Inflation and the rising cost of living cause chaos for business owners and customers as coffee and vegies become the latest budget-breaking items.

With the cost of lettuce and other vegetables on the rise, community gardens could be the answer many Australians have been searching for.

It is one of the lesser known by-products of Australia's cattle industry, but foetal calf blood has seen its value more than double in the past three years.

An age-defying horse is helping special needs children in Western Victoria.

As vegetable aisles are stripped bare, people are seeking self-sufficiency and choosing to not be locked into supply chains and fluctuating costs — for at least one component on the dinner plate.

With whispers of a recession, interest rate hikes, and inflation, many in agriculture believe rural land will hold its value through the tough economic times ahead.

Craig Melville bet his wife she couldn't teach ducks to race. The couple now spend four months a year showcasing their racing ducks at regional shows across Queensland.

Further delaying changes to the way the East Coast Spanish Mackerel Fishery is managed is increasing uncertainty for the commercial sector and the species' survival, fishers and conservationists say.

After finding their home burnt to the ground in outback Queensland, rather than rebuild it, this young family chose to truck in a homestead built in the late 1800s and restore it.

He rubbed shoulders with royalty, featured in movies, and even had a song written about him by John Williamson. But James 'Jimpy' Hayes will be best remembered for the love he had for his family.

A year of high cattle prices has seen the Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange in Casino record an increase of $57 million on last year and almost double the sales of 2019-'20.

While the circumstances of the miner's death remains a mystery, Paul Tamati Ereka Martin's name was this week published in a memorial at the request of his family to mark the first anniversary of his death.

Hi-tech trapping detects specific pests and helps growers to reduce reliance on chemicals.

First it was lettuce, now strawberries are being sold for staggering prices, with a Canberra supermarket asking $11.99 for a 250g punnet.

Four solar farms in the Northern Territory are sitting idle, years after construction.

Prawn trawlers are being left at the ports as farmers struggle to fuel and staff boats amid what some say is the most dire season ever.

Many native fish, including endangered catfish, have been rescued from Sunraysia'a irrigation channels in Victoria's north-west this winter, but what these fish's friends are doing is illegal.

The nightmare mouse plague of 2021 will go down in the history books and has left many dreading a return of rodents.

Small-scale grocers are calling for an immediate cap on fresh fruit and vegetable prices in supermarkets as costs continue to soar.

Emissions are coming down as farmers increase the amount of ground cover across their paddocks, land clearing has slowed, and abattoirs have built systems that trap waste and divert it from landfill.

Sad moment for the pair locking up the historic prison for the last time as the state government prepares to start refurbishing work.

Forestry Corporation NSW has been found illegally tree felling in koala exclusion zones in bushland near Coffs Harbour, with a judge saying it caused "actual harm" to koala habitat.

Ian Macdonald and ex-union boss John Maitland will face a judge-alone retrial after successfully appealing their convictions over a NSW mine licence.

CBH Resources has assured employees the Silver City's Rasp Mine is not set to change hands.

There are no kids in class, but school is in for 12 kelpie working dogs as Muster Dogs expert teacher Joe Spicer prepares to put the pups through their paces.

Qantas announces it will suspend direct flights from Alice Springs to Perth from July 1 due to low passenger numbers, stoking disappointment from a tourism group.

Mining giant BHP fails to find a buyer for its Mt Arthur operation in the NSW Hunter Valley, and announces it will close the site in 2030.

Exports for human heart valve replacements are being impacted by Australia's worker shortage, with a Queensland company unable to fill all of its lifesaving orders.

Fast-tracked by the federal government during the human farm worker shortage, Eve the fruit-picking robot prototype is expected to be ready for harvest next year.

Professors of five Australian universities hit out at the WA government as greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, condemning its cosy relationship with the resources industry.

After two years and $1 billion, the federal government is ending its International Freight Assistance Mechanism

As the eastern states grapple with the perfect storm behind a rapidly worsening energy crisis, the skies over the Northern Territory's power system are pretty clear. Here's what makes the NT's situation different — for now.

Farmers in WA's premier food and wine region are brewing beer with locally processed fruit puree, creating a new market for previously wasted seconds.

By December, the New Zealand government is expected to make its final decision on how agricultural emissions will be priced, but farmers are already protesting the move.

Rutherglen's Winery Walkabout festival returns after two years of pandemic-related cancellations, but while crowd numbers are down on previous years, morale is high in town.

It's taken two decades, $2.5 million and the commitment of dozens of people, but an erosion-control project in the Sunshine Coast hinterland is proof that terribly degraded riverbanks can be repaired.

At a dam near Murray Bridge in South Australia, anticipation is building as three schools from opposite sides of Adelaide gather to release dozens of rare little river fish.

Researchers trying to protect Tasmanian devils are given a "huge boost" in the battle against a deadly disease that has wreaked havoc in the wild, thanks to an unlikely source — the COVID-19 vaccine.

Ariana Varischetti, from Mackay in north Queensland, joins an increasing number of Aussies from the bush who are pursuing a professional career on the international rodeo circuit.

The birth of nine new Tasmanian devil joeys in regional New South Wales has spread excitement among conservation groups, who have been working to build the endangered species population on mainland Australia. 

Global fertiliser prices have been on the rise. Why doesn't Australia make more of it? 

Some country pet owners are having to travel more than 150 kilometres to access care as their local vets are forced to cut back services due to staff shortages.

Demand for native trees is soaring as Australia heads to net zero but there are lingering doubts over some types of carbon offset schemes, as industry insiders call for an urgent review. 

Sick of ocean debris washing up near his home on the Tasman Peninsula, Sam McLennan has an ambitious plan — build a raft made entirely out of the materials and sail it across the Bass Strait to kickstart conversations about protecting the marine environment.

A council vote on whether to green light an outdoor piggery in north-central Victoria causes a major uproar among residents concerned about the risk to local tourism and wildlife.

After the 2019 drought and Black Summer bushfires, a group of farmers in the Canberra region decided to do things differently. And they have formed a community along the way. 

If foot-and-mouth disease reaches Australia, it will send a wrecking ball through the economy, as it did in the UK 20 years ago. So what is the plan to keep it out? And how would an outbreak be contained?

Pet ownership is on the rise and so is Australians' concern for their animals' nutrition. It's seeing demand for pet food soaring and a move towards more unusual proteins. 

New South Wales announces a huge lift in funding to address biosecurity concerns of foot-and-mouth and lumpy skin diseases in Indonesia, and Japanese encephalitis locally, that threaten agriculture.

A month's rain for Carnarvon in a single day, and the wettest autumn in 22 years for the Gascoyne, sees split and rotting tomatoes and melons lining the paddocks of the state's winter food bowl.