Kellie Hollingworth

Citrus growers are struggling to produce fruit that meets market specifications and truckloads of rejected but "quality" oranges, tangelos and mandarins are being sent to feed cattle and sheep.

Australia's 2023 vintage is well down on the 10-year average thanks to challenging weather and economic factors — but the industry hopes higher quality fruit will mean better prices.

Racing Victoria officials determine the fatal race fall at Donald in April was not attributable to the actions of any rider.

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a series of severe weather and flood watch warnings, with predictions of further heavy falls across the state.

Australia's citrus industry welcomes an administrative milestone, the publication of a new list of orchards, packhouses and treatment facilities allowed to export to China.

Farmers claim they found out via social media that new powerlines could be built across their properties, as a regional Victorian council supports the state government's latest plan.

A Victorian ram has reigned supreme at a Queensland sheep show as its owners plan more interstate honours.

Highly saline brine pumped from a deep aquifer on the Murray Darling Basin is being harvested for an essential mineral that has uses beyond the kitchen table.

For the first time since 2011 a farm in south-west New South Wales is baiting for mice and a plane has been called in to help get the job done.

An Australian farmer who has struggled with dodgy internet for years has strapped Starlink satellite internet kits to the roofs of his tractors for this year's grain crop sowing program.  

It's been a case of all hands on deck as the GrowAbility nursery moves back to its home base after the summer floods.

Dried fruit growers can now order a specialised harvester, but it hasn't always been the case.

Eighty chickens are able to finally fly the coop — with a little help from warm-hearted locals — after being housed at an animal shelter for months.

The almond industry wants state governments to ease beehive movement restrictions to ensure supply for pollination, but SA producers would prefer demand for beehives be met by honey producers within the state.

Farmers faced with 30 per cent electricity bill rises are finding ways to streamline their operations and generate their own power to temper price volatility.

Victoria's peak farm body is facing hard questions and a list of demands from disgruntled grain members who are unhappy with the federation's administration of funds.

As the grape harvest continues, trucks are delivering fruit to wineries — but their loads carry more than just grapes, which is why infield sorters are growing in popularity.

A man is assisting Mildura police with their inquiries after the body of 52-year-old man was found following a house fire on Sunday night.

Urgent repairs are needed to fix "dangerous" and "deteriorated" roads across regional Victoria, according to Rural Councils Victoria.

Beekeeper Lindsay Callaway has missed out on $250,000 worth of pollination contracts this financial year due to the long-running closure of the Victorian and NSW border.

Landholders asked for more water to be released from the Menindee Lakes in April, which they say would have avoided flood damage.

While many Australians flock to the coast for summer, a growing number of farms are branching out into accommodation — and it can be just as inviting as a stay by the beach.

What do you get when you have an Aussie, six Canadians, three Kiwis, and two commercial pilots? Just enough people to get harvest underway.

Growers in Sunraysia, which grows 98 per cent of Australia's dried fruit, are expecting to lose half of this season's fruit due to a downy mildew outbreak.

Many farms across the state's north are still flooded, and could be for some time as the cost of the disaster on the agriculture sector continues to climb. Kellie Hollingworth reports.