Solutions undark.org Biotechnology could change the cattle industry. Will it succeed? Gene editing could help scientists produce cows that are meatier and better for the planet. But many hurdles remain.
Impacts www.abc.net.au Climate change and basin plan forces prominent dairy farmer to leave the Murray-Darling Basin The dairy industry's point man on the Murray-Darling Basin packs up and moves east, deciding his business would have no future if he continued in the basin.
Impacts www.abc.net.au Drought in eastern Victoria forcing farmers to sell off half their herds as dams run dry Many farmers in East Gippsland are selling half their herds as they continue to battle extreme dry conditions.