1. Live cattle export prices jump again

    The price for live export cattle to Indonesia jumps again, with feeder steers fetching up to $3.60 a kilogram.

  2. Working at Wave Hill Station: 50 years after the walk-off

    Wave Hill Station is known as the birthplace of the Indigenous land rights movement, but it is still a working cattle station today.

  1. Bellamy's posts $38.3m profit

    Bellamy's says its strong social media presence is boosting sales overseas and at home.

  2. Clearing reforms fail to pass

    Farm lobby group claims victory after Queensland Government fails to pass its tree clearing reforms.

  3. Australia can't feed the world

    Australia cannot become much more efficient when it comes to agricultural production, according to a researcher.

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  1. The secrets of Barramundi

    Researcher tries to understand the habits of barramundi in Kakadu waterways.

  2. Wave Hill 50th anniversary

    Fifty years ago 200 stockmen and house workers walked off the job at the Wave Hill cattle station.

  3. Dingo death-row axed

    Controversial plan to eradicate goats on an island using dingoes cancelled by the Queensland Government.

  4. Protected cropping

    Greenhouse technologies prove a hit with growers trying to escape the elements.

  5. Seaweed farming

    A Tasmanian company is pioneering the farming of seaweed in Australia for human consumption.

  6. OJ production down

    Australians are drinking less orange juice as growers target lucrative Navel markets.

  7. 3D printing in agriculture

    A world first low-cost machine for 3D metal printing is in pre-production in Western Australia.

  8. Heywire ideas take off

    The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal will back eight projects with $150k.

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  1. Kimberley pastoralists cash in

    The price for live export cattle to Indonesia jumps again.

markets

  1. Who is the 2016 Farmer of the Year? Entries now open

  2. Federal budget 2016: what farmers need to know

Rural Life

  1. Tractor Yoga for farmers

    Chris Wills is well-known for cattle breeding, now he has a reputation for his tractor yoga.

  2. Quoll patrol

    A team of scientists venture into the wild, searching for the critically endangered northern quoll.

  3. Inheriting the farm

    Sons still dominate family farming with only 10 per cent of farm succession going to daughters.

  4. Kakadu rock art

    Protecting ancient rock art has become a priority for traditional owners and rangers in Kakadu.

  5. US medallist Australian born

    Dutton says bush upbringing taught him the independence and tenacity to succeed at Olympics

  6. Crabbers brace for ban

    Mud crab fishermen say 16-month ban on catching female crabs would bankrupt them.

  7. Nanny Pilot Program review

    Nanny pilot program ignores distance education says Isolated Children's Parents' Association.

  8. Young horse scoops Paradise

    Central Queensland rider wins champions round at prestigious Paradise Lagoons Campdraft.

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  1. Cape York grazier Emma Jackson says the vote is a win for the 'minority voice' but won't mean a green light for tree clearing
  2. International Renewable Energy Alliance chairman Peter Rae
  3. The O'Brien family talks about 40 years of selling Brahman bulls
  4. A Big Country: Limbering up for tractor yoga
  5. Timboon farmer Stephen Spokes said his rural financial counsellor advised him not to apply for a Federal Government loan, amid reports a list of farmers have been told the process is 'too hard'. Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce responds.
  6. A Big Country: Islanders embrace a healthy lifestyle
  7. A Big Country: Top tasting highland cattle
  8. Tony Gilbert, Anne Geddes, John Allen and Shane Francis discuss agricultural drone applications.
  9. Queensland deputy premier Jackie Trad on tightening Queensland land clearing legislation
  10. Victorian agriculture minister Jaala Pulford discusses low interest dairy loans
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