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- It used to be that a pup from the neighbor's litter did the trick, but with fewer paid employees on the farm the working dog's role has become more important than ever. Highly skilled dogs are in demand, and last weekend some of the best in the country were put to the test, competing in the New South Wales state yard dog championships in the small town of Dalgety on the Eden-Monaro plains.
- To the sometimes prickly issue of housing encroaching on farm country. We've all heard about diminishing country towns but what about the reverse situations? - when the town gets bigger and the only land available for expansion is used for farming? When the urban sprawl meets farming country, should primary producers be forced to accommodate the newcomers by changing the way they farm? Or should those who choose to live in certain areas, have to put up what was there first? It can be a very smelly question. Opinions vary on what, if any, compromises should be made.
- There has been a sharp rise in the number of illegal fishing boats caught in Australian waters. Ten boats, most of them Indonesian, have been apprehended in the last six weeks. Their target has been shark fins.
- Australia's wool industry has been on a downward spiral for more than a decade. In western Queensland, wool production has been shrinking and sheep stations are being replaced with cattle farms.
- Michael Meacher, a former environment minister in the Blair Government, says UK consumers are wary of genetically modified (GM) foods due to a series of food scares in the region. He says incidents like the outbreak of 'mad cow disease' have caused consumers to lose confidence in authorities' assurances that foods are safe. Mr Meacher has told the ABC's London reporter Kirsten Aiken, that consumers see no need to take what they perceive as a risk and eat GM foods.
- Hannah visits a dreamy design; Millie meets the next generation of farmers; Jerry rescues plants from a redevelopment; Sophie spotlights flowers that are fragrant at night; and we meet a fuchsia fancier.