Northern Territory Country Hour

What does a $30 billion takeover bid for Santos mean for the Northern Territory? And the purple GM tomato that could soon be growing in Aussie greenhouses.  

A decade of work brings water back to the landscape at Old Cameron Downs. Where are this season's bush tomatoes? 

The NT Farmers Association has a new CEO. Gillnet alternatives in development for wild-caught barramundi industry.  

Cotton arrives in Katherine for processing as the NT harvest ramps up. Could the north grow coffee commercially?

Is a proposal to build a rail line from Tennant Creek to Mt Isa back on track? Lee Humphris from Bushfires NT has received an Australian Fire Service Medal. 

Northern Australia's cattle industry says it's "bitterly disappointed" by a Federal Court ruling on its compensation claim for the live export ban to Indonesia in 2011.

Cattle industry "bitterly disappointed" by Federal Court's ruling on live export ban compensation. Finke Desert Race reaches its conclusion.

Public release of Federal Court live export ban compensation decision delayed. Horticulture industry signs up kids' entertainers to boost veg and fruit sales.  

Singleton Station horticulture project planning to break ground next year. Old Cameron Downs station experiments with Speckle Park cattle. 

Mustering still on hold in parts of Central Australia after winter rain. Vale Chris Nathanael.

How can Territory farmers protect their fruit from tomato brown rugose virus?  Strawberry prices rising.

Cotton harvest set to kick off in the Douglas Daly region this week. Biosecurity authorities say tomato brown rugose fruit virus here to stay.

Who got the top price at this year's Ponderosa bull sale? Brazil officially achieves FMD-free status without need for vaccination. 

In major news for the global beef trade, Brazil has been declared free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) without the need for vaccination.

Large-scale gold mining returns to the Barkly. Should bounties on feral animals be introduced in the Northern Territory?

Record breaking May-rain in the Northern Territory. What does it mean for cattle producers, mango growers and cotton growers? 

North-west cloud band bringing significant rain into the Northern Territory. Eighteen Indonesian nationals plead guilty to illegal fishing.

The Northern Territory's water controller says over the last two years he has made about 300 decisions around water.

Has Australia's diamond industry lost its sparkle? All of the action from the sold-out Noonamah rodeo.

Merlin diamond mine operator goes into voluntary administration. All the action from the poultry pavilion at the Freds Pass Rural Show. 

AACo has today released its yearly financial results. Meet the man trucking hundreds of chickens to the Northern Territory.

AACo has posted an operating profit of $58.4 million, up 14 per cent year on year. 

Fishing industry calls for stronger action on illegal fishing in northern waters. Has the cold snap in Central Australia "nuked" the booming fly population?

Mining company South32 is celebrating an important milestone on Groote Eylandt this week.

What does the Federal Coalition split mean for the Northern Territory? Lumpy skin disease wargaming at Berrimah Farm.

Mango twig tip dieback research funded and ready to start. Cahills Crossing reopens for 2025.  

National hay market explodes as drought conditions tighten in southern Australia. Indonesian demand for northern cattle remains high. 

The year's first green mangoes hit the Sydney Markets. And the colourful, sweet and spicy chilli being bred for Territory tastebuds.

Northern Territory farmers are already picking green (unripe) mangoes and sending them to market. But the NT fruits are facing increased competition from Vietnamese imports.

Minister Gerard Maley joins us to talk about the NT Budget. Meet the detective dogs sniffing out invasive parthenium weed.

Agriculture department funding slashed in NT budget. Gorrie Station paddock walk shows off wet season fodder crops. 

One of the Northern Territory's biggest and most loved commercial nurseries has closed down.

Vale David Warriner, a legend of the north's cattle industry. How many fish were caught at the Barra Classic? And how can they help scientists?.

Former president of the NT Cattlemen's Association (NTCA) and a legend of the north's beef industry, David Warriner, has died aged 59.

One of the NT's biggest and most loved commercial nurseries, Tropiculture Australia, is closing down after nearly 50 years of operation. 

Record Aussie beef exports in April. Road transport industry calls for new recruits to fill thousands of driver vacancies.

A 10,000 megalitre water licence has been granted to an irrigation project near Larrimah. Which Northern Territory frog sounds like a cross between a lawnmower and a chicken?    

Australian mining giant plants native pongamia trees as future diesel fuel substitute. Meet the Alice Springs horticulturalist who discovered the Oliver palm variety.  

What will a second term Labor government mean for the agriculture and mining industries? The former tobacco drying facility reborn as a hops processing plant.

Alice Springs-raised droughtmasters inspire envy from NSW producers. Locust swarms tear through buffel grass pasture in parts of outback Queensland.

Country Hour joins the action at the Alice Springs cattle sale. WA sheep producers blast leaked plans for live export phase-out funding.  

What does the critical minerals sector make of Labor's new stockpile plan? Millie the pink bus sets off on a 2000 kilometre journey to take mammograms to remote women.