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Title Landline: Macadamia Madness/Out Of Africa/Night Parrot/Rural News/Markets Report
Published Australia : ABC, 2017
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Summary Macadamia Madness<br />It's good news for Australian macadamia growers with demand and prices skyrocketing. Local researchers are breeding new tree varieties to stay ahead of the competition as other countries race to put plants in the ground.<br /><br />Out Of Africa<br />A group of former refugees, along with local volunteers, are helping migrants to ease into their new life in country Victoria. The project involves farming and food, and participants say it's helping to make them feel part of the community.<br /><br />Night Parrot<br />Thought to be extinct, the discovery of the night parrot on a remote Queensland cattle station was thrilling for the science world ... but not so for the grazier. Kathy McLeish went bush to find out what happens when the world's most endangered species turns up on your property.<br /><br />Rural News<br />A look at rural and regional issues making the news this week.<br /><br />Markets Report<br />Ron Storey from Australian Crop Forecasters speaks to Kerry about the "world wheat glut"
Notes Closed captioning in English
Event Broadcast 2017-04-09 at 12:00:00
Notes Classification: NC
Subject Community-supported agriculture.
Horticultural crops -- Diseases and pests.
Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation.
Kangaroo meat industry.
Macadamia nut -- Economic aspects.
Macadamia nut -- Harvesting.
New South Wales -- Lismore.
Victoria -- Mildura.
Western Australia.
Form Streaming video
Author Barbour, Lucy, host
Boyle, P. (Peter), contributor
Brown, E. (Emma), reporter
Burnett, Jolyon, contributor
Cooper, Mike, contributor
Courtney, Pip, host
Dolan, Garry, contributor
Dun, Olivia, contributor
Kutt, Alex, contributor
Lampard, Dean, contributor
Leseberg, Nick, contributor
Lonergan, Kerry, reporter
McCarthy, Marty, reporter
McDonald, Alistair, contributor
McDonald, Bob, contributor
McLeish, Kathy, reporter
Murphy, Sean, reporter
Newell, Brett, contributor
Price, Del, host
Russell, Dougal, contributor
Sindayigaya, Joel, contributor
Storey, Ron, contributor
Trandos, Jim, contributor
Worthington, Lisa, contributor