Joshua Becker
Rural Reporter at ABC South East NSW
ABC Rural Reporter, South East NSW. Views my own. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Matt Brann |Joshua Becker
Several records were broken this week in the lamb market, including at Griffith, where some heavy lambs sold for $431 each. In May, Australia exported a record 36,754 tonnes of lamb as overseas demand soars. Lamb prices are expected to remain strong throughout winter. Australian farmers are getting record prices for their lambs as demand from overseas nations soars.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Megan Hughes |Joshua Becker |Kate Forrester
The Australian Fashion Council has launched a national strategy to bring garment manufacturing back to Australia. Escalating trade tensions between China and the United States have highlighted Australia's supply chain vulnerability. Six consultation sessions will be held before a final report is delivered late this year. During Australian Fashion Week last week, models walked the runway clothed by home-grown designers, but while the designs were local, the outfits themselves were made overseas.
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2 months ago |
abc.net.au | Isla Evans |Joshua Becker
Living alongside a state forest and a popular recreational hunting ground, Matt French is familiar with the sounds of guns. "When you're riding around or walking around, [and] you hear a bit of a crack," he said. "You wonder whether it is a bullet or whether it is a crack in a tree."But when his daughter discovered a bullet had shattered the windscreen of his parked truck, he started to fear for his family's safety.
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Feb 7, 2025 |
abc.net.au | Kim Honan |Lauren Bohane |Joshua Becker
As the world's deadliest bee pest continues its slow spread across Australia, beekeepers are seeking out chemical-free treatments. Beekeeper Jackie Morrison is looking for an alternative to miticide strips, a chemical treatment used in hives to kill varroa mite. She says her customers want products free of chemical residues. "They want to see clean, natural, pure, unadulterated honey and wax and that's exactly what we aim to keep producing," she said.
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Feb 6, 2025 |
abc.net.au | Lara Webster |Joshua Becker |Tim Fookes
Australian wool production is forecast to drop to its lowest level in 100 years. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee (AWPFC) has predicted a 12 per cent drop in production for the 2024–25 financial year to less than 280 million kilograms. Production has not been that low since 1920–21. The bleak forecast hasn't dampened the spirits of 23-year-old Miranda McGufficke, a fifth-generation wool grower on the Monaro.
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