Country Breakfast

Saving a vulnerable species that's not cute and cuddly; go bush with landcare volunteers; meet the 'apple island wife' blogger; and join Roly Lennox on his last delivery run.

The live export debate continues and drought starts to push beef prices up and wool production down.

This week how investment can change the fortunes of a farm, and we find out why outback Australia is mourning the loss of long-life cream.

Horses help patients deal with anxiety and stress issues; beach sculptures brings smiles to Shelley Beach; we visit a boutique duck farm; and meet a dog with an acute sense of smell.

Livestock exporters back tighter regulation of industry and Victorian drought tipped as worst in 20 years.

This week we are on the trail of Queensland's last Aboriginal tracker and we check animal welfare conditions in Australia's largest live cattle market, Indonesia.

We're off to dinner on a vast outback salt pan; go back of beyond for a campdraft; get tips on smoking fish; and meet border collie breeder Denis Hanrahan.

Live export ban jerked despite growing calls, drought conditions loom across NSW, Tasmanian berry growers count fruit fly costs, fears white spot disease taking hold in the wild, plans for a major oyster farm in WA and Chinese demand for Australian donkeys.