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Retired race-horses helping to make antivenom; The sprawling grazing property being turned into a national park; Australian exporters exploring new markets; The enthusiasts preserving a steam tractor collection.

Striking the balance between hazard reduction burns and biodiversity; Stopping the spread of plague locusts; Health reforms for rural Australia; Unforgettable images taken by remote workers.

The Queensland company leading the world in ag-robots; The relentless march of the Fall armyworm; Championing home-grown coffee beans; Farmers and citizen scientists help the Australian Museum to find frogs.

Volunteers help rebuild Kangaroo Island's bee industry; The Australian wool industry coming back from COVID; Could a native seaweed turn agriculture green?; The beauty of the Mallee showcased in a new book.

The comeback of Australia's iconic Murray Cod; Turning lentils into gluten-free flour; The accidental apiarist producing honey with a difference; Going for gas in north-west New South Wales.

Landline celebrates 30 years. This special anniversary episode looks at the stories and people that have taken the show from its origins in 1991 to now.

Boom time for berries in Tasmania; The good and the bad of the red hot cattle market; Tension over new coal seam gas wells on Queensland cropping land; Plus brighter prospects for winegrowers this harvest.

An encore presentation of stories showcasing our vast nation: From outback cattle station to national park; The travelling saddler's last journey; The property that inspired a famous landscape artist; Life on the Nullarbor.

Controversy in mulga country over carbon farming; A regional malt house connecting craft brewers and farmers; The young farmer who took out an Apprentice of the Year award; The chemical-free rural supply store.

Green hydrogen the latest climate change buzzword; Grain growers reap returns of organic sourdough market; Sharks taking a bite out of recreational catch in WA; Freeze-dried feta a new pantry cheese.

A legendary warhorse immortalised; The heiress who helped thousands of wounded soldiers; A Vietnam veteran's life-changing story of acceptance. The living link to Lone Pine plus a soldier settlement with proud military ties.

First generation farmers transform a farming fixer-upper; Soaring farmland prices a barrier to young farmers; Using science to help prevent bushfire; Auditing an entire beef supply chain to count carbon cost.

Darling River waterflows invigorating communities; Fighting Mallee bushfires from the air; Overcoming isolation and loneliness with scones; Demand for pipis netting jobs for Indigenous fishing venture.

Lessons learned from the dry Darling; Farming salt in a World Heritage area; Fighting the mouse plague sweeping eastern Australia; Turning pig poo into power.

Inside a vital pig breeding facility; Fighting feral animals with high-tech drones; Is the Australia-China trade dream over?; Plus the guitar man hand-crafting instruments from local timber.

Riverina rice making a comeback; Tagging of eels helps reveal migratory secrets; Premium conditions for WA canola; Sheep herding for city dogs; Monthly outlook from the BOM.

A special on bushfire recovery visiting farms and businesses in Batlow, Kangaroo Island and northern NSW to discover the innovative ways people have repositioned their businesses and steps taken to protect from future fires. Also looks at how going online saved a struggling beef business, plus how innovation and diversification helped Batlow's apple growers recover.

Planting peanuts away from Australia's peanut capital; Beneficial microbes improving soil and helping to store carbon; Saving the Western ground parrot from extinction; Plus a vending machine for farm produce.

Meet the 2021 Australian Farmer of the Year; The rural philanthropic projects making a difference; The rush to harvest Kangaroo Island's burnt plantation timber; A truck that's driven itself across America.

Rethinking the future after rainforest fire; Planting trees to create a koala corridor; Using cultural burning practices to fight fire with fire; Community connection helping the healing process.

Debate over Australia's ability to trace a major disease outbreak in animals; Saving rare breeds of pigs from extinction; Tough times for tuna fishers; Australians embracing Indigenous tourism experiences.

South Australian scientists genetically modifying crops for space; The natural wine movement that challenges traditional winemaking techniques; Bush inspired pottery as unique as its maker.

Artificially inseminating bees to protect against deadly varroa mite; Thermal technology helping to eradicate feral pigs on Kangaroo Island; plus Unearthing secrets of the pre-colonial international sea cucumber trade.

The Australian product humanely killing feral pigs; Shark Bay crab fishers turn adversity into triumph; WA's gin towns embrace the spirit; Macadamia growers let nature do the heavy lifting in pest control.

Building better internet in the bush; The country community helping dreams come true; Ensuring Australian prawns are the real deal; Innovation helps oyster growers achieve record sales.

The challenges of farming redclaw crayfish, foreign workers needed for harvest, and the science and farming practices behind the perfect potato chip.

Introducing new generations to mulberries; The young graziers proving they're made of the right stuff; On patrol with Norforce; plus Timor Leste's willing labour force ready to work.

The long-running debate over managing Kosciuszko's brumbies; Claims industrial hemp is being diverted into a cannabis wellness black-market; Turning faba beans into a high-value plant protein meat alternative.

Farmers make the most of good seasons and high prices; Truffle growing in Queensland's Granite Belt; A mysterious fashion entrepreneur and her place in rural women's history; The old-time trade of wheelwrighting.

Australia's inventors and innovators transforming fencing; One man's determination to save his fishery; Looking for better ways to retain soil moisture; 93-year-old yodelling darling Zeta Burns.

New ways of using water to grow cotton; Protecting Australian farms from a devastating citrus disease; Repatriating the Star of Taroom; Inventions making fencing simpler and less labour intensive.

Changes ahead for Western Australia's native timber industry; The highs and lows of growing chickpeas; How much should woolgrowers be levied to fund AWI?; A camel farmer's big vision for the industry.

Controlling run-off from the Coffs Coast's blueberry boom; Australian agriculture's dependence on foreign labour; Plus Northern Territory buffalo a cheap alternative export protein.

The community partnership healing a battered cattle station; Dryland cotton farming's expansion in northern Australia; The legacy of naturalist Les Chandler; A quilt of memories created by Landline viewers.

A water infrastructure fight in NSW; sexual harassment in rural and regional workplaces; and the rugby league great sharing his personal tragedy to encourage people to take farm safety and quad bikes seriously.

Is it mining versus agriculture in central western NSW?; Recreating lost oyster reefs in Qld; Virtual fencing in remote WA; and greenhouses improving access to fruit and vegetables in remote NT.

The ongoing campaign for railway safety in the country; Australia's latest breed of imported sheep; The Cape York walk changing lives; plus the awards acknowledging the nation's innovative rural women.

The art of rescuing bees from houses; One simple thing farmers can do to help save lives in an emergency; World leading crocodile research in the Top End; Turning wheat crop stalks into building panels.

Agriculture has been central in the climate debate but can crops and cattle be a carbon solution? This Carbon Zero show looks at storing carbon in soil, ancient Indigenous burning practices and graziers going carbon positive.

Lachlan's legacy to regenerative agriculture; The healing power of bees for veterans; The secret business of farming a native narcotic; Bonds formed at agricultural college still strong half a century on.

Turning low-value wool into unique high-value products; Ensuring a future for wild sandalwood; Feeding soil with pig effluent; Plus the former landscapers 'farming' rocks.

Locals working together to bring back family farm ownership; Building a dynasty in the red centre; Plus reshaping the system for foreign worker programs.

Landline reporters share their favourite stories of the year. From the lady who clothed the colonies, to truffle farming, sharks, buffalo and bushfire recovery, to one of the toughest outback men youll meet.