Rural

With the NSW government chipping in $36 million, the project at Moree aims to produce green hydrogen, renewable ammonia and solar power to lower fertiliser and fuel emissions by displacing 1.4 million litres of imported diesel.

The red meat industry concedes it could fall short of its ambitious target, but insists it still has seven years and a solid plan to get there.

A small town in the centre of Queensland's South Burnett wine region is enjoying an economic revival and tranquil lifestyle for residents.

Drinking kava is an important part of life in Pacific countries and in recent years a way for subsistence farmers to earn a decent living.

A sculpture festival in outback Queensland is unearthing hidden talents from surprising sources.

Market activity and analysis with Matt Brann.

Rural and regional issues making the news.

The spinach industry was devastated by a health recall of packaged leaves last year. The contamination case has made growers even more conscious about food safety.

An ecologist says it is likely fire ants are already in NSW and if they get into grain-growing regions they will spread quickly. So, how can they be stopped?

Cattle producers in northern Australia are facing a nervous wait, as authorities scramble to test animals for lumpy skin disease to reassure Indonesian authorities it is not in the country.

Domestic olive oil yields have been on the conservative side this year, which could result in a further rise to the current record prices for consumers.

Fewer trees were cut down in Queensland since 2018, "a great outcome for biodiversity and carbon emission reductions" the government says, but nearly half were in Great Barrier Reef catchment areas.

Pre-1982 tractors should be banned from commercial use, a Tasmanian coroner says, following the death of a father and son in separate accidents while using the same kind of tractor, 43 years apart.

Industry sources confirm that Consolidated Pastoral Company's export yards, located 30 kilometres from Kununurra, are one of four facilities suspended by Indonesia due to the detection of lumpy skin disease in livestock shipped from Australia.

In recent days, Indonesia has stopped importing live cattle from four Australian export facilities over fears relating to lumpy skin disease.

An endurance ride that attracted the likes of cattleman RM Williams during the 1980s is back. While some things have changed, the Winton to Longreach Endurance Ride is still a show of strength, grit, and horsemanship.

Indonesia stops importing live cattle from four Australian exporters following the detection of lumpy skin disease in livestock.

An Australian research project is helping apiarists in neighbouring Pacific countries to become more profitable and learn to live with the destructive varroa mite.

A family Angus beef operation is celebrating being carbon neutral from paddock to gate without buying offsets or credits.

Market activity and analysis with Matt Brann.

Rural and regional issues making the news.

Climate and water long range forecast for August to October 2023 by experts from the Bureau of Meteorology.

The federal water minister has a dilemma. She's got a whole lot of water to find and not a whole lot of time, writes Kath Sullivan.

Station owners Debra and Chanelle Viney are jailed after attempting to defraud more than $250,000 from the Queensland government.

Almost 6,000 solar panels have been installed by Treasury Wine Estates, with the ability to generate more than 5,000 megawatt-hours of energy per year — the equivalent of powering around 900 homes.