Agriculture

Insectivorous bats are tiny, quiet and worth about $63 million to the cotton industry. A study of the creatures, some of which are under threat, has been expanded in NSW.

Protesting Indian farmers clash with police for a second consecutive day as tens of thousands march towards the capital to demand guaranteed prices for their produce.

Honey farmers say the huge haul of hundreds of kilos of product is 'bittersweet' as the industry prepares for potential devastation caused by the varroa mite.

The Hewitt brothers oversee 2.2 million hectares of land across the nation, from sheep and cattle stations to piggeries.

Growers in Australia's largest wine grape producing region drove their tractors, harvesters and trucks through the streets of their community.

Anthony Albanese has used a trip to Tasmania to suggest he's on the side of aquaculture workers amid considerations to reduce salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour.

Germany's capital Berlin was brought to a standstill after tractors filled the streets, protesting tax rises.

Students from Toolamba Primary School, near Shepparton, have won a national competition with their eye-catching cow 'Moolamba', and along the way brushed up on their nutrition knowledge.

With the nation's growing dependence on a Pacific Islander workforce, especially in regional areas, attention is shifting towards improving worker welfare and wellbeing.

Several wet years and this month's cooler, spring-type temperatures have been ideal for raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries, but as prices drop at the supermarket there's a real fear expenses will overtake profits for growers.

Many shoppers are questioning whether supermarket prices are fair, and so next year the Senate will examine claims of price gouging by Coles and Woolworths.

Students from Longreach State High School are getting out of the classroom and into the paddock to learn the ropes of the agriculture industry.

Dozens of Victorian farmers have taken to the streets in tractors to protest against the reintroduction of water buybacks to the Murray-Darling Basin plan.

Emanuel Exports will no longer face prosecution over the deaths of more than 2,000 sheep from heat-related stress during a 2017 voyage from Fremantle to the Middle East as part of Australia's lucrative live export trade.

Dairy group Farmer Power has announced it intends to disband — but not before leaving a significant mark on the industry.

Graziers say the town of Marlborough has dwindled, while the ADF's presence has made it more challenging to run their businesses.

Improved relations between China and Australia expected to thaw trade freeze and ease tariffs on Australian imports

Deniliquin has become sister cities with a Ukrainian agricultural hub, thanks to a passionate plea from a local who urged his council to support the war-ravaged nation.

Alice Springs grower Gunnar Nielsen modified this apricot cutter to pit his 2018 quandong crop. This year the quandong harvest has been very bare, but in earlier years the machine saved Mr Nielsen plenty of time de-seeding hundreds of kilograms of the native fruit.

Off the back of Australia's failed eradication of varroa mite, researchers are testing the country's ability to control an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among the feral pig population. The results are troubling.

Jon Lockwood had to kill his own bees located near a varroa outbreak, pouring petrol on 2,500 hives

Victoria is facing milk shortages with unprecedented strike action planned by dairy workers.

Cattle producers are making the most of the feed they have left in their paddocks while drovers move stock in the hope of price increases.

More than 20 farming groups have written to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pleading for the government to overturn its plan to ban live exports of sheep.

Non-native grasses cover a quarter of Hawaii and have been blamed in part for Maui's deadly fires, alongside a drier climate and weather on the day.