Hosted by award-winning journalist Pip Courtney, Landline is Australia's only national agricultural television program covering stories from Australia's rural and regional heartland.
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Pip CourtneyHow bird flu is affecting the free-range industry; Remote Munga-Thirri National Park's lone ranger hands in his badge after three decades; Clearing European carp from a Murray River wetland; and meet Heywire winner Lane.
Restoring healthy waterways in south-east Queensland; Why this year is shaping up as one to remember for the sheep industry; The woman helping producers recover value from farm waste; and Heywire winner Cameron.
The Hunter Valley land rehabilitation project; Scientists researching how to grow food in space; Collecting soil samples from around the country; Visiting the circus in 1973; and Heywire winner Rivinu.
A unique drone protecting horticultural crops from birds; The program getting girls from regional Queensland into AgTech careers; Turning native plants into healing balms and teas; plus meet Heywire winner Georgie.
Confusion over the Federal Government's new environmental strategy; Producing Wagyu the West Australian way; Surveillance technology tracking theft and illegal fishing; and Heywire winner Hugo.
Fertiliser supplement made from recycled glass; Western Queensland graziers dealing with a changing climate; Nuffield Scholarships promoting agricultural innovation and excellence for 75 years; plus Heywire winner Fabian.
Growing trees for sustainable aviation fuel; A new way of investing in Australian farming; The cattle drive raising awareness about food insecurity; Rough riding rodeo champions from 1971; and we meet Heywire winner Kallie.
Global demand for protein is good news for Australia's dairy industry; A family's bid to end bullying that became a national movement of awareness and kindness; plus an Aboriginal community leader shaping the future.
Reopening an old gold mine in a major agricultural region; A native honey to rival the medicinal qualities of Manuka; plus the Aboriginal corporation growing wool and Indigenous history on Bruny Island.
Varroa mite wiping out wild bee hives; Retraining shearers to transition to new jobs as live sheep export ban approaches; and making fine ale from grain grown in one of the country's premier wine regions.
The challenge of finding aged care and services in rural areas; Dinosaur tourism bringing people into the outback; An immersive camp for big cotton customers; and a regional art competition.
Greenhouse technology transforming the way food is grown; The winemaker supplying drinking water to Kenya; Australia's first methane-tamed beef; and the remote endurance swimmer taking on an open water challenge in New York.
Turning second-grade peanuts into low-fat, high-protein powder; A grand plan to ship 100 tonnes of wheat to Sudan; The practice of floodplain harvesting; and whaling off the coast of Western Australia in 1971.
The one tip that could save your life in outback Australia; Developing a new biological control to reduce feral rabbit numbers; The agronomist whose radical ideas changed farming methods; plus the monthly weather outlook.
The introduction of country-of-origin seafood labelling laws giving consumers informed choice; Australia's emerging agave industry; plus the outback councils growing their own crops to help ratepayers and boost communities.
Stopping a cactus invasion in Western Queensland; DNA analysis unlocking age-old soil secrets; The cotton grower who grew a fashion brand; and developing an Aboriginal led sea urchin industry.
Increased iron ore exports creating a dusty problem for Geraldton residents; Moving away from fertiliser imports with home-grown alternatives; and an old wine grape variety that thrives on very little water.
Fruit and vegetable growers cleaning up after flooding in Carnarvon, WA; Farmers grappling with fertiliser supply shock; White spot disease tightens its grip on Australia's east-coast; plus the high-country fur trapper.
An organic, peptide powered pesticide from butterfly pea; A property where conservation and commercial farming co-exist; The master makers plying an old trade; and could ethanol from sugarcane help secure our fuel future?
The Australian farmer taking dryland farming techniques to Kenya; New table grape varieties transforming the industry; Lessons learned from generations of weather diaries; and making snow skis from Australian timber.
Tea tree oil producers concerned for industry future; A first-hand warning about harvesters and fire risk; The eco-charity regrowing habitat to help save koalas from extinction; and using wool waste in urban gardens.
In a Landline special 'Fighting Waste': Gourmet dried fruit made from imperfect produce; Australia's first regional circular economy; Making chemical free compost from weeds and feedlot waste; plus clearing sheep manure from woolsheds.
Growing pains for the nation's booming berry industry; Ripping out vineyards in Australia's largest wine producing region; and the determined teenager pushing on with his dream of a career in agriculture.
Growing premium wheat for noodles; A small mixed farm growing Australia's only commercial crop of white asparagus; Perfecting Queensland's pineapples; and the discovery of an apple variety thought to be extinct.
A new high fibre wheat variety that functions like conventional flour; Graziers question the costs and benefits of outback national parks; and the role of buffel grass in Australia's multi-billion dollar beef industry.
The interstate invader costing millions in South Australia's Riverland region; The environmental impact of buffel grass; and the diagnostic tool reducing dairy product wastage.
The challenge to save and restore native grasses in the Australian landscape; Local abattoir closures threatening small paddock to plate businesses; and the patrol teams criss-crossing the country making maps.
The long road to recovery after Victoria's catastrophic bushfires; The low stress way to muster feral goats; and the gutsy Far North Queensland farming family creating opportunities for the next generation.
How reducing cattle stress is good for animal welfare and the bottom line; The cost of boarding school on rural and remote families and communities; plus the woman who left corporate life to follow her farming dream. (Return)
