1. Mary Valley growers count cost after wild storms lash region

    Farmers in Queensland's Mary Valley report total crop losses after the region was battered by a series of violent storms.

  2. New egg industry leadership as it addresses growing consumer interest in production

    There's been a change of leadership at Australia's egg research and marketing body, as a new lobby group vows to represent egg farmers.

  1. Kakadu plum plans for Broome

    A major plantation of Kakadu plum trees is set to be established on the outskirts of Broome.

  2. Costa acquires avocados

    Australia's largest horticulture group expands its avocado holdings, buying a farm in Childers, Queensland.

  3. India chickpea study

    A researcher looking into how chickpeas are used in India finds consumers use the pulse in hundreds of ways.

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  1. Record grain harvest

    One of the biggest grain harvests on record in South Australia to inject $3 billion into the state's economy.

  2. Climate change affects wine

    For Australia's wine producers, climate change is not a thing of the future but an issue to be dealt with right now.

  3. Adani coal mine approval

    The $22 billion Carmichael coal project secures Qld Government approval for a rail line and construction camp.

  4. Scrambling for pickers

    Primary producers across Tasmania are ramping up recruitment following the deal on the backpacker tax.

  5. Wine tax rules

    The Federal Government reveals long-awaited plans for the Wine Equalisation Tax rebate.

  6. WA harvest at 9.5m-tonne

    WA grain harvest reaches 9.5 million tonnes and is on target for a total harvest of 14 million tonnes.

  7. 3D printed meat

    Think of an ink jet printer, replace the ink with meat and layer-by-layer create a food, soft as butter.

  8. Capturing rural landscape

    A rural photographer sees the Australian landscape through fresh eyes.

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  1. Great Barrier Reef 'in danger' listing

    Queensland's agriculture and tourism sectors say Australia's Great Barrier Reef progress report to UNESCO could make or break their industries.

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  1. Trading Australian food with China

  2. Meet the 2016 Farmer of the Year winners

Rural Life

  1. Food street regulation

    The future of a project using footpaths to grow organic food for the community is under threat.

  2. Crazy ant crab defenders

    How a tiny wasp could save Christmas Island's spectacular red crabs from a crazy ant infestation.

  3. Locals buy pubs

    Faced with the prospect of a town with no beer, residents in several NSW towns buy their local pub.

  4. Outback hairdressers

    Two hairdressers providing services in far north Qld take a 1,600km road trip every six weeks.

  5. Marrakai Mango Beer

    A Top End brewery is using mango seconds from a nearby orchard to brew boutique beer.

  6. Knitting without needles

    Samantha Longmore knits without needles after two vehicle accidents left her paralysed on one side of her body.

  7. Puzzling roo deaths

    An unknown disease is killing hundreds of kangaroos in far west New South Wales and mystifying animal experts.

  8. Temporary harvest cafe

    A WA town opens a pop-up cafe for harvest workers after its only general store shut its doors.

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  1. Mango grower Raymond Bin says his crop is down, and it's difficult to pinpoint why KPs have failed to fire this season
  2. The Australian mango industry's Robert Gray says strong demand and prices for mangoes are expected to continue into summer
  3. Celebrating World Soil Day in Canberra
  4. Assistant Agriculture Minister Anne Ruston talks about the new rebate package
  5. Prison farms commercial bush food crops
  6. Landcare waiting for details on $100 million funding boost
  7. The Purple Mango Cafe and Brewery owner Graham Bulford talks about the boutique mango beer
  8. A small farming region in North Queensland considers growing commercial hoop pine plantations
  9. Farmers accuse major parties of political point-scoring over backpacker tax
  10. Greens seal a deal with Government on backpacker tax
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  1. Shearing contractors urgently looking for workers
  2. PhD graduate Dr James Boyden and Kakadu National Park ranger Dwayne Wauchope at the Magela Creek Floodplain.
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  4. Bull rider prepares for ride
  5. Percival the peacock: flamboyant feathery bird, or fearful defender of the realm?
  6. Van Dieman farm tulips

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  1. Illegal tobacco trade may be fuelling terrorism, Border Force warns

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  3. Greens Leader Richard Di Natale says the deal over the backpacker tax is a "commonsense victory for farmers".

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  5. Murray Darling Basin concerns resurface

  6. Behind the Scenes

  7. A tree-sitter stops logging over alleged environmental breaches in the Tantawangalo State Forest.

  8. Crop growers push to use bumblebees for pollination

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