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5 days ago | 
abc.net.au | Matt Brann |Annie Brown
Australia exported more than 127,000 tonnes of beef last month, a record for April. The biggest customer was the United States (37,213 tonnes), followed by China (21,572 tonnes). The record month for Australia comes as beef exports from the United States to China have ground to a halt. However, many analysts feel it is too early to attribute Trump tariffs and trade wars to the noticeable uptick in exports.
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5 days ago | 
abc.net.au | Annie Brown
Standing on the banks of Barmah Lake, you might spot spoonbills, pelicans and egrets bathing at the water's edge. It would be just a glimpse of the 270 animal species and 500 native plants that live in Barmah National Park — a landscape that has started to thrive since the controversial decision to remove its population of wild horses. The park sits on Yorta Yorta country, stretching across the flood plains of the Murray River in northern Victoria.
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5 days ago | 
abc.net.au | Angus Verley |Annie Brown |Prue Bentley
Farmers running out of feed and water for their stock are being forced to sell animals in huge numbers as drought conditions roll on in southern Australia. Some farmers have been handfeeding livestock and trucking in water for the past 18 months. But they are reaching a breaking point, where the cost and logistics are too much — so they are selling their stock. Brie Lewis farms near Cavendish, in the foothills of the Grampians, in western Victoria.
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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Annie Brown |Justine Longmore
Sales of cottage cheese have significantly increased in Australia as a result of a TikTok trend. Supermarkets say they are struggling to keep up with the increase in demand. The major supermarkets say cottage cheese supplies are slowly improving. Supermarkets say they are struggling to meet demand for cottage cheese as the product booms in popularity online.
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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Philippe Perez |Annie Brown
When 16 year-old Jacob Wright isn't at school, he is out working at his sheep stud on his grandparents' property in regional New South Wales. The teenager is still too young to drink, drive or vote but that has not stopped him taking note of what both parties are offering the next generation. Jacob said neither party was offering enough for agricultural workers.
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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Annie Brown
A horse remains missing in Victoria's high country one week on from a live re-enactment of The Man From Snowy River poem that went awry. The re-enactment of Banjo Patterson's famous poem is an annual treat at the three-day Man From Snowy River Bush Festival, which kicked off on April 11 across three days in the tiny town of Corryong, near the Victorian-NSW border. However, the 30th edition of the iconic bushman's ballad, a highlight of the opening day's festivities, did not go to plan.
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4 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Emma Field |Annie Brown
Traders at Melbourne's fresh fruit and vegetable market say a revised rent proposal by a Victorian government body is an insult to them and a threat to food prices. On Tuesday, the government-run Melbourne Market Authority (MMA) offered vendors at the Epping facility a lowered rent increase in an attempt to end an ongoing dispute. An earlier proposal of 7.6 per cent each year, over a decade, was met with protests and rent strikes by traders last year.
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4 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Justine Longmore |Annie Brown
About 250,000 bees have perished in the southern New South Wales town of Corowa after coming in contact with a controversial pesticide. The bees were found dead in three hives in separate parts of the town last month. NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) testing found the bees were poisoned by fipronil, a chemical used to control ants, cockroaches, fleas and other insects. Alex McGillvray said he was devastated to find that his bees had been "wiped out".
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Emma Field |Annie Brown
Farmers say they are losing livestock to dingoes after a ban on controlling the animals. Lethal control of dingoes in the Mallee was banned a year ago, due to concerns over the dwindling population. The Victorian government is investing in non-lethal dingo management strategies as population numbers are monitored. Warning: Readers are advised this article contains an image of dead livestock.
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1 month ago | 
kfoxtv.com | Annie Brown
MIAMI TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) — More than three decades after an Ohio man disappeared without a trace, local police are still working to uncover what happened to 23-year-old Ronald Vonderheide. Despite a theory on his fate, authorities say they need more information to close the case, which has puzzled investigators since his disappearance on May 5, 1987. "It would be helpful to re-ignite the investigation so we could move forward,” said Lieutenant Greg Jenkins.
