Lydia Burton

With a front-row seat to the Australian cattle market for more than 30 years, Trevor Hess loves reporting on its highs and lows.

Genetically modified cavendish bananas that are nearly immune to a devastating fungal disease have been given approval for commercial production and human consumption in Australia.

Livestock prices crashed last year due in part to dire warnings of a hot, dry summer, but rain across the east coast, feedlot demand, and strong export markets have turned things around for many farmers.

They provide lifesaving emergency care in remote areas but according to their union, nurses working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Queensland are paid less than their public hospital colleagues.

Grass, fat livestock, and young people — this year’s season in Western Queensland is the reason rural folk endure the hard times.

A family tragedy might have postponed the fundraising journey but nothing would stop David Batterham from raising awareness about dementia.

Farmers say panic buying has forced vegetable prices down with some having to mulch crops into the ground.

Farmers who have grown their first winter crop in four years say they are now battling mice which are destroying large parts of it.

Farmers in the Granite Belt say rain over the weekend fell at the perfect time for the upcoming apple season.

Uncertainty in global beef markets is starting to flow through to Australian feedlots, with the number of cattle on feed drastically decreasing.