Aboriginal community plans major horticultural development
A major horticultural development is being planned for the remote community of Ngukurr, 330 kilometres south-east of Katherine in the Northern Territory.
View ArticleSlim pickings for backpackers seeking farm work
The number of backpackers looking for work in the Northern Territory appears to be on the rise but there is not enough work to support them.
View ArticleDryland rice trial reaches harvest phase
A trial dryland rice crop has just been harvested at the Katherine Research Station in the Northern Territory.
View ArticleSlim pickings for backpackers seeking farm work
The number of backpackers looking for work in the Northern Territory appears to be on the rise but there is not enough work to support them.
View ArticleDryland rice trial reaches harvest phase
A trial dryland rice crop has just been harvested at the Katherine Research Station in the Northern Territory.
View ArticleBiological farming comes to the Territory
Biological farming might sound a bit alternative, but it's a management approach which is gaining popularity around Australia.
View ArticleNational food plan ignores Aboriginal interests
The Government's National Food Plan has been criticised for ignoring the interests of Indigenous people in the Northern Territory.
View ArticleMajor sandalwood program underway in the Territory
Almost half a million sandalwood trees will be planted in the Katherine and Douglas Daly regions of the Northern Territory this year.
View ArticleBig water extraction licences granted for Tindal aquifer to help grow...
The Northern Territory Government has granted seven water extraction licences for the Tindal limestone aquifer in the Mataranka region.
View ArticleAustralia's 'cleanest' bees an NT export opportunity
The Northern Territory's fledgling bee industry has a chance to export members of the "cleanest" population of honey bees in the country.
View ArticleNorthern Territory, QLD and WA mangoes could be sold to US under lucrative...
Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australian may be headed to the United States next year under a new plan which hopes to double the amount of mango exports.
View ArticleCucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus threat to Northern Territory's $60 million...
Nothing can be done to stop a plant disease which has devastated industries in other countries and is now in the NT, the government says.
View ArticleConcerns over water access after timber company Tropical Forestry Services...
A company that wants to clear nearly 1,000 hectares to grow plantation trees has a water licence that will run out well before the trees are ready to harvest.
View ArticleKakadu Plums
A group of indigenous women from remote NT are exporting powdered kakadu plum to the world.
View ArticleQuinoa research explores potential for a 'superfood' crop in the Northern...
As quinoa harvesting winds up at Katherine Research Farm today, Top End scientists are exploring the potential for the "superfood" to grow in the Northern Territory.
View ArticleFirst Katherine mangoes picked and packed at Manbulloo as Northern Territory...
The first mangoes of the Katherine season have been picked and packed at the Manbulloo farm, where workers will be harvesting over the next eight weeks.
View ArticleSeasonal Worker Program increases by 33 per cent across Northern Territory farms
Northern Territory farmers are increasingly turning to workers from the Pacific Islands and East Timor to fill their labour demands.
View ArticleTop End dam funding proposal knocked back by Federal Government because...
Agriculture may provide the key for federal funding for a new dam to meet Darwin's future water needs.
View ArticleBarramundi provide nutrients for Top End nursery plants and are an easy,...
A Top End plant nursery owner uses wastewater from a tank full of barramundi to fertilise his plants.
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