Northern Territory Country Hour

NAIF boss says more investment on the way for the Northern Territory. Country Hour goes gold prospecting. 

Meet the new owners of Dorisvale Station. Recreating the 1925 journey of Bubsie, the first car to circumnavigate Australia.  

Biggest cattle numbers in a decade exported from Darwin Port. Trucking association calls for tighter licensing requirements for overseas drivers.

Indonesia's largest dairy company has imported 1,100 head of cattle from Victoria, as it looks to expand its herd and boost the nation's milk production.

NT government investigating potential to inject water into Katherine aquifer. Entries are now open for the 2025 Caring for Country song competition.

Darwin Port opens new container yard. Organic certifier collapse leaves hundreds of exporters in limbo. 

One of the "world's worst weeds" discovered in a Darwin backyard pond. Will Aussie cattle producers benefit from new Trump tariff on Brazil? 

Cattle from NT government research stations have been sold this week via an online auction.

Country Hour takes a lap of the map to find out how the tourism season is going for rural and remote businesses in the NT. 

Dorisvale Station sells for the first time since 1979. Why carting cattle was a Darwin female truckie's dream job. 

Darwin hosts the Toots Awards, celebrating Australia's women in trucking. Top End hay going south as prices continue to rise.

Country Hour goes to the Alice Springs Show. 

'Went off like a fire cracker': Red hot prices at Alice Springs Show cattle sale. What's the key to becoming a champion rodeo rider?

Concerns about getting mangoes into Western Australia this year. The Territory claims a win in the war against invasive coral cactus. 

Fish industry celebrates national roll-out of seafood country of origin labelling. What next for MLA after 2030 emissions target scrapped?   

There's a growing interest within the Northern Territory's cattle industry to produce fodder crops for livestock.

Northern cropping industry set to grow as cattle producers apply for clearing permits. Locust swarms in central Queensland move north. 

The red meat industry drops its goal of being carbon neutral by 2030. Country Hour-loving heifers get ready to go on show in Alice Springs.

Major banana freckle strategy shift from eradication to long-term management. Mango orchards packed with flowers signal a good harvest ahead.

Alice Springs Veterinary Hospital to close after failing to find a buyer. Is Australia's love of big things growing?  

NT water minister says "recovery" of unused water allocations in Darwin's rural area is on the cards. How is the record high gold price influencing Tanami gold operations?

Rafferty Rules has won its 6th Gold Cup in a row at the Brunette Downs races. ABC Rural takes a look at the 'Ruby Roo'.

Brunette Races enjoying great weather and big crowds. What threat does polyphagous shot-hole borer pose to the NT?

Why are tomatoes so expensive at the moment? And we head to the 'Katherine Farm to Feed Forum'.

What's the plan to get Ord River water into the Northern Territory? Playschool and Delmore Downs cattle station team up.

Last year the Federal Government allocated $2.3 million to develop a "detailed business case" on how to get water from the Ord Irrigation Scheme in Western Australia, across the border into the Northern Territory.

The Country Hour was today broadcast from the Katherine cotton gin as processing begins for the 2025 season.

The Country Hour meets some of the people turning NT cotton into socks, jocks and jeans.

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.