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After swapping corporate city life for her family's remote seventh-generation farm, Courtney Moir has claimed the top spot in this year's season of Muster Dogs.

More than 100 agricultural shows take place across Victoria each year and the number of volunteers is in decline, but a new generation of artisans, farmers and judges is giving shows hope for the future.

After 30 years of "patchy progress", women in agriculture are striving for more recognition and understanding of their crucial role on the land.

Only two states make it a requirement to blend ethanol into fuel, but Australia's sugar industry says making it a national requirement could shield motorists from future oil market shocks.  

The 22,000-hectare Rushy Lagoon property has long been used for dairy and beef production, but its potential sale to the UK's largest forestry asset manager has raised concerns about agricultural land being used for pine plantations.

Bourke Shire Mayor Lachlan Ford says finding out that a major extension of a wild dog barrier had been cancelled without consultation added insult to injury.