Cotton seed flown to Ord farmers cut off by floods. AFANT concerned about commercial barra fishing in Roper and Daly catchments.

Australia's live export trade to Indonesia is in limbo, with the industry still waiting for import permits to be issued for 2024.

Live cattle exports to Indonesia in limbo, with zero shipments from Darwin Port this year. Commercial barramundi season kicks off.

Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Singleton Station water licence. Pigeon Hole residents call for the community to be moved to higher ground.

Timber Creek residents remain isolated by floodwaters. Lithium industry meets with Resources Minister Madeleine King.

Large sections of Victoria Highway still underwater. Court action against Claravale Farm over alleged illegal land clearing.

Australia Day honours for Gumatj Corporation boss and crocodile expert. AACo major shareholder pleads guilty to insider trading.

Rail company Aurizon says up to 2.5 kilometres of rail line has been damaged north of Tennant Creek.

Aurizon busy repairing up to 2.5km of damaged rail line in the  NT. Paul Kirby announces he will step down from politics. 

Birrindudu Station is one of the most remote cattle properties in Australia and at the moment it resembles an inland sea.

Birrindudu homestead surrounded by floodwater. Tropical low moves west drenching Kimberley cattle country.

Food trucks arrive in the Top End after Stuart Highway reopens. Backpackers stuck in Timber Creek.

Truck drivers evacuated from flooded Victoria River Roadhouse. How is NT cotton handling this year's wet season?

Live export class action settlement rejected. Top End rivers cut off communities and truckies. 

Minor flooding occurring along the Daly River. Cattle Australia calls for biosecurity levy to be revoked. 

More than 900 small legacy mines under safety assessment. Santos unlikely to meet Barossa deadline. 

Victoria Highway shut due to flooding. Court delays cost Santos millions for Barossa project. 

Santos wins legal battle over Barossa. Huge rainfall in Daly region. 

Heavy rains continue across Top End. Sturt Plateau pastoralist Mike Harding farewelled at Katherine funeral.

Changes to NT biosecurity legislation. Why are German farmers driving tractors through Berlin?

Rural news and events from the Northern Territory and the nation.

What's behind the crash in lithium prices? Cattle markets start 2024 on a positive note. 

New Minister for Agribusiness Mark Monaghan discusses big issues of 2024. New lamb ad pokes fun at the divide between generations. 

Core Lithium suspends mining operations, up to 150 job losses. Cahills Crossing reopens after East Alligator River levels drop.

Top End cotton growers waiting for rain. Kimberley cattle station still recovering 12 months on from devastating floods.

Andrew Forrest increases investment in AACo. How can cattle stations attract new workers?

Where is the monsoon? Croc farms busy collecting eggs

Gamba Army busy spraying. Last cattle ship sails for 2023. The Country Hour's best stories for 2023.

Sniffer dogs on the hunt for browsing ants. New project creating a buzz around Wadeye.

"Lithium market deterioration" hurts NT miner Core Lithium. Are you a supertaster? 

Eva Lawler is the NT's new chief minister. What goes into fish food?

Darwin Port getting ready for a busy 2024. Axe falls on MIS sandalwood projects.

The world's largest Indian sandalwood company has announced it will wind up all of its Managed Investment Scheme (MIS) projects in northern Australia. 

Chief Minister Natasha Fyles resigns. Meet the new chair of the NT's Pastoral Land Board.

Australia's growing aquaculture industry needs a lot of food. Who makes it?

A look inside the NT's first cotton gin. Livestock industry concerned about illegal fishers coming into northern Australian waters.

ABC Rural's coverage from the official opening of the NT's first cotton gin.

The Northern Territory's first cotton gin has been officially opened.

Could farmed crocodiles soon be enjoying a plant-based diet? Lab-grown quail meat gets the tick from FSANZ

Australia's chemical regulator has proposed to change the use of chlorpyrifos. Meet the Australian companies on the hunt for helium. 

Did you know that Australia is no longer producing helium? Meet two of the companies on the hunt for this extremely rare gas.

China has lifted restrictions on three Australian abattoirs. What's being done to protect Australia's Kakadu plum industry?

Tropical Cyclone Jasper approaches northern Australia. New Fitzroy Crossing bridge officially opened. 

Compost field day at remote watermelon farm. Does Australia need a Federal Minister for Food?

