Landline Season 33, Episode 9: Rural Flavours

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Sunday 12/2/2023

Devastating flooding for farmers and communities in South Australia and Western Australia's Kimberley regions; Rebuilding from flood in central New South Wales; plus rejuvenated wetlands for birds.

59 min

2

Sunday 19/2/2023

Crunch time for the Murray Darling Basin Plan; More to cherries than a Christmas treat; Kids on camp honing cattle skills; plus imperfect produce becomes gourmet dried fruit.

56 min

3

Sunday 26/2/2023

Predicting outbreaks of the deadly Hendra virus; Celebrating diversity among Australia's farmers; Finding safe, affordable feed additives for carbon neutral cattle; and reaping the rewards of agri-forestry.

57 min

4

Sunday 5/3/2023

How different communities along the Darling River are managing recent flooding; Queensland's camel queen conquering social media; and Tasmania's wool growing maverick doing things her way.

58 min

5

Sunday 12/3/2023

Fighting chemical spray drift in the cotton industry; The quest for a national planning code for leaky weirs; Growing more rice using less water; plus protecting Indigenous culture for future generations.

57 min

6

Sunday 19/3/2023

Carbon credit concerns about agriculture; Livestock with a difference - farming rats; A remarkable journey from Cambodian refugee to successful mango farmer; plus Connecting the world's Punjabi community with farming.

56 min

7

Sunday 26/3/2023

Life on the water taking a mental toll on fishers; The swamp saviours of northern Victoria; Supporting early childhood learning in the bush; and tension over a proposed workers camp near a small town in Western Australia.

56 min

8

Sunday 2/4/2023

The fashion designers with a passion for home grown wool; New hops varieties helping to create distinctive brews; plus how waste oyster shells are rejuvenating degraded waterways.

58 min

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Rural Flavours

An encore of stories bound to make you hungry. Getting goat on more menus; The secrets of black garlic; Tasty, tiny tomatoes; The seafood provedore championing unpopular fish species and cuts; plus mixing rum and dairy cows.

55 min

10

Sunday 16/4/2023

The renewable energy rush dividing rural communities; Draining the silent flood of salinity in the wheat belt; Raking cockles in Shark Bay; and reviving Rawlinna: the largest sheep station in the country.

57 min

11

Sunday 23/4/2023

A special Anzac Day tribute to Australia's mighty war horse, the Waler; No limits for a determined cane farmer; and the WA wheatbelt's need for lime at odds with a top tourism destination.

57 min

12

Sunday 30/4/2023

The Australian wine industry limps to the end of one of its most difficult vintages; a spotlight on the outback kids taking to the stage to put on a musical; and the monthly water and climate outlook from the Bureau.

57 min

13

Sunday 7/5/2023

Growing more of a fruit that many people have never heard of - jujubes; Dark, starry nights in remote Western Australia; plus it's showtime for the cast of the outback musical.

55 min

14

Sunday 14/5/2023

A new weapon to help combat livestock theft; Over-fishing fears in World Heritage listed Shark Bay; The charity using farming to help mental health; and an artist's emotional connection to landscape.

57 min

15

Sunday 21/5/2023

Electronic tracking of wool bales from the shearing shed through the supply chain; Uniquely crafted furniture in the Top End; plus the shearing doctor with the best of both worlds.

56 min

16

Sunday 28/5/2023

An exclusive insight into the live export trade; Healing country and people in Western Australia's south-west; plus and honouring Sandy the Waler, the only horse to come home from the First World War.

57 min

17

Sunday 4/6/2023

The second part in our series on WA's live sheep export trade; Australia's new apple, the Bravo; Increasing production of the premium delicacy marron; plus remembering Australian country music legend Joy McKean.

59 min

18

Sunday 11/6/2023

The final instalment in our series on WA's live sheep export trade; A sky high future for mustering; Improving abattoir safety and efficiency through technology; and lifting the profile of persimmons.

57 min

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Sunday 18/6/2023

Fighting the scourge of skin cancer in the bush; The retired cattleman changing lives in Cambodia one cow at a time; and sealing the final stretches of Australia's Outback Way.

56 min