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Rain across major agricultural regions and forecasts for further falls are providing encouragement for Australian farmers, with northern New South Wales among the areas expected to benefit from improving soil moisture, pasture growth and summer crop opportunities.
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By Laura Thomas
Australia is famously home to some of the deadliest snakes on the planet and as farmers, we’re much more at risk of a surprise encounter than our city-dwelling cousins.
Warmer temperatures, good winter rains, plenty of long grass, mice, bugs and other critters have provided the perfect seasonal awakening for many snake species, as they become more active, looking for food, water and mates.
Read more about how you can stay snake-smart in and around your grove.
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As National Safe Work Month draws to a close, workplaces are encouraged to turn October's conversations into actions that create lasting change.
The final week of the campaign, For all: Action across all workplaces, focuses on maintaining momentum and ensuring work health and safety (WHS) remains a priority throughout the year.
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Last year’s competition broke records again, with more than 600 entries from across the country.
This year’s theme is Our Farmers, Our Future, and organisers are looking forward to seeing farming life through your lens. Golden paddocks, machinery at work, livestock, muddy boots, kids and puppies - a look at agriculture, from where you are.
Find out more and submit your entry.
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Australia’s crop protection industry body has escalated its campaign against the national pesticide regulator, saying the regulator’s own performance figures prove farmers are being denied timely access to new chemistry
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NSW Farmers has expressed serious concerns about the proposed pathway for primary producers to own more than 10 firearms, which may see them forced to apply under a different firearms licensing category.
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A new partnership will connect Charles Sturt University’s bank of agriculture data and the Australasian Space Innovation Institute will establish the foundations of national digital infrastructure to support the future of Australian agriculture.
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The people changing Australian agriculture. A new podcast from AgriFutures Australia.
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Spain produces almost half of the world’s olive oil – but as production surges and prices fall, agricultural organisations are calling on the government to intervene to protect farmers’ earnings.
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Producers are calling for liquidity measures and support to sustain the harvest, while official records show a sharp build-up of Italian extra virgin olive oil stocks.
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Chile produced 16,600 metric tons of olive oil in 2026, down 17 percent from the previous year, as unfavorable weather and shrinking olive acreage weighed on production.
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Olive oil production in Greece 2026/27 could total up to 300,000 tonnes, according to an UkroAgroConsult report.
If achieved, the estimate would be the country’s largest output since 2022/23, when production exceeded 330,000 tonnes, the 6 October report said.
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In Puglia, southern Italy, a pilot project thus combats drought and emerging pollutants. The molecule is generated by combining hydrogen peroxide and ultraviolet rays. The results of this experience will be known in two years.
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Talk to Dame Helen Mirren, and it’s clear she has a passion for many things: acting, driving cars… and olives. Yes, olives.
For nearly a decade, the Oscar winner, 81, has made it her mission to stop Xylella fastidiosa, an invasive bacterium, from destroying Italy’s olive trees — some of which are more than 1,000 years old.
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Could olive oil shots in the morning actually have some scientific basis behind them? Although people mostly participate in this trend for its unproven “anti-aging” and “skin glow” benefits, touted on social media, consuming fats before carbohydrates may offer other health benefits, particularly for blood sugar management.
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Calendar 2026
4 November
SA Think Tank Workshop with Grove Demos
Peninsula Providore, Tooperang
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TBC
NSW Think Tank Workshop
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