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It started as a war-time snack that reduced waste during food scarcity, but now tallow is making Australia one of the most significant players in biofuel exports.

As plans for brumby culling in Kosciuszko National Park resumes, in south east Queensland the wild horses' potential has been put on display, at a horse show just for brumbies.

They started out wild, feral and fearful of humans. Now these brumbies are showing just how loyal and capable they can be when given the chance.

Some parts of Queensland have run out of water, and landholders are paying a heavy price as paddocks become parched.

Ian McConachie is eager to find the answer to an ancient mystery — just how many hundreds of years do Australia's wild macadamias live?

A property too steep and rugged for crops or grazing has proven a perfect farming site - for rocks.

New breeding technology could elevate redclaw production from a cottage industry to a serious player in Australian aquaculture.

Landlife takes a look at how people live and work in rural Australia. Karl Venz has made a name for himself by crafting beautiful guitars out of timber sawn from farms and bushland in his local area.

Where most of us just see a tree, Karl Venz sees a potential guitar.

The owners of a rural supply store in Queensland's Sunshine Coast hinterland advocate for chemical free food and provide all the products, education – and community - needed to achieve that.

A local river management group says "alarm bells" should be ringing as Queensland's Mary River slows to a trickle, putting the environment and hundreds of irrigated farms at risk.

The Queensland Beekeepers' Association says many honey producers have been forced to hand feed their insects to keep them alive after an unprecedented combination of drought and bushfires.

An organic avocado grower who hit rock bottom due to drought last year is lifting hundreds of strangers' spirits, with the gift of beautiful sunflowers.

Over the course of its 40-year history, the Gympie Music Muster has withstood fire and floods, but this year — to little surprise but much disappointment — it has been cancelled.

Researchers are shocked to discover the global macadamia industry may have originated from nuts from a single Queensland tree in the 19th century.

There are certain rituals you do each season, but for these Gympie Music Muster fanatics winter is the cue to pack up and set up camp in Queensland's Amamoor State Forest.

A charitable organisation providing support to injured and ill veterans is the main recipient of the rural aid appeal at the 2016 Gympie Music Muster.

Biodynamic avocado farmer John Tidy and Gympie Regional Council's Lynne Wilbraham discuss ABC Heywire's 'Boots for Change' campaign

A Brisbane couple who manage a cattle property in Queensland's Mary Valley are encouraging other city dwellers to consider becoming "weekend farmers".

Graziers Kylie and Mick Carr say having a farm to go to on the weekend has helped them feel connected to the land, and educated their sons about food production.

Heavily fractured by years of uncertainty over the now cancelled Traveston Dam project, Qld's Mary Valley community is finally rebuilding itself.

A Western Australian-based mining company says a manganese deposit in the Mary Valley, near Gympie in southern Queensland, has the potential to produce up to one million tonnes of ore.

The "Buy a Bale" group shouted about 100 drought stricken farmers and their families a day out at the Gympie Music Muster, where they were also treated to an impromptu concert by country music star Sara Storer.

A bunch of blokes offering 'free hugs' as a bit of a laugh were left teary-eyed when their efforts inspired a touching response.

'Chief hugger' Lyle Cowan offers a free hug to an elderly Caloundra woman, Annette, and gets a touching and teary response. Read more.