Busy end to the year for live cattle exports from Darwin. Should best-before dates be scrapped?  

Darwin helium production comes to an end. Outback Grandad heads to the TikTok awards.

President of the NT Cattlemen's Association, David Connolly, said the counter offer had been made "begrudgingly" and "on behalf of an industry that wants to get this over and done with".

Cattle industry makes counter offer on live export class action. Visit the NT's largest compost producer. 

Free herbicide for Darwin rural residents fighting gamba grass. Territorian sells stock horse for $94,000.

Spanish mackerel fishers return to port for wet season. When will the NT get its first monsoonal burst?

Canadian investment firm buys vast portfolio of Kimberley cattle country. East Alligator River rises, closing Cahills Crossing.

Calls for a moratorium on new mines until legacy mines are cleaned up. Rambutan season starts in the Top End

Are offshore oil and gas regulations driving investment away? Three NT boys head to Las Vegas to represent Australia in a rodeo. 

Rural news and events from the Northern Territory and the nation.

Good rain has started to fall across the Top End. Has the cattle market over-reacted to the El Niño declaration?

Australia's largest demolition job underway at Gove. Hear from the 2023 Ranger of the Year.

The Country Hour broadcasts from the Territory Natural Resource Management conference in Darwin.

Douglas South Station sold for $15 million. Rio Tinto exports scrap metal from Gove.

Aussie mangoes selling for $14 each in California. For the first time in months, no major bushfires in NT.

Meet the new chief executive of the NT Farmers Association. Feral buffalo and cattle tagged and tracked from space.

Cattle prices have been on the slide this year and Australia's biggest cattle company has not been immune.

AACo announces $30m operating profit in half-yearly results. Commonwealth announces $200 million in extra funding for Tanami Road.

Proposal for floating carbon capture and storage hub. Vietnamese government unveils new animal welfare standards.

The Vietnamese government has unveiled new animal welfare standards at a beef conference in Hanoi.

Sea Dumping Bill a big win for Santos. The rise of Indian buffalo meat.

The NT government estimates 210,000 megalitres of water can be sustainably extracted each year from the Georgina and Wiso basins.

Water allocation plan for Georgina Wiso basin announced. NLC chairman Dr Bush-Blanasi dies, aged 61.

Rain has fallen on cattle stations across the Top End. Undoolya Station's homestead was almost lost in a fire this week.

The world's smelliest fruit is being harvested in Darwin's rural area. Mango robot picking fruit near Katherine. 

Cattle producer Colin Deveraux survives crocodile attack after biting back. Tiger prawn trawlers end season early.

Northern Territory cattle producer Colin Deveraux knows he is lucky to be alive, after being attacked by a 3.2 metre saltwater crocodile. 

Fires still burning north, east and south of Alice Springs. Barkly stations take a break for the Melbourne Cup. 

The NT's commercial wild-caught barramundi industry is under a lot of pressure. How is 2024 shaping up?

Bushfires burning close to Alice Springs. Ringer's Rugby 7s competition brings station workers from across the NT to Katherine. 

Berrimah lab near Darwin participating in 'Exercise Waterhole'. How a crocodile attack led to a new pain relief medicine.

Santos ordered to halt work on Barossa underwater gas pipeline. A rare fire-tornado witnessed near Tennant Creek.

Nicole Manison is back as the NT's Minister for Agribusiness and today took questions from the Country Hour audience.

New Minister for Agribusiness Nicole Manison joins the Country Hour. What is the long range forecast for the wet season?

Climate Analytics claims CSIRO underestimated Beetaloo greenhouse gas emissions. What do agricultural organisations make of NT cabinet reshuffle?

New Zealand banned live animal exports in April 2023. But will a new government reverse the decision in 2024?

Live export company Wellard is closely watching NZ politics. Why are plant-based meat sales struggling?

A fire continues to burn close to Tennant Creek. Broadmere Station sold for $10.5 million. 

After weeks of fighting fires, the disaster assistance on offer to NT cattle producers has been labelled insufficient and "clearly not enough".

Tennant Creek again threatened by bushfires. Cattle Australia urges Federal government to step away from EU trade negotiations.

National Farmers Federation has a new president. Cattle company fined over biosecurity breach.

Dead hedgehogs found in imported horse feed. Mining approval granted to Barkly phosphate project. 

Quandong trees looking bare around Central Australia. Meet the NT butcher making barramundi sausages.

