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Robot jazz and power naps: How a Sydney soil scientist got on par with Einstein
Alex Broadfoot McBratney, a Renaissance man with a penchant for art, poetry, language and lyricism, has been elevated to the highest echelons of science.
- Angus Dalton
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Multi-billion-dollar hit coming to crop exports as mouse plague hits WA farmers
Landholders in Northampton, Mullewa and Ravensthorpe are recording more than 8000 mice per hectare.
- Connor McGoverne
Jody fought drought for 20 years and now, her worst fears are confirmed
Australia’s comprehensive outline of the climate threat is overdue, but the outlook is already diabolical.
- Nick O'Malley
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Pistol and Boo should have disguised themselves as (maybe mad) cows
Australia’s strict quarantine authorities famously booted out the movie star dogs. A few years later they are overturning a ban on US beef. We’re truly living in Trumpworld now.
- Tony Wright
Chooks in the city: How an egg shortage drove the return of the backyard hen
As egg prices remain stubbornly high, the humble backyard chook is enjoying renewed popularity in urban areas. Here’s how to keep the eggs coming.
- Shona Hendley
‘Dairy shortages, no ifs or buts’: Milk and butter prices to rise as farmers tread water
The high cost of recovery from repeated floods and droughts will contribute to inflation on supermarket shelves.
- Jessica Yun
When was the last time egg prices were $4.20?
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton were asked about the price of eggs – and one politician’s answer was much further off the mark than the other.
- Jessica Yun
They are the Potato Festival’s best dressed. Think Fashions on the Field – but itchier
It’s harvest time in Thorpdale, but the town chips in to celebrate the humble spud with custom-made clothes, a potato-picking race and a speed-eating mash competition.
- Carolyn Webb
‘Maggots in the fruit’: Orchards under attack as pest prevention funds shrink
Councils in the food bowl are calling for urgent reinstatement of government funding to protect some of Victoria’s most fertile orchards from fruit fly.
- Benjamin Preiss
‘Crazy jump in price’: Shoppers, farmers brace for years-long egg shortage
Bird flu outbreaks have choked the nation’s supply of eggs – and frustrated egg farmers say the proposed ban on caged eggs is exacerbating the problem.
- Jessica Yun