A family background in wool helped inspire author Neridah McMullin as she wrote her latest children's book, celebrating shearing legend Jackie Howe.

Some more handy-sized cropping blocks have come onto the market in SA's upper YP.

Victoria was left out of the new Murray-Darling Basin Plan agreement because it refuses to back down from its opposition to water buybacks, insiders claim.

Farm for sale on the edge of the ocean at Port Broughton in a renowned cropping region.