Northern Territory Country Hour

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Australia's largest wild-caught prawn operation is set to close, impacting hundreds of workers. The sun is finally out for NT cotton growers, but how are crops looking after weeks of wet weather and grey skies?

Meet the new managers of the Stuart Wells Camel Farm; The NT government has enacted the Price Exploitation Prevention Act to "hold fuel companies to account".

The government will halve the fuel excise for the next three months and reduce charges for heavy vehicles. What difference will this make at the pump?

The NT government says Golden Snapper stocks in Greater Darwin are at "critically low levels", but questions have been raised about the accuracy of the data. 

The NT Government has applied to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), to have Blacklip rock oysters exempt from the current rules for cadmium levels in molluscs.

The NT government has applied to have locally grown Blacklip rock oysters exempt from the rules on cadmium levels. War in the Middle East is impacting the nation's vegetable production.

Country Hour talks fuel, floods and fertiliser with NT Farmers CEO Andrew Bourne. "We dodged the biggest bullet of all time" says Warren de With in Katherine.

"We're essentially going to have an emergency department in a backpack". NT cattle industry prepares for RFDS virtual health trial.

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

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 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.

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 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.

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.