Best of Landline - 2012
Can't stop the presses This week many of South Australia's best storytellers will gather in Adelaide to celebrate the centenary of the state's Country Press Association. While our major metropolitan mastheads continue to shed readers, advertisers and journalists, there's no denying the important role country newspapers continue to play in their local communities.
Dare to be different There was a time when farmers spent almost as much time ploughing paddocks as growing anything and harvesting it. However when pioneers like Rob Ruwoldt gave cultivation a miss and left the stubble to enrich and stabilise his soil, they were branded ratbags. Well, it seems their time has come, and the champion of no-till cropping is now the toast of the farming fraternity. He took time out from bringing in another bin-buster to tell Prue Adams about that journey from ridicule to respectability.
Pointe to prove The Rural Woman of the Year, Caroline Robinson, hails from the heart of Western Australia's grain belt which produced a record harvest last season of almost 15 million tonnes. Most of that is exported, so logistics and handling is critical. Ms Robinson believes not enough is being done to maintain WA's ageing grain rail network, and she's using her profile to do something about it.
Vanilla Sky One of the latest foreign crops being tested in Australia is the source of the world's most popular flavour - vanilla.
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