Kerry Staight

When police canine handlers Dean Poletta and Warren Rogers decided to set up a truffle dog business as a side hustle the industry was little more than a hobby in South Australia. But demand is booming.

Twelve years ago, three middle-aged farmers decided to get fit. Now they are part of a movement that's improving the mental and physical health of rural communities.  

ABC Rural News provides authoritative coverage of the business and politics of Australian farming, livestock, forestry, agriculture and primary production

For the past 15 years, one of the world's first purpose-built upright cemeteries has offered people the unusual alternative of being buried "standing up".  

A determined group of Kangaroo Island farmers has turned an unlikely dream into reality by opening a local wool mill in the wake of the Black Summer bushfires.

A team on Kangaroo Island is making a final push to eradicate feral cats using specially trained hounds and high-tech traps.

Once almost lost, these fragile old vines are now the focus of DNA testing and efforts to preserve Australia's oldest vineyards.

ABC Rural News provides authoritative coverage of the business and politics of Australian farming, livestock, forestry, agriculture and primary production

Station owners hosted scientists for decades at Nilpena, in South Australia, where excavations uncovered rare Ediacaran fossils, before selling the land to secure its future as a national park. 

Historic outback pub pouring beers again after 60 years