Rural

  1. Backpacker tax agreement does not solve Australia's farm labour issues

    There are lessons to be learned from across the ditch as Australia struggles with farm labour woes.

  2. Investors tip $50 million into insect breeding company Ynsect

    Capital raising success has French company Ynsect well placed to succeed in replacing fish, poultry and pig feed with insect meal.

  1. Restoring critical wetlands

    Critical wetlands on farms in north Queensland's Burdekin region are being revived by drying them out.

  2. Sewage leak near oyster farms

    Heavy rainfall on Friday has cause a sewage overflow into Georges Bay on the state's east coast.

  3. Researcher named TED Fellow

    Western Australia researcher made a TED fellow for her work to save East African cassava crops.

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  1. Beehives get airlift

    A beekeeper is using a helicopter to deliver 216 of his hives to leatherwood trees.

  2. $50m fish food mill

    Stockfeed company Ridley to open $50m fish food mill in Tasmania.

  3. Cattle country soaked

    Cattle stations in the Kimberley region of Western Australia have an extremely wet start to 2017.

  4. Mango blogging

    One of Australia's most popular food bloggers visits a central Queensland mango farm.

  5. Climate change canary

    European settlement has altered Australia's environment in ways we're only now beginning to understand.

  6. Town 'will be decimated'

    A Victorian town 'under threat'' if Australian Sustainable Hardwoods sawmill closes.

  7. Apricot crop slashed

    Heavy rain sees expected returns for some SA apricot growers slashed by 50 per cent.

  8. NT cattle for Cambodia

    An Australian charity buys 150 Brahman breeders to send to Cows for Cambodia.

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Markets

  1. Insect food investment

    French company Ynsect wants to see fish, poultry and pig feed replaced with insect meal.

markets

  1. Trading Australian food with China

  2. Meet the 2016 Farmer of the Year winners

Rural Life

  1. Bankers turn farmers

    An American expat couple have swapped the glitz of city life to volunteer on the land.

  2. Outback internet on

    A high-speed internet service built by Queensland graziers is finally switching on.

  3. Aerial environment scan

    Pilot and scientist Andrew McGrath checks the health of the environment through aerial surveys.

  4. Council chooses timber

    A Queensland council becomes the first in the state to adopt a wood encouragement policy.

  5. Drone unleashed on weeds

    A drone is being used to map out a weed threatening crocodile nesting areas in the Kimberley.

  6. Is Tamworth the best?

    Tamworth still claims itself as the best country music festival in the country.

  7. Barramundi in the nursery

    A plant nursery owner is using wastewater from a tank full of barramundi to fertilise his plants.

  8. Shortwave radio silence

    An outback tour operator says remote travellers depend on the ABC's HF shortwave radio service.

Latest interviews

  1. Leon Bradley's friends talk about the farmer's legacy
  2. Fish ecologist Nick Whiterod speaks about the two rare fish
  3. NFF's Tony Mahar says the defence land grab in Queensland sets a worrying precedent for every landowner in Australia
  4. North Queensland Matt Stanger says the defence plan has been poorly executed and communicated to landholders
  5. Michelle Landry MP breaks down as she's forced to explain her government's role in the defence acquisition action
  6. Mick Hutton and Garry Cratt speak about the ABC's shortwave service.
  7. John Nardi says sending lychees to the United States has paid off, even though the first shipment was not profitable
  8. Prosecution of three vets over hendra virus cases discouraging younger vets
  9. Adrian Phillips from Annaburroo Station discusses his croc problem
  10. Roger Matthews discusses how he catches crocodiles.

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Best Rural Photos

  1. The Heward's Monash fig patch
  2. Shearing contractors urgently looking for workers
  3. PhD graduate Dr James Boyden and Kakadu National Park ranger Dwayne Wauchope at the Magela Creek Floodplain.
  4. Herd of South Australian dairy cows
  5. Bull rider prepares for ride
  6. Percival the peacock: flamboyant feathery bird, or fearful defender of the realm?

Videos

  1. Bees get airlifted

  2. Hive lift delivers bees to leatherwood trees

  3. Riverland apricot season worst in 50 years

  4. Prawn industry ravaged by white spot disease

  5. Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says the white spot disease is not dangerous to humans, but is deadly for prawns

  6. SA primary industries count the cost of unseasonal heavy rains and lashing winds

  7. Paul Schembri, ABC News

  8. CSIRO scientists attempting to unlock northern Australia's dirty secrets

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