Northern Territory Country Hour

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle dumped plenty of rain on the weekend, but the town of Katherine looks to have avoided a major flood event.

The NT Cattlemen's Association Conference had a theme this year of "Better on Beef".

The Country Hour broadcasts from the Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association conference.

NT Government has finalised its Buffel Grass Weed Management Plan. Aroona Station has been sold.

Core Lithium has announced to the ASX that it plans to restart mining near Darwin.

The cost of food is set to rise, as fuel prices skyrocket. The Country Hour visits the annual NT Cattlemen's Association Ladies Lunch.

The Todd River is flowing through Alice Springs once again, with impressive rainfall totals seen throughout central Australia.

The Berrimah Export Yards are set to expand after a land deal with the NT government. There is a high chance of a tropical cyclone forming in the Gulf of Carpentaria this weekend.

A live export depot near Darwin looks set to expand after the NT government struck a land deal with the NT Livestock Exporters Association.

The Daly River in the Northern Territory has broken its banks and flooded farms in the Douglas Daly region.

Country people across the Northern Territory are coming together to help each other recover from flooding.

The Country Hour broadcasts from Darwin River after flash flooding tore through the community this week.

Boats and helicopters being used to get essential supplies to rural residents around Katherine. "The Stations Helping Stations Cookbook" launched to raise money for rural families impacted by floods.

A boil water alert has been issued in Darwin and Palmerston. Fodder crops go under water in the Douglas Daly region.

The Katherine river is dropping after a peak of 19.2 metres on the weekend. Major roads are closed throughout the Top End, but food is on the way via rail.

A tropical low has dumped widespread rain across the Top End. The town of Katherine is bracing itself for a major flood event.

As a tropical low reaches the Top End, the Katherine weather radar has broken down. The NT Treasurer says some petrol stations are price gouging.

Have you noticed the price of fuel going up this week? Meet the new president of the NT's Isolated Children's Parents' Association (ICPA).

The NT's largest date farm says its entire crop has been destroyed by rain. Australia's farm gate production value to exceed $100 billion for the first time.

Tobermorey Station evacuates staff in the middle of the night. How will war in the Middle East impact fuel and fertiliser prices?

The NT's Minister for Agriculture joins the Country Hour to discuss a range of topics. Tropical low in the middle of Australia continues to dump rain.

NT cattle stations start cleaning-up after floods, as governments activate disaster relief funding. 

NT Cattlemens Association says pastoralists should be allowed to use their graders on public roads. What does the future hold for the NAFI website? 

The NT Cattlemen's Association says the lack of a Tennant Creek radar, meant stations were "making decisions in the dark" during this week's severe flood event.

Cattle stations evacuated due to heavy rainfall and widespread flooding in Central Australia. The ABC visits the 2026 Savanna Fire Forum.

Flooding in the NT: "We never imagined the water would come this high".

A slow moving tropical low brings heavy rainfall to the NT. Indonesian price cap on feedlots during Ramadan flowing through to Australian live export prices.

NT gun owners gather at Mickett Creek, as momentum builds for a national firearms register. Big rain expected in the Barkly this weekend.

Heavy rainfall in central Australia is causing serious damage to remote roads. The NT government has released 400,000 hectares for gas exploration.

The amount of cotton planted in the NT is well down on previous years. Should the Todd River be dammed to prevent flooding in Alice Springs?

State Memorial Service for Ted Egan held today in Alice Springs. Are there enough NT rambutans for Lunar New Year? 

You've heard of hay bales and cotton bales, but what about bales of cotton seed?

ACCC takes Coles to court in 'case of the century'. Meet the company making cotton seed bales in northern Australia.

Transport services and remote roadworks disrupted by flooding across central Australia. Darwin's only chocolate factory speaks to ABC Rural about the build up to Valentines Day.

Heavy rain around Alice Springs causes flash flooding in the Todd River. Meet the company planning to build a solar farm near Humpty Doo. 

Hundreds of thousands of people are still using the old Bureau of Meteorology website. Should the NT cattle industry be concerned about the ageing fleet of live export ships?

Native title holders head to the High Court, seeking to overturn the NT's largest groundwater licence. NT Firearms Council answers your questions.

Pastoralists celebrate a wet weekend in the Red Centre. Australia doesn't have a national firearms register, why?

Katherine-based horse breeder Wayne Bean says he's "like a dog with three tails and just over the moon" after the Nutrien Classic Sale in Tamworth.

Long haul to Nutrien Classic Sale in Tamworth was worth it for NT horse breeder Wayne Bean. What opportunities are there for avocadoes in the Northern Territory?

A Top End horticulturalist is working on tropical variates of avocado and has agreed to supply a grower with hundreds of trees.

Hundreds of trees supplied to the NT's first commercial avocado farm. Nearly 300 people evacuated from the remote Daly River community.