Northern Territory Country Hour

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.

More than $80 million will be spent on a new forestry-carbon project on the Tiwi Islands. The Katherine River camera is back in action.

About $80 million will be spent developing a new forestry carbon project on the Tiwi Islands.

The Northern Territory's commercial barramundi season is officially underway for 2026.

Daly River expected to reach major flood level this weekend. Special "ferry" service operating from Newcastle Waters, and groundwater spilling out the top of bores in Darwin's rural area.

Slow moving tropical low delivers significant rain to the Top End. What happened to the north's chia industry?

What are the trade implications of the latest Port of Darwin stoush? Major rare earths project in the NT delayed again.

Massive rainfall totals in the Big Rivers region around Katherine. Barramundi fishers prepare for their season, against the backdrop of the phasing out of gillnets.

Top End livestock exporters have begun sending their first of lot of cattle for 2026. Official data shows 2025/26 was another bumper harvest for NT mangoes.

The gold price has hit a record high amid geopolitical tension. Australia's cotton harvest is down compared to last year, but the industry remains positive. 

Celebrating rural leaders in the Australia Day honours. Indigenous rangers secure future with mining funding agreement.

Should we be culling camels in Central Australia? Darwin's rural area reacts to stricter gun laws passing parliament.

Lumpy skin disease detected in the popular holiday destination of Bali. The gas company responsible for providing power to the Top End is still repairing damage caused by Cyclone Fina.

Pomelo growers worried imports from Vietnam are about to flood the market. Dragon fruit farmers explain how they were impacted by imports and issue a warning for the future.

Funding confirmed to fight ghost nets on remote beaches. Feral camels causing havoc in central Australia. 

There was big rainfall totals across several cattle stations in the Top End, but some were hoping for more.

Official figures show 2025 was a bumper year for the live export sector. Pastoralists and farmers forced to cope without essential BOM equipment.

NT firefighters travel to support bushfire efforts in rural Victoria. Do the Indonesian government take illegal fishing crews seriously?

Jail time for illegal fisherman. The ripple effect of civil strife in Iran.

Live exporters celebrate changes to federal regulations. NT Farmers say competition for labour is this year's big challenge.

A special anniversary on a NT station and the latest details on the national gun buyback scheme. 

What does the new year hold for NT cattlemen? Crocodile egg collection has started in Arnhem Land. Scorching temperatures in the red centre, and flooding in the Barkly.

Checking in with island plantations two months after Cyclone Fina. There's a new figurehead for Australian farming.