1. Small Business Secrets: Indigenous Innovators
2. Business and economics

Frauke Bolton-Boshammer emigrated to Australia to pursue a farming dream but instead became a successful businesswoman and pioneered a diamond empire. Once the backbone of every pastoral station, most blacksmith shops today have been relegated to history. But the owners of a drought ravaged property in South Australia have found that stoking up the fire again has provided an unexpected lifeline in tough times. Sorcery or science? How can a concoction made from manure buried in cow horns in the dead of winter under a new moon bring new life to soil? Not even the man who founded what's known as biodynamic farming knew the answer. Fifty years on farmers who follow Alex Podolinsky’s methods get top dollar for their produce. Tim Lee looks at the legacy of the divisive biodynamic pioneer. Costs and regulations have forced thousands of professional fishers out of the game but for Danny, it's all about the thrill of the catch.

Australia's ageing sugar mills, built and operated by cane growers, have gradually been sold to cashed up foreign investors. But in Mossman growers have defied the trend and bought back their mill. Developing an export market for the roe of the long-spined sea urchin is providing a profitable solution to the problem of the invasive pest while helping to protect the state’s valuable abalone industry. There's been a lot of talk about mental health in the bush especially in places with grinding drought. But the massive natural disaster from floods in north-west Queensland caught many providers of mental health services off guard and they’ve faced some big challenges. When the water that devastated Queensland's north-west moved downstream it delivered what some say is the best season in the Channel Country since 1974. A shock of green has replaced parched paddocks bringing feed for stock and wildlife.

This program brings together five superstars of business willing to put their own money on the line to invest in new products and ideas.

Forty years ago, banks refused to give Girlie Goody a loan to buy the family farm. She's since proved her success. Market activity and analysis with Kerry Lonergan. This week Kerry speaks to Hugh Killen, CEO of Australia's largest land-holder AACo. Australian icon Les Hiddins is back and he's bringing Bush Tucker Man to your smartphone. Pia Winberg is a marine systems ecologist and a world expert in phycology – the study of algae. Her research and pilot seaweed farm could have giant implications for human health, medicine, agriculture and the environment.

This program brings together five superstars of business willing to put their own money on the line to invest in new products and ideas.

We meet a young graduate from a non-farming background who has left city life behind to forge an exciting agricultural career in rural Victoria. Plus an ancient fruit is finding a new home in Australia’s harsh red centre. Dates are gaining popularity as a sugar replacement and growers near Alice Springs are keen to tap into that market.

This program brings together five superstars of business willing to put their own money on the line to invest in new products and ideas.

When Australia’s wool market collapsed in 1991 it took 25 years to recover and that meant a whole generation of young people was lost to the wool industry. The Riverina community of Hay has come up with a hands-on agricultural training program to attract new blood to the bush and keep it there.

The story of SpaceIL, a small company with a dream to develop the first ever private spacecraft to attempt a moon landing.

This program brings together five superstars of business willing to put their own money on the line to invest in new products and ideas.

Western Australia has become a hub for star-gazers as low light pollution levels create ideal conditions for observing the night sky. Plus exclusive reports on Australian lamb producers.

First in the tank are entrepreneurs seeking investment for their drone education program. Then, two best mates ask for $1 million for their brewery, and a 17-year-old fronts the sharks about his doughnut business.

Two farming families in New South Wales are embracing conservation and historical indigenous links to the land. They’re the first farmers in the state to have parts of their property officially declared as Aboriginal heritage sites.

A special NAIDOC Week 2019 episode, with an in-depth focus on Indigenous innovators.

The growing problem of disposing of plastic farm waste; Barmah Choke under pressure from growing irrigation demands; on-farm alternatives to industrial abattoirs; the monthly climate and water outlook.

The lure of Barramundi in the Gulf; Warmer water conditions challenge Tasmania's salmon farmers; Orca tourism in southern Australia; Getting dusty with a roving mustering crew in the Top End.

An isolated farming community taking the lead to help prevent a repeat bushfire tragedy; Australia's hazelnut industry having a growth spurt; The Landcare volunteer inspiring a new generation.