Northern Territory Country Hour

AACo says its operating profit has jumped more than 20 per cent to a record high of $71.6 million. The Alice Springs School of the Air is celebrating its 75th birthday.

AACo boss David Harris spoke to ABC Rural about the company's FY26 results, as well as its investment in Sorensis, flood losses in Queensland, meat sales into the Middle East, and more.

Core Lithium has restarted mining at its Finniss project near Darwin. The Country Hour celebrates World Bee Day.

Australia's largest organic meat company, Hewitt Foods, has entered into an agreement to buy Queensland-based beef processor Nolan Meats. Are farmers winning or losing the battle against mice this year?

A north-west cloudband has delivered significant rain to parts of the NT. This year's big wet season has had a devastating impact on bee hives in the Top End.

ABC Rural spoke to Julie Shugg from Bees Creek Honey, who lost 96 hives during the wet season.

Federal Court rejects northern cattle industry's appeal over impact of live export ban. Has China opened up the gate to US beef imports?

Newcastle Waters station granted a permit to kill 20,000 native birds. What can be done to sell more NT buffalo in 2026?

What was in the Budget for Australian farmers? Cahills Crossing has officially opened for 2026.

Heytesbury buys 11 live export ships in major shipping deal with Vroon. What does the NFF want to see in tonight's Federal Budget?

Beetaloo Energy Australia keen to lock-in local sand. Feral rabbit numbers on the rise. Have you seen any in Central Australia?

A new mung bean variety has been developed from a single plant found in the Northern Territory.

A new mung bean variety now available to Australian farmers, was discovered in the Northern Territory. Fundraisers are happening across the NT for 'Do It For Dolly Day'.

Plans to turn gas condensate into fuel for the Northern Territory. Rabbitfish have been flown to Darwin and unleased into the Darwin Waterfront — why?

The NT's Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Mining and Energy, Gerard Maley, comes into the Country Hour studio to take your questions. What has a big wet season meant for gamba grass?

The NT's Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Mining and Energy, Gerard Maley, was in the Country Hour studio today to take your questions about the Budget.

On the Country Hour today we were joined by Romy Carey (NT Cattlemen's Association) and Louise Bilato (NT Road Transport Association) to talk about the NT Budget for 2026-27.

The Alice Springs Cup is on today and the Country Hour is track side at Pioneer Park. 

Indonesian cattle importers and Australian exporters have met in Jakarta to discuss the live trade. What was the 2025/26 wet season like for the Northern Territory?

The NT government has a big decision to make on Golden Snapper stocks. Trends like Dubai chocolate have seen pistachio prices go nuts.

The NT Department of Agriculture is investigating ways to help the Top End's snake bean industry. Vale David Bradley, a pioneer for flying vets.

Snake beans are a popular Asian vegetable grown in the Northern Territory, but productivity is increasingly threatened by a soil-borne fungal disease.

The NT's wild buffalo population is set to be counted for the first time in twelve years. A very special pink truck is taking off on its final journey around the Territory.

Country Hour heads to the Daly Waters Campdraft and Rodeo.. The NT budget will include an extra $1 million per year for biosecurity. 

The Territory's first campdraft of the year is underway in Daly Waters. What can the NT learn from WA's demersal fishing ban?

A native insect seems to have developed a taste for Northern Territory cotton. How do you check if a cow is producing less methane?

Why has China opened the gate to more Aussie beef? NT Guided Fishing Industry Association worried about the government's data on Golden Snapper stocks.

ABC Rural goes inside the Darwin correctional centre to hear from an Indonesian fisherman. US beef and cattle prices are at record highs.

The world's largest live export ship has left Darwin Port, with more than 17,000 cattle onboard bound for Indonesia. Cotton prices are on the up.

A deal has been struck to import an extra 250,000 tonnes of urea from Indonesia. A native bush tea is being exported from a Territory cattle station to customers in Asia.

Kelly works for Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC) and designed BoreWatch to help cattle stations manage their water.

The remnants of ex-tropical cyclone Maila have arrived in the NT. Labor's Dheran Young, says small businesses in his electorate are still waiting for flood recovery grants.

The owner of the Douglas Daly Holiday Park says she's overwhelmed by the amazing community support to get her business back on track after floods.

The Douglas Daly Tourist Park is cleaning up after floods in March. Feedlotting giant Mort & Co puts up the 'For Sale' sign.

The trucking company Nighthawk has collapsed, what happens next for its parent company? Australia's biggest barramundi farm has started exporting to the USA.

A Nathan River Resources worker is not surprised the Roper Bar iron ore mine shut down. The NT's only commercial potato farm is getting ready to plant its first crop near Katherine.

Workers at the Roper Bar iron ore mine in the NT have been stood-down by the company Nathan River Resources. Lamb demand surges ahead of Greek Easter.

Trucking company Nighthawk Transport has entered voluntary administration. How will this impact remote parts of the Territory?

A major mud crabbing operations says its busiest period has been delayed, due to the massive wet season this year.

Two mining deals have been signed in central Australia and the Barkly, worth a combined $746 million. AACo not investigated over the death of more than 100 cattle in Queensland, after it assured regulators the problem had been fixed. 

Thousands of fish have died near Darwin due to acidic run-off from an iron ore stockpile. The Country Hour spends the Easter long weekend at the Aileron rodeo.

Darwin was once home to Australia's largest biodiesel refinery, what happened to it? Australia's largest barramundi farm harvested 175 tonnes of fish in one week for Easter.