NT Cattlemen's Association incredibly frustrated by deliberately lit fires. It's National Barramundi Day! 

Conways Station sells for $14.5 million. Native bush oranges coming into season in Central Australia.

Frustration as new bushfire starts along Sandover Highway believed to be deliberately lit. Aurizon's plans to increase freight through Darwin Port.

NT Farmers on the verge of selecting new CEO. Indonesian students graduate from NTI360 program.

Twenty students from Indonesia have spent six weeks working on NT cattle stations as part of unique pastoral exchange program.

Major back-burning operation underway to stop Barkly blaze. Water Trigger Bill introduced to the Senate.

Beetaloo gas company to move headqarters to US. Live export prices on the slide.

The Country Hour broadcasts from a mango packing shed in Berry Springs. 

Skin blemishes on cattle prove costly for pastoralists. Feral animal culling program at Elsey and Limmen National Parks.

Cattle unloaded from Brahman Express. Big crowd drawn to Alice Springs rodeo. 

Brahman Express towed back to Darwin Port after engine fire. NT cattle company a big buyer at Brahman Week.

Live export ship returns to Darwin Port after engine fire. Alice Springs prisoners competing in local rodeo.

Barkly Highway closed because of monster bushfire. Mango harvest starts in Katherine.

Could this become northern Australia's "most profitable crop"?

Indigenous rangers trying to save carbon credits by fighting fires. What is the long range forecast for the wet season?

When will Top End solar farms be operational? What is the potential for pongamia in northern Australia?

Is a varroa mite incursion inevitable in the NT? What's demand like for green mangoes?

Top End solar farms hit new hurdle. Mango harvest underway at Lake Bennett.

Can mushrooms be grown commercially in Darwin? Is Australia taking food security seriously?

Challenging season for mango exports. Hollywood comes to the NT's cattle industry.

Skin lesions a hot topic at live export meeting in Jakarta. Have you ever tried an emu egg?

NT Fisheries Minister Paul Kirby speaks to ABC Rural about commercial barramundi fishers getting banned from Buckingham Bay.

Traditional owners suspend commercial barramundi fishing in Buckingham Bay. Indonesia is not accepting cattle with any skin lesions. 

A 'massive amount' of northern Australia's cattle herd is suddenly not suited to the live export trade with Indonesia.

The Country Hour broadcasts from Bullo River Station. 

Mango growers can no longer use a popular post-harvest chemical. Indonesia is no longer accepting cattle with skin lesions. 

Banana farmers still waiting on compensation. National livestock traceability system to get $22 million makeover.

Plans for green liquid hydrogen production on Darwin Harbour. Barkly bushfire downgraded but has burnt about 1.3 million hectares.

Mangoes from the Philippines arrive in Australia. Barkly fire update.

Bushfire in the Barkly jumps containment lines. Why was media banned from listening to Michael Gunner's speech?

One of the cattle export yards that was temporarily suspended from supplying cattle to Indonesia has spoken to ABC Rural about the experience.

Emergency declaration issued for fire near Tennant Creek. Darwin bush foods business collecting paperbark. 

A bushfire in the Barkly region is burning towards Tennant Creek. New Insectary building opened at Berrimah Research Farm. 

A large bushfire has closed the Barkly Highway. Construction set to begin on Darwin ship lift. 

Australia's peak body for grass-fed cattle producers is calling for a major rethink of the carbon neutral 2030 target.

Bushfires NT is battling several large fires across the NT. Cattle Australia is calling for a major rethink of MLA's carbon neutral policy. 

NT's only commercial garlic harvest underway near Ali Curung. Meet the company making wheelchairs for dogs

Malaysia lifts suspension of live cattle and buffalo exports. Major NT hay farm certified organic.

A Northern Territory woman with a dream to empower businesses to prioritise environmental responsibility is this year's AgriFutures NT Rural Woman of the Year. Hear her powerful story.

Indonesia flags more lumpy skin disease concerns. Class action against the producer of Roundup begins in court

Mango growers fighting fires. Has Australia lost the battle against varroa mite?

Mining company strikes magnetite railway deal. Harvest underway for what is possibly the NT's sweetest fruit.

Challenging financial year for livestock shipping company Wellard. Management change looms for Bohning Yards near Alice Springs

A remote NT island is trialling edible seaweed. Indian sandalwood company Quintis sells property.

