia to Indonesia can now resume after beasts from four Australian facilities were barred in August over disease fears.

  • byMelissa Meehan
Fears surge in city pets will rob bush of its vets

Fears surge in city pets will rob bush of its vets

Australia’s soaring number of family pets in capital cities has farmers worried they are going to lose vets who can do specialised tasks,like catching bull semen in a cup.

  • byCatherine Naylor
Luke swapped his morning surf to milk 1200 cows. And he’s happy he did

Luke swapped his morning surf to milk 1200 cows. And he’s happy he did

Luke Hall didn’t know what to do after year 12. Then a friend told him about a gap year program with a difference.

  • byCatherine Naylor
‘The wheels start to fall off’:Brad Hogg opens up about dark days after cricket

‘The wheels start to fall off’:Brad Hogg opens up about dark days after cricket

Growing up on a farm,Brad Hogg had one dream – to play for Australia. Now he’s telling farmers how he survived when that dream was over.

  • byCatherine Naylor
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Forget military service,Australia needs mandatory farm stints
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Forget military service,Australia needs mandatory farm stints

Consider it akin to jury service – except you get to wear a rugged Akubra and revealing khaki shorts.

  • bySimon Taylor
Melbourne Royal Show moves to calm the farm with return to rural roots

Melbourne Royal Show moves to calm the farm with return to rural roots

Organisers promise the 2023 edition will feature more agriculture experiences than ever after some farmers abandoned last year’s event.

  • byNajma Sambul
‘The night of the massacre’:The gruesome scene that confronted farmer Elena

‘The night of the massacre’:The gruesome scene that confronted farmer Elena

What Elena Swegen found when she walked out of her Myall Lakes farmhouse was devastating. Yet she’s committed to co-existing with the dingoes she believes killed her sheep.

  • byCatherine Naylor
Going where there’s uncommon wealth
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Going where there’s uncommon wealth

Sheik got games.

Game on:States issued a challenge to see who can end chook battery farming soonest

Game on:States issued a challenge to see who can end chook battery farming soonest

Western Australia is leading the race to be the first state to ban cage eggs with 77 per cent of Australians wanting the practice phased out.

  • byLatika Bourke