Northern Territory Country Hour

Consolidated Pastoral Company CEO Troy Setter shares the company's plans for Vermelha Station. Have you heard of buffalo racing?

Australia's bush food industry is concerned some Kakadu plum products being sold online do not actually contain any of the native plant.

Gas from the Beetaloo Basin has started flowing up to Darwin this week to help power Territory homes and businesses.

Top End hunters are getting ready for the waterfowl hunting season, which begins tomorrow against the backdrop of the H5 bird flu outbreaks. An Angus bull called Wyatt has sold at auction for $420,000.

Mango industry concerned about slow-down in working holiday visa approvals. Jemena's managing director David Gillespie speaks to ABC Rural about plans to pipe Beetaloo gas to the eastern states.

Beetaloo gas is heading towards the Channel Island power station. Plans to reopen a major abattoir in northern Australia have been delayed, because of visa issues.

Gas from the Beetaloo Basin has started flowing to Darwin. The NT's mango crop is looking a bit patchy.

A new processing plant is about to be built on Seven Emu Station, as the Shadforth family scale up production of kulbanyi tea. What are NT butchers noticing about chicken sales in 2026?

Food Standards Australia New Zealand has granted an exemption for NT blacklip rock oysters from rules on cadmium levels, opening the door for commercial sales. It's been a bumper year for bush tomatoes in central Australia. 

Professor Bell spoke to ABC Rural about the award, the future of agronomy, and how his career started in the Kimberley's Ord Irrigation Scheme in 1979.

The NT Cattlemen's Association says it has serious concerns about a report into the economic impacts of buffel grass. A bush foods company, started by former AFL player Shannon Motlop, is celebrating 10 years in business.

The Country Hour celebrates the life of Dolly Parton. NT Labor wants an independent inquiry into data centres.

Agronomy Australia has awarded Ian Baker the prestigious 2026 Neil Fettell Award at the 22nd Australian Agronomy Conference in Darwin.

A horse called 'Danny' has saved the day at Pine Hill Station, after a worker became lost in a severe storm. Ian Baker has been honoured at the Australian Society of Agronomy's national conference in Darwin.

It was a wet weekend for parts of central Australia. Geoscience Australia has been on the hunt for high grade silica deposits.

Today marks 60 years since Vincent Lingiari led the Wave Hill Station walk-off. Meet a farmer who powers his chainsaw with a V8 car engine.

The Country Hour was broadcast live from the Kidman Springs field day in the Northern Territory. 

The Country Hour broadcasts live from the Kidman Springs Field Day, at Victoria River Research Station.

Rural news and events from the Northern Territory and the nation.

The Country Hour visited the Katherine cotton gin this week, where processing of the 2026 crop is underway.

The Country Hour visits the Katherine cotton gin, where processing of the 2026 crop is underway. The federal government say it's slowing down the processing of new working holiday visa applications, and the agriculture sector is not happy.

Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC) has been granted four water extraction licences in the Northern Territory, totalling 15,568 megalitres per year.

Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC) has been granted four water extraction licences in the NT, totalling 15,568ML per year. The US is going to lift its year-long ban on Mexican cattle imports.

The 59th Borroloola Bushmans Carnival is underway in the Gulf country. Federal, state, and territory water ministers are gathering to discuss proposed new national standards for data centres.

The NT government has formed a "Barramundi Fishery Adjustment Committee". Exploration companies are lining up to find gold in the hills around Pine Creek.

The Chinese-owned company Primary Gold, has today kick-started a $500 million project to build a new gold processing plant and restart the Mount Bundy Gold mine. Tips on how to get more mulla mulla for your cattle and country.

Rockmelons on the Stuart Highway after road train accident. The NT government has today released the new Katherine Water Allocation Plan. 

'Mates of the Murranji' travel to Newcastle Waters for special centenary event. Indonesia sovereign fund invests $US2.5 billion in joint venture with JBS.

The Laynhapuy Homelands Aboriginal Corporation says it wants to start its own mining company in north east Arnhem Land. The famous Pussy Cat Bore Campdraft is underway in the Victoria River District.

NT Minister for Water Resources and Environment Joshua Burgoyne joins the NT Country Hour to answer questions from the audience. An independent review of BOM has been launched.

High Court rules in favour of native title holders fighting Singleton Station water licence. Demand is growing for camel meat in the pet food industry.

Zerella Holdings is ready to start harvesting its first crop of Northern Territory potatoes. What are prices like for fresh mangoes in August?

The Country Hour heads to the Darwin Cup and also the famous Harts Range races. Bruce Davey has won a national seafood industry ambassador award.

Tipperary Station has been busy harvesting cotton this week. The Country Hour visits the Moline Golf Club ahead of its biggest weekend of the year.

A 350 kilometre stretch of the Sandover Highway has been closed for months due to flood damage. The H5 strain of bird flu has been detected in Victoria, and is spreading locally in Australian birds.

The Sandover Highway in the Northern Territory is still closed across hundreds of kilometres due to flood damage earlier this year. Meanwhile Elkedra Station's main access road has only just been opened to handle its first fuel truck of the year.

ABC Rural heads to the 'Duckpond' in Darwin to learn about the tiger prawn season and why so many trawlers are not fishing this year.

When the tiger prawn season starts this weekend, it's understood 27 prawn trawlers will be operating in the Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) — which will be the smallest fleet in the NPF's history. Does Australia need a food fraud unit?

The Nobles Nob gold mine near Tennant Creek has partnered with traditional owners to do mine rehabilitation work. The Barkly Regional Council wants laws changed, to allow local governments to set mining rates.

The Country Hour broadcasts from the 75th Royal Darwin Show.

It's been a busy week at the Darwin Port for live cattle exports, plus some interesting imports coming in for Exercise Pitch Black. A new national emergency warning system called AusAlert will be tested around the nation on Monday.

The NT government has set aside 185 hectares at Weddell in Darwin's rural area, for a proposed $40 billion data centre and energy generation project. It's International Mango Day and the Country Hour has a special guest in the studio.