This special compile looks at how technology and climate change have affected farming practices over the past 5 years.
Carbon Farming (2008)
While agriculture's carbon footprint will be factored in under international rules in Australia's emission trading scheme, there's growing anxiety that farmers might get lumped with all the costs and fewer benefits of a looming carbon economy.
Climate Risk (2006)
At a conference in Adelaide which focused on climate variability, experts from around Australia and the world claimed climate change is inevitable. We look at what farmers are doing to deal with variations in climate from season to season.
Climate Conference (2009)
In 2009, at an international climate conference in Melbourne, climate scientist warned Australian farmers that the fierce winds of climate change will fundamentally alter what they plant and where they farm.
Carbon Economy (2009)
One scientist claims storing carbon in soil it is the key to farming profitably in a carbon economy. Dr Christine Jones has spent her life savings on carbon trials to prove it can be done.
Dairy Farmers (2010)
Many of the country's dairy farmers are already on the front foot in the battle against greenhouse emissions.
Fighting Erosion (2010)
It sounds like agricultural science fiction, a cheap accessible option for lowering methane production that can help remediate land ravaged by erosion and doesn't need much water.
Professor Tim Flannery (2007)
Professor Flannery talks about climate change, water and the intriguing subject of carbon trading.
Carbon Trading USA (2009)
Ten thousand American farmers are already trading agricultural carbon credits through a voluntary exchange set up in 2003. We travel to the US Midwest for this special Landline report.
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