Foetal bovine serum in short supply. Emergency bushfire threat south of Darwin.

Core Lithium is preparing to export its first shipment of lithium fines. Mini bulls have exploded in popularity at Australian rodeos. 

NAFI website secures funding and future looks bright. Meet the livestock industry's young driver of the year.

Northern Beef Research Update Conference is on in Darwin. Why are short sellers targeting Australian lithium companies?

Why is the APVMA looking to ban dimethoate? What can the NT learn from Brazil about managing gamba grass?

Farmers have used dimethoate for decades. So why is the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority looking to suspend its use now?

Elders announces downgrade to its financial results. Plenty of kids participating in the Borroloola Bushman's Carnival. 

A well-known cattle exporting company has handed in its export licence, marking the end of SEALS.

A bee disease known as American foulbrood has been found in the Top End. Indonesian students arrive in Darwin for pastoral exchange program. 

As mango growers gear up for this years harvest, it looks like they'll have to do it without a popular pesticide

Mango growers look set to lose access to a popular pesticide. What impact could China's slowing economy have on red meat exports?

Bumper lemon crop in Central Australia. Meet the Territorian helping Afghan farmers move away from poppy production. 

The mango harvest is underway in the Northern Territory

Mango season underway in the NT. Will dimethoate be banned this mango season?

Bushfire threatens Alice Springs and nearby cattle stations. Meet the new owner of Annaburroo Station.

Australia has tried to reassure Malaysia that Australia is free of lumpy skin disease. Australia's biggest rodeo is on in Mount Isa.

Malaysia suspends imports of live cattle from Australia. Annaburroo Station in the Top End sold. 

Malaysia has temporarily suspended all imports of Australian cattle and buffalo, because of concerns around lumpy skin disease.

Why is it so difficult to connect solar farms to the Darwin-Katherine grid? What happened to the truck from the Yellow Truck Road Train book? 

The northern tiger prawn season faces some big challenges this season. Jacana Energy puts out EOI to build 100 megawatts of solar energy. 

Darwin Cup edition of the Country Hour. Plus tips on how to catch a barramundi while driving a LandCruiser underwater.

Lumpy skin disease trade issue could take weeks to resolve. All the action from Harts Range campdraft and races.

Tiger prawn season underway, but no mothership service in the Gulf of Carpentaria this year. Canadian seafood giant buys northern barramundi farm.

NT Cattlemen's Association says the suspension of cattle export yards is expensive but understandable. A commercial barramundi processing facility has opened in Darwin.

Indonesia suspends live cattle imports from four Australian facilities after lumpy skin disease detections. Bureau of Meteorology forecasters visit cattle stations.

The NT Country Hour broadcasts from the 72nd Royal Darwin Show. It's a busy day at the Adelaide River Rosella Festival. 

Developer of mango-picking robot wins $1 million in venture capital. Early construction underway at rare earths project.

ICPA national conference starts in Darwin. Space technology being used to preg-test cattle.

The Country Hour broadcasts from the 'Developing Northern Australia Conference' in Darwin.

Cattle industry rejects Commonwealth compensation offer for live export ban. Katherine Show auction raises $177,000 for ICPA.

Papaya mealybug found in Darwin. The Katherine Agricultural Show is on today.

Charity mustering up wild buffalo for Cambodia. Cattle judging underway at Katherine Show.

"We are trying to capture 100 feral buffalo then take them to Cambodia to rehome them with some of the poorest families in the world".

It's the busiest week of the year in Katherine. Country musician Tom Curtain joins the Country Hour. 

$3 billion green energy and ammonia project for East Kimberley announced. Meet a Humpty Doo local growing sunflowers. 

First national agriculture ministers meeting in three years. Magpie geese bag limits announced. 

Pesticides authority CEO and chair resign following damning review. Take a tour through a laboratory making cell-based meats.

Arnhem Land rangers hoping carbon market can help reduce buffalo numbers. NTCA's Indonesia pastoral exchange program returns.

NT pumpkins are being exported to Singapore. New onion variety promises to be "tearless".

A policy change by the Federal Government has got Australia's forestry industry excited.  

ABC Rural speaks to Paul Burke about his four years of being the CEO of NT Farmers

Paul Burke steps down as CEO of NT Farmers. The war against cabomba weed ramps up.

The Alice Springs Show is on today. Why has the price of carbon credits plunged this week?

