Kitchen Kindness: Organisers of Queensland's Baked Relief drought drive used some new ingredients to encourage Brisbane home cooks to show some of fashioned generosity to farmers in need, with surprising results. Long-Life Beer: Australian farmers are set to become major global suppliers of a new variety of barley that extends the shelf life of beer. Northern Plans: A new abattoir being built on the edge of Darwin could help the northern beef industry but many are sceptical of the project's longevity. D-I-Y Hydro: An energetic Tasmanian retiree returned to his ancestral farm in the picturesque Derwent Valley and set out to build his own hydro-electric scheme, with the help of his son.