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Reporter:Prue Adams; Australia is the world largest exporter of faba beans. Reporter:Kerry Staight; Student retention rates increase when this Victorian school incorporates primary industries into the curriculum. Reporter:Dr Paul Feikema; The national climate and water outlook for Feb - Apr 2016 presented by experts from the Bureau of Meteorology. Reporter:Fiona Breen; In a region blessed with high rainfall and some of the cleanest air in the world, top prices being paid for beef is allowing producers to diversify - into the energy market. Reporter:Kerry Lonergan; Observations and analysis of commodity prices and trends with Kerry Lonergan.

Reporter:Tim Lee; Facing a future without irrigation, fruit growers in the lower Darling are prepared to walk away from their crops. Reporter:John Taylor; Farmers use advanced weighing, monitoring and surveying technologies to fine tune their practices and grow better crops. Reporter:Kerry Lonergan; Kerry speaks to David Foote, CEO of vertically integrated beef business Australian Country Choice about future prospects. Reporter:Sean Murphy; Australia's own version of Manuka honey is in demand for its medicinal properties.

Reporter:Caitlyn Gribbin; Detection dogs have remarkable success sniffing out endangered native species. Reporter:Kerry Staight; A South Australian based meat processor continues to grow while others close their doors. Reporter:John Taylor; In Queensland's tropical north, cane farmers are growing rice above ground and out of water. Reporter:Kerry Lonergan; Observations and analysis of recent commodity prices and trends with Kerry Lonergan.

Reporter:Kerry Lonergan; This week Kerry speaks with Stuart Clayton, Modiano Australia about a petition calling for mandatory pain relief for all on-farm sheep surgery. Reporter:Elliana Lawford; A GPS tracking system is collecting hard data to better understand and manage wild buffalo. Reporter:Sean Murphy; A new generation of oyster growers have some fresh ideas about marketing and production. Reporter:Fiona Breen; Devastated oyster farmers in Tasmania have had their livelihoods wiped out.

Reporter:Kerry Lonergan; Observations and analysis of recent commodity prices and trends with Kerry Lonergan. Reporter:Dr Andrew Watkins; A look ahead at Australia's weather prospects from the Bureau of Meteorology. Reporter:Pip Courtney; Barnaby Joyce, Minister for Agriculture, is one of the most colourful members of Parliament and also Australia's new Deputy Prime Minister. Pip Courtney spoke to him about his new role. Reporter:Fiona Breen; A cattle muster with a difference as stockmen and women drive 800 head of cattle from Robbins Island to the Tasmanian mainland on an 11km journey across the passage on low tide. Reporter:Sean Murphy; Farmers in Australia's intensive livestock industries see manure as a source of income and pork producers are lading the way, converting poo into profit.

Reporter:Pip Courtney; Hailed as a superfood, Queensland's Queen Garnet plum has attracted global interest but fake plums are now turning up in the market place. Reporter:Dominique Schwartz; The Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce wants Australian Super funds to boost their investment in the nation's rural portfolio. Reporter:Kerry Lonergan; Observations and analysis of recent commodity prices with Kerry Lonergan. This week Kerry talks property values with Tim Lane of Herron Todd White. Reporter:Mark Bennett; Farmers in Esperance believe fires in their area could have been avoided if local volunteers had been allowed to intervene earlier, and they've hired a law firm to conduct an independent review. Reporter:Kerry Staight; Soil erosion is now a challenge for farmers in South Australia's mid-north after a firestorm raged through the area last November burning 85,000 hectares of land.

Reporter:Lucy Barbour; Former independent MP Tony Windsor will contest his old seat of New England - currently held by agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce. Reporter:Fiona Breen; Fire raged through one of Tasmania's normally wettest areas in January but farmers at Temma remain positive. Reporter:Kerry Lonergan; Observations and analysis of recent commodity prices with Kerry Lonergan. Reporter:Kristy O'Brien; A fourth generation NT family set about pioneering the impossible and are now the largest producers of farmed barramundi in Australia.

Reporter:John Taylor; A canegrower increases crop yield by growing sunflowers to improve soil biology. Reporter:Caitlyn Gribbin; CSIRO scientists come up with a solution to a major ethical issue in the egg industry. Warning: contains graphics images.

Reporter:Tim Lee; Former professional actor The Right Reverend Rob Gillion takes on his biggest role ever - as Bishop of Riverina. Reporter:Kerry Lonergan; Observations and analysis of recent commodity prices with Kerry Lonergan. Reporter:Lydia Burton; A western Queensland grazier finds beauty in the drought. Reporter:John Taylor; Years of research have transformed the modest mung bean into the 'money bean'.