A fourth-generation dairy farmer is using a world-first genetic index to breed heat-tolerant cattle, with his animals grazing in hot, sticky conditions and producing large quantities of commercial-grade milk.

Steve Wheeler has had 1,700 sheep stolen in three incidents over two years.

Australian medicinal cannabis farmers say they could be forced to shut due to over-reliance on imported products.

The need for development in the region is clear, but the Barossa Valley's major stakeholders disagree about the way it needs to be done.

A carbon farming project developer is looking to sign up growers in a WA region to $15,000-a-year contracts, leading one expert to ring alarm bells.

Oyster farms on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula have voluntarily cordoned off their sites as health authorities investigate a toxin outbreak.