Food industry reacts to Four Corners report into the major supermarkets, crisis meetings in Australia's largest wine region due to low grape prices, and the worlds best botanic vodka is here in Australia.

Growers say retailer and consumer standards for produce are unrealistic, some farmers are looking towards renewable energy projects to future-proof their properties, and a rural vet clinic has been saved by a local farming family.

Food charities being impacted by weather, sustainability of water use by almond questioned, and the Northen Territory may no longer need to ship in bananas from interstate.

Australian wine exports decline, a new sultana grape variety is released and South Australian farmers protest for better prices.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

A Countrywide special episode on glyphosate. Why is it used in agriculture? What is it's importance? What would happen if it were to be banned? And why are are 800 Australians in court saying the herbicide has caused their Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma?

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

China resumes taking meat from some Australian abattoirs, lab-grown quail clears first hurdle for consumption and crocodiles get a taste for plant-based diets.

Australians can enjoy home-grown garlic, soil could help store carbon and banana farmers prepare for a cyclone.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

The amateur beekeeping industry is feeling the impact of varroa mite, an ancient grain is getting a push for popularity and artificial intelligence is being used to monitor endangered species and 

Growers are encouraging people to try a variety of fruits this summer, an El Nino has been declared for Australia, food waste is costing households more than $1 billion every year.

The ocean could be the new frontier for fruit and vegetables, winemakers are turning to boxed wine and new technology is giving school children farm experience.

A mango undersupply looms, the honey bee industry faces varroa mite challenge and sugar cane could create a new type of milk.

The latest on varroa, surviving as a young family in the outback, and what are wine "fines" and why do vegan's disapprove?

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

The frontier spirit is back in the Top End, but are they refusing to face up to realities? And warnings that new national animal welfare laws could lead to egg shortages.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Australians waste around 7.6 million tonnes of food every year, with all the efforts of fertilising, irrigating and transporting thrown in the bin. 

On Countrywide how competition for high speed internet is heating up in the bush, the animal welfare case in a piggery in WA and a warning from Climate scientists about the likelihood of 'the strongest El Niño ever measured, by far'.

A blue heeler from remote Western Australia has made an unlikely journey of almost 3,000 kilometres to find his new home. 

One year on from its detection in Australia, the fight to eradicate the world's most devastating honey bee pest, varroa mite, is continuing. 

Pastoralists in the north west expect the damage bill from tropical cyclone Ilsa will be in the tens of millions of dollars across the region.

After years of fluctuations, fruit and vegetable prices are expected to remain fairly stable for the rest of the 2023.

The Australian apple industry has high hopes for Bravo to be the next big thing in the international apple market. 

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Australian spanner crab companies hope their crustaceans could be the next product to regain entry to China, goat meat is more affordable than lamb but harder to find at your local butcher, and find out why strawberry prices have gone up at the supermarket.

Serious animal welfare concerns have been raised after 31 cattle died in the transport and offloading of a livestock vessel between Darwin and Broome. Australia's agricultural industry faces a nationwide challenge - accessibility but it doesn't have to be that way. When you want to grow dragon fruit in Samoa, expert help can be hard to come by so one farmer found an unlikely ally in a fellow farmer in Queensland 

How a satellite outage caused chaos in Australia's ag industry, heated discussions in WA at meetings ahead of the phase out of the live sheep export industry and graziers are breaking the stereotype that forests and farming don't mix.     

Cyclone Ilsa has touched down, how is barley, an agricultural crop, at the centre of helping improve Australia's relationship with China? A 'BIG' Australian thing could be getting a makeover, and what are cockles and how can you eat them?

Biosecurity remains top priority for Australia's agricultural industry after authorities seized 40 tonnes of high risk foods, why Australia is falling behind when it comes to getting electric vehicles, and how Easter food trends are changing. 

Is carbon monoxide an ethical way to kill pigs, and who was Australia's best minister for agriculture?

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

How rural women are marking International Women's Day, ABARES and the floods in QLD.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia, talking about the food you eat, how it's produced, and what it means for Australia's economy.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

On Countrywide this week: La Nina on the way out, mountains of mangoes, record crops, and controversy at the Bureau of Meteorology.  

Wool worries, an avocado oversupply, and musings on the state of long-distance education for families on remote farms. 

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide this week looks at a couple of records for shearing and sheep yardings, live exports, the review of immigration in Australia, and the ongoing floods in NSW.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia, talking about the food you eat and where it's grown. This week we look at turning bruised fruit into ice-cream, the rise of Buffalo meat, and Australia's booming hemp industry.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia, talking about the food you eat

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia, talking about the food you eat

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia. This week, we're talking about Australia's difficulties with Indonesia, livestock and more.

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia, talking about the food you eat

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia, talking about the food you eat

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia, talking about the food you eat

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia, talking about the food you eat

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia, talking about the food you eat

Playing a video game on a tractor display might not seem like a big deal, but cybersecurity experts around the world are concerned.  

The odds are now on for a triple-dip La Niña and with already soaked catchments and a complementary driver in the west, it won't take much before the water has nowhere to go.

The Murray Darling Basin is a long way to go to meet water saving targets, the Chinese Ambassador discusses trade tariffs on Australian goods, Tiger prawn season gets underway in the NT, and organic beef producers in Queensland raise concerns about fracking