Top End electricity grid at risk of blackouts within three years. How low will live export prices go? 

Australia to remain leader in lithium production. Tennant Creek students prepare for Alice Springs show. 

Soaking rain through Victoria River District. Telstra signs deal with Elon Musk's Starlink broadband service. 

Rinehart beef exported to UK under new free trade deal. Laying chooks on a road trip from SA to Darwin. 

The new free trade agreement with the United Kingdom is one-month old and some of Australia's biggest names in beef are starting to cash in.

Helicopter pilot dies in crash while mustering on Limbunya Station. Rain continues to fall in Central Australia. 

Soil Science Australia's national conference is being held in Darwin. Rainy and cold weather hits Central Australia.

Live export industry pays tribute to Simon Crean. Will it snow in the NT this week?

The Brunette Downs races getting underway in the Barkly. Power and Water still buying emergency gas from Inpex.

Mangoes from the Philippines due to arrive in Australia. Pardoo Station cyclone clean-up continues.

Tennant Creek show cancelled for 2023. Australian Farmer of the Year winners announced in Canberra.

An electronic nose project is getting underway in the Northern Territory to help detect exotic plant pests.

Live cattle trade from South America booming. Why isn't the NT growing mung beans?

Katherine cattle yards unable to get stock in or out after train derailment. What will it take to get Manton Dam back to service?

Train derailment near Katherine under investigation. How has the Kakadu plum harvest gone in West Arnhem Land?

Can tropical rock lobsters be farmed? How to get more native bees pollinating your crops. 

It's been revealed in Budget Estimates that the first Beetaloo gas production applications will come in late 2023. Why is 70,000 tonnes of beef stranded at Chinese Ports?

Some of Australia's key export markets are filling up on beef, says analyst Simon Quilty. 

Three medical evacuations on Plenty Highway spark calls for more emergency airstrips. Changes to PALM labour scheme.

Will the beef industry meet its goal to be net-zero by 2030? Pastoralists get ready for the Finke Desert Race.

Avocadoes planted in Katherine, as part of research trial. Lake Nash a "sea of green" after floodwaters recede.

Gas supply issues ongoing at Blacktip, despite drill rig working for six months.BoM declares El Niño alert. 

Clean-up of a rusting oil production vessel in the Timor Sea underway. Could insects be farmed in the Northern Territory? 

Mining and ag industry launch campaign against 'Same Job, Same Pay' reforms. 

South32 is looking to expand its mine on Groote Eylandt. Floodwaters which started in the NT have reached Lake Eyre.

Australia's Free Trade agreement with the UK comes into effect today. NFF criticises live export class action compensation offer.

Indigenous communities across the Top End are starting to farm oysters. Early dry season burning underway. 

The Country Hour broadcasts from the World Aquaculture Conference in Darwin. 

Oysters from Golburn Island tasted by public for first time. Cotton harvest starts at Blackbull Station. 

How did prices fare at the Territory's biggest bull sale today? Live export class action settlement offer revealed.

How can agriculture increase Indigenous participation? Hopes new research unlocks key to stopping bee pest varroa mite.

Program to increase cotton and fodder production in northern Australia. Hear some bush poetry from a Central Australian ringer.

The future of farming in northern Australia discussed at the 2023 Food Futures conference in Darwin. NT government launches 'agribusiness strategy'.

Live export ship suffers major engine failure, cattle unloaded in Darwin. Katherine Show to hold first cattle sale in a decade.

NT farmers preparing to be charged for water. Katherine farmer is trialling ginger. 

Brad Murray writes his poetry for fun when he gets bored, sitting in a truck on a remote central Australian cattle station, north east of Alice Springs.

AACo increases its herd size and operating profit. Funding to help Indigenous rangers remove ghost nets in Gulf of Carpentaria. 

ABC Rural speaks to AACo chief executive David Harris about the company's FY23 results. 

Pastoralists divided on Beetaloo gas. Angus Street stepping down as CEO of AuctionsPlus.

Cattle producers say the Wollogorang Road is in bad shape. When will high prices for strawberries end?

Barkly's Benmarra Station sells for $40 million. Bulls win the night at the Mataranka Rodeo.

Live cattle exporters hold crisis meeting. Firearms training for women rangers to help control feral cats.

Live cattle exporters have held a crisis meeting in Darwin, claiming the industry is being regulated to death.