Rural

How are primary producers battling the heat and what will it mean for consumers and their wallets?

An Australian vegetable grower plans to target export market for capsicums, Lebanese cucumbers and potentially zucchinis in the Middle East and Asia.

The exotic tomato potato psyllid is discovered in the Perth region, and has the potential to devastate the Western Australian potato industry.

The Federal Opposition is drafting Murray-Darling Basin Plan amendments, to guarantee delivery an extra 450 gigalitres of water for the environment.

Farmers want to rein in electricity prices, saying their supply has become more unreliable as it has become more expensive.

Horticulture growers and traders will be able to employ an expert mediator in a new fast, efficient and flexible dispute resolution process.

The rain in Spain is largely to blame for a "vegetable crisis" across the UK, with some vegetable variety prices soaring 300 per cent.

A family in Whyalla sources all their own fresh food thanks to an aquaponics system set up in their backyard.

The Food and Grocery Council is warning producers and manufacturers the supermarket price squeeze will continue for some time yet.

The Australian vegetable industry is setting a lofty target to increase its export value by 40 per cent within four years.

Queensland's horticulture industry plans to develop a new national 'ethical labour' certification for farmers, for those wanting to prove they are not exploiting their workers.

Backpacker employers, like farmers and hospitality businesses, need to register with Australian Tax Office by tomorrow or risk penalties.

US President Donald Trump's trade policies and wall spat bring simmering tensions between Mexican farmers and their Government to the surface.

Western Australia's first mechanical cabbage harvester is being put to work for its first season.

Farmers from Western Australia's south-west timber region band together to try to sell more of what they grow to buyers looking for high quality local produce.

A new mobile app for the country's vegetable industry gives growers more information to help their irrigation strategy.

A WA company has planted its first horticultural crop using Canadian greenhouse technology, hoping to bring fresh vegetables to the wheatbelt.

Australian researchers say they have developed a sustainable way to protect crops from pests and diseases, by spraying them with a special clay.

Stone fruit orchards in the mid-north are having a challenging start to the summer harvest after an unusually wet spring across South Australia.

Concerns are raised about how the Federal Government will use information from farmers who register as employers of foreign workers.

Australia's first Aboriginal grower group has been officially established by DAFWA.

Businesses that employ backpackers are being urged to register with the Australian Tax Office to take advantage of the new tax rate.

Famous Sydney chef Kylie Kwong promotes Australia's fruit, vegetables and nuts as the finest in the world.

For rural Australia in 2016, no policy issue was more important - or more frustrating - than the backpacker tax.

Horticulture wholesalers are anxious to see a new and improved Code of Conduct in 2017 that will be workable and fair.