National Quinoa trial comes to the Red Centre
A trial of an Central Australia quinoa crop shows it struggles with salty water and frost, but the trial will continue.
View ArticleTurning a weed into a winner: Sterile leucaena research begins in Western...
Regarded by many as a weed, work is underway to develop a sterile leucaena plant for the cattle industry.
View ArticleWA Government tests waters for 30,000 hectares of irrigated farming in...
The WA Government investigates land north of Kununurra where 30,000 hectares could be suited to irrigated agriculture.
View ArticleTop End magpie geese numbers under pressure, as mango and hunting seasons...
In a blow to hunters, but a win for mango farmers, magpie geese populations in the Northern Territory are at their lowest since records began in the 1980s.
View ArticleAustralia's largest pineapple producer expands its Top End farm with millions...
From 400,000 pineapple plants to three million, Australia's largest pineapple producer continues to expand its NT farm.
View ArticleHay oversupply sees tens of thousands of bales left in Top End paddocks
A slowing of live exports and a rise in the number of hay producers has left tens of thousands of hay bales in sitting in Top End paddocks, unable to be sold.
View ArticleDiagnostics lab for agriculture in northern Australia will 'prove...
An $8 million diagnostics laboratory to be built in Darwin is expected to boost market opportunities for north Australian agriculture.
View ArticleDragon fruit imports from Vietnam begin despite farmers' concern
Australia has imported dragon fruit from Vietnam for the first time despite food health concern from local growers.
View ArticleMango harvest in Katherine kicks off with a moderate volume crop but great...
Mango harvesting has kicked off in Katherine, one of Australia's largest mango producing regions, with the crop expected to be slightly down on the forecast of 1.7 million trays.
View ArticleFirst dragon fruit imports from Vietnam defended by Australian horticultural...
The Australian Horticultural Exporters' and Importers' Association defends the first-ever arrival of dragon fruit from Vietnam.
View ArticlePFAS contamination: Katherine mango farmer seeks compensation from Defence
An NT mango farmer is one of hundreds of Australians seeking compensation from the Defence Department after learning chemical contamination in his water supply was dozens of times over the deemed safe...
View ArticleTop End mangoes flown direct to Singapore for first time in a decade
Northern Territory mangoes are sent direct from Darwin to Singapore by air this week for the first time in around a decade.
View ArticleMagpie geese in their tens of thousands mustered by crop chopper in...
A Kimberley muster pilot has taken to the skies over the Ord Irrigation Scheme to round up thousands of magpie geese feeding on crops.
View ArticleInternational legal action against the Federal Government's backpacker tax
The validity of the Federal Government's backpacker tax is under fire, with the legislation now facing a legal challenge from an international tax firm.
View ArticleSandalwood company Quintis appoints administrators
Quintis shareholders express anger after the company calls in administrators, with one saying he is "flabbergasted and cross and very frustrated" at the development.
View ArticleMango industry fight fruitful and redheads to light up as Unicode raises...
The mango industry spent the last 18 months campaigning Unicode to create a mango emoji, and today it bore fruit.
View ArticleDo you know where your roses have come from this Valentine's Day?
If you bought a rose for your Valentine today, there is a strong chance it has travelled a very long way.
View ArticleTropical fruits from northern Australia hit the highways in time for Chinese...
Tropical fruit farms are in a race to get their sweet treats to market in time for Friday's Chinese New Year.
View ArticleAustralian mango and dragon fruit growers set to face competition from...
Indonesia could soon be exporting mangoes and dragon fruit to Australia after a trade deal between the two nations was advanced, and local growers are not happy.
View ArticleFruit rotting in paddocks as citrus canker restrictions leave NT farmers with...
Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of citrus is being left to rot on Northern Territory farms, with canker restrictions leaving growers with nowhere to sell their fruit.
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