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A warning for wine-lovers: climate change is messing with your favourite tipple’s timing

While the much-derided “latte set” are stereotyped as the biggest worriers about climate change, it’s the chardonnay crowd who are acutely feeling its effects.

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Climate work-around could boost Australian wheat yields

We’re working to adapt Australian wheat to a changing climate through new genetics and farming practices.

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Measuring the worth of rural properties

New tech makes it easy to see a whole bunch of information about a farm in the same place at the same time and is set to revolutionise how decisions and investments are made.

Healthy diets, healthy planet: it is possible

The food we eat and the way we produce it are causing some pretty big environmental problems. We now have global scientific targets give to all humans a healthy diet without depleting the planet’s resources.

Looking for a low-gluten beer? Here’s what you need to know

Is it really possible to avoid gluten if you like a frothy? Do different types of beers have different levels of gluten? And how accurate are the tests?

Future foods could make you healthier, and the planet greener

Could future foods such as insects, seaweed and lab-grown meat feed us in both an environmentally sustainable and healthy way?

Our food detectives are on the case

Just as a fingerprint can identify a person, our food detectives are working to stamp out food fraud by using isotopes to trace food from the paddock to the plate.

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Knickers the steer is big – but he’s no freak

Yes, Knickers the steer is really, really big. But he’s far short of true genetic freak status

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The Midas lunch: we fed prawns gold and sifted through the mess, for science

The secret to better prawn health could be in their digestive system, and feeding them gold could help to provide the answer.

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Wearables for wandering livestock

New wearable technology could revolutionize the way Australian farmers care for livestock.

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Global strategies needed to combat antibiotic and pesticide resistance

Resistance to antibiotics and pesticides is rising at alarming rates. Global strategies, such as those developed for Australia’s cotton industry, to maintain ‘susceptible’ insects, are key in our fight against resistance.

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We asked five experts: are light dairy products better?

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