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Carl Curtain
Carl Curtain is the executive producer of the Northern Territory Country Hour.
Asia beef conference in Vietnam hears of market price pressures
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The number of Australian cattle exported to Vietnam in 2017 will largely be dictated by price, according to LiveCorp.
Topics: beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, darwin-0800, katherine-0850, indonesia, vietnam
NBN Co satellite internet installation gets off track
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A cattle producer says a NBN satellite internet installer struggled to find her property using a helicopter, despite having GPS coordinates.
Topics: media, rural-media, beef-cattle, internet-technology, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800, katherine-0850
Holmes à Court remains Northern Territory's largest individual pastoral land owner
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An Australian businessman remains the largest individual owner of pastoral land in the Northern Territory.
Topics: agribusiness, beef-cattle, katherine-0850, darwin-0800, tennant-creek-0860
Lunar New Year tables decorated with giant citrus
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A Northern Territory tropical fruit farmer says demand has been strong for pomelos during the Lunar New Year.
Topics: fruit, food-and-beverage, food-and-cooking, vegetable-fruit-nuts, darwin-0800, china
Moth-balled Top End manganese mine Bootu Creek reopens
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A manganese mine, which was placed in the hands of administrators 12 months ago, is once again operating.
Topics: mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, darwin-0800, tennant-creek-0860
Drone to watch over NT legacy mines
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The Northern Territory Department of Resources launches a drone to photograph old and deteriorating mine sites.
Topics: mining-industry, environmental-technology, mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, internet-technology, tv-technology, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800, tennant-creek-0860
ABC's shortwave radio transition program offers little comfort to Top End fisherman
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A commercial fisherman says the ABC's HF shortwave radio transition alternatives offer little to support remote listeners.
Topics: media, radio, radio-broadcasting, fishing-aquaculture, beef-cattle, rural-tourism, mining-rural, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800
Key challenges in store for live cattle export industry's 2017
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A shortage of productive heifers might signal a difficult year ahead for those operating in the live cattle export sector.
Topics: trade, markets, agricultural-marketing, beef-cattle, darwin-0800, indonesia
Indonesia negotiating terms for live cattle trade with South American countries
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The Indonesian beef industry meets with representatives of South American countries to discuss biosecurity trade protocols.
Topics: trade, markets, agricultural-prices, agricultural-policy, beef-cattle, darwin-0800, brazil, indonesia
'At least 5,000' people tuning into ABC's shortwave radio services
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An Australian outback tour operator says remote travellers depend on the ABC's HF shortwave radio service.
Topics: radio, radio-broadcasting, rural, rural-tourism, tourism, travel-and-tourism, beef-cattle, darwin-0800, papua-new-guinea, alice-springs-0870, pacific
Top End's Ban Ban Springs Station sells to Kimberley cattle producer Nico Botha
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A cattle producer from Western Australia buys Ban Ban Springs Station in the Northern Territory.
Topics: beef-cattle, rural-tourism, agribusiness, darwin-0800
Proposed Top End dam funding knocked back by Federal Government Feature
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Agriculture may provide the key for federal funding for a new dam to meet Darwin's future water needs.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, regional-development, dams-and-reservoirs, water, water-supply, irrigation, community-development, agricultural-crops, environmental-impact, darwin-0800, katherine-0850
Indonesian demand for Australian live cattle falls
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Fewer Australian cattle are being demanded by Indonesian feedlotters, as imported buffalo meat takes a market share.
Topics: beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, trade, agribusiness, darwin-0800, indonesia
Flower grower urges Darwin farmers to apply for water licences
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A cut flower grower in Darwin's rural area urges farmers to apply for an irrigation licence to sure-up water security.
Topics: water-management, flowers, darwin-0800
Report reveals Darwin's agriculture worth $77 million more than Ord Valley Feature
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An economic survey has found Darwin's agricultural zone is worth more than double the Ord Irrigation Scheme.
Topics: agricultural-prices, economic-trends, agricultural-crops, grain, fruit, agricultural-policy, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800
Australian Agricultural Company moves to cut costs, as revenue falls
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AACo has announced its revenue from meat and live cattle sales has fallen $46 million for the six months to September.
Topics: trade, agribusiness, cattle-feedlots, beef-cattle, darwin-0800, longreach-4730, brisbane-4000
Darwin abattoir runs first full commercial trial of buffalo slaughter
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The abattoir in Darwin's rural area holds its first full commercial trial processing buffalo.
Topics: agribusiness, trade, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-prices, beef-cattle, livestock-welfare, darwin-0800
INPEX pipeline comes closer to being gas-ready
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A newly-constructed pipeline stretching 890 kilometres across the north Australian coastline will soon be gas-ready.
Topics: building-and-construction, oil-and-gas, environmental-impact, mining-rural, darwin-0800, japan, broome-6725
'No link' between fracking and gas-emitting water bore on NT cattle station
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Gas emitting from a water bore on a cattle station is likely to be naturally occurring, according to a CSIRO scientist.
Topics: oil-and-gas, environmental-impact, environmental-management, mining-environmental-issues, water-pollution, water-management, environmental-health, mining-rural, daly-waters-0852, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800
Indonesian cattle import permits to match number of stock available
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The NT Livestock Exporters Association says the number of import permits released by Indonesia should match the amount of stock available.
Topics: trade, agricultural-prices, agricultural-policy, beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, indonesia, darwin-0800
Wallowing water buffalo to feature once more at Territory Wildlife Park
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The Territory Wildlife Park plans to feature buffalo in a new two-hectare exhibit, showcasing the iconic animal to visitors.
Topics: trade, environment-education, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, animals, livestock-welfare, agricultural-shows, darwin-0800
Cheap frozen Indian buffalo meat undercuts Australian beef in Indonesia
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An abundance of cheap Indian buffalo meat is undercutting Australian beef in Indonesia, according to a report.
Topics: trade, economic-trends, agribusiness, beef-cattle, india, indonesia, darwin-0800, singapore
Northern Australia secures $98m for key cattle transport routes
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The Federal Government announces the breakdown for its beef roads funding in northern Australia.
Topics: agribusiness, beef-cattle, road-transport, darwin-0800, tennant-creek-0860, rockhampton-4700, kununurra-6743
Backpackers descend on Darwin's rural area as bulk of mango farms begin picking
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A Top End mango grower says he has had no trouble sourcing workers for harvest, as the bulk of the Darwin farms begin fruit picking.
Topics: agribusiness, vegetable-fruit-nuts, fruit, rural-tourism, darwin-0800
Lobby group voices concerns over draft EIS for gas pipeline
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A Top End lobby group says it has several concerns with the potential environmental impact of a proposed gas pipeline.
Topics: oil-and-gas, environmental-impact, mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, greenhouse-gas, tennant-creek-0860, darwin-0800, mount-isa-4825
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