Northern Territory Country Hour

Newcastle Waters station granted a permit to kill 20,000 native birds. What can be done to sell more NT buffalo in 2026?

What was in the Budget for Australian farmers? Cahills Crossing has officially opened for 2026.

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, was in the Country Hour studio today to take your questions about the Budget.

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?

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.

The Alice Springs Cup is on today and the Country Hour is track side at Pioneer Park. 

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.

Country Hour heads to the Daly Waters Campdraft and Rodeo.. The NT budget will include an extra $1 million per year for biosecurity. 

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.