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Charles Sturt University is investigating transparent solar panels for Australian agriculture.

Australia's buffalo industry is enjoying strong demand from Indonesia, with regular consignments of animals being shipped out of Darwin Port...

The federal government is continuing its review of quarantine arrangements to consider allowing fresh Cavendish banana imports from the Phil...

The vice president of WAFarmers has welcomed the Premier's attempt to make changes to working holiday maker visas, with a letter addressing...

A number of grain groups have written to WA's Industrial relations minister asking her to urgently scrap or delay new dust rules that are se...

The United Nations has issued a warning to oil and gas company Chevron after independent satellite monitoring revealed large plumes of metha...

Children from Western Australia's remote Pilbara have swapped pencils for a microphone to share a taste of rural education through a country...

US farmers are reconsidering their vote for US president Donald Trump and the Republican Party, in the lead up to the mid term elections.

For the first time telecommunications companies will be required to provide a baseline level of mobile coverage across the country.

While fresh cut flowers are easy to find in most cities, it's a different story in some of Western Australia's remote towns and communities.

Mild temperatures leading up to harvest have Western Australia on track to take off close to 24 million tonnes of grain this season.

Federal resources minister Madeleine King says nationalising heavy rare earths company Northern Minerals is an "option" for the government.

A Great Southern grain handling business, that launched in 2024, has leased a former livestock saleyard near Katanning to further expand its...

Pastoralists say modern technology is the only way to stay competitive in the cattle industry.

A calf born with two extra legs growing from her head has made a remarkable recovery after a rare operation in southern Queensland.

A sausage laced with 1080 poison and developed and used in WA has been approved for use by authorised pest controllers to kill feral cats in...

The National Farmers Federation has welcomed the federal coalition's promise to introduce a dedicated agriculture visa from 2030, despite no...

The Coalition has unveiled a plan to slash Australia's temporary migration intake by about 650,000 over four years through deep cuts to grad...

The federal government's $140 million package to assist industry transition out of the live sheep trade by sea, is almost fully allocated, w...

A plant disease affecting melons and some vegetables has been detected in Australia for the first time on two properties in the Northern Ter...