Agricultural Crops

A "generational" piece of water infrastructure for Queensland has been completed after years of construction plagued by cost blowouts, inundations and COVID-19 disruptions.

Irrigators who have for more than a decade been fighting "death by 1,000 cuts" water buybacks say it won't just be those on farms who are hurt by proposed changes to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

The Italian company behind Ferrero Rocher and Nutella is giving up on its farm in southern NSW saying the long-term climate is not conducive to hazelnut farming.

Beetroot and broccolini are some of the most affected crops which were impacted by a storm cell which ripped through South East Queensland, causing $30 million worth of damage to crops.

Farmers are calling for assistance to rebuild infrastructure and replant crops, with the impact on the supply of fruit and vegetables unclear at the moment.

The potential impacts of varroa mite on Australia are being realised as a feral bee die-off is predicted, potentially leading to increased production costs for farmers who relied on them for pollination.

Fire crews battling a massive haystack blaze in northern Victoria faced windy conditions and ember attack through the night, with a veteran fire captain saying it was the "worst fire I've ever witnessed".

Two Australian grain farmers are preparing to send a second shipment of wheat direct from farms to consumers in the Middle East following a successful trial earlier this year.

Australian-grown capers are a sought-after ingredient for high-end restaurants, selling for up to $50 per 250 grams. And with each tiny bud picked by hand, it's not hard to see why.

Haystack fires are costing farmers millions and new research is investigating how to alert farmers early to the risk of spontaneous combustion.

Australia exports more chickpeas than any other country, but the industry wants us to eat more at home.

A council in the state's south-east has proposed a local law restricting grass growth to 30 centimetres, but farmers say it's "just not feasible".

Australia's trade minister is set to resume talks with his European Union counterpart, vowing he won't sign a deal for the sake of it.

Soil ecologist Frank Ashwood starting taking macro photographs of the life in UK soil as a COVID project. He has since come to Australia to see what is here. 

In response to the global red wine oversupply, grape growers embrace lesser-known varietals to appeal to adventurous consumers.

Chances are you don't know Rob McGavin. But he's made it his life's work to win a place on your kitchen table — and he's been very successful at it.

The native quandong has high cultural and export value. Growers want more research on the fruit as interest in bush foods increase.

A plan of action is adopted to help save the world's only wild macadamia plants from extinction. 

Farmers' groups say a proposed trade deal with the European Union would send some commodities backwards and is a bad deal for "every sector of Australian agriculture".

When Sarah and Corey Brazendale started the first ever brewery on King Island, it prompted a visit from a veteran farmer who had something on his family's property that they needed to see.

Inside the Pacific's gene bank, thousands of crop varieties are propagated, to prepare for the spread of new agricultural diseases and the impact of a changing climate. Some seedlings are the last of their kind.

Already powering 27 per cent of the state's renewable energy grid, the Queensland sugar industry's research into improved crop yields for biofuel production using genetic selection beats out major rivals Brazil and India.

A critic says the commercialisation of the drug is potentially dangerous and culturally insensitive, but others say the "great alternative to alcohol" has never been hard to source in the west.

Retail fruit prices have barely changed in two decades, exports have dropped to about two per cent of the nation's crop and producers are fleeing the industry, new data from a NSW Farmers Association survey reveals.

The largest producer of olive oil in Australia says it is delighted by the support it is getting from Australian consumers as prices for international competitors rise.