Michael Condon

A report finds the Murray-Darling Basin "continues to decline" and the multi-billion-dollar plan to try to save it has not improved its health.

Royal Agricultural Society's dairy awards head judge Tiffany Beer says the complex flavours and craftsmanship in the cheesemaking process created a "truly exceptional" cheese.

The inaugural winner of the Sydney Royal Easter Show President's Medal has taken it home again nearly two decades later.

Hundreds of cartons of nappy pants remain unaccounted for after one of the biggest threats to Australia's grain industry, khapra beetle larvae, was found in the imported products.

The estimated cost of the invasive khapra beetle to Australia's grains industry could be more than $15 billion if it became endemic across the country after being discovered in imported nappy pants.

Listen to how the Country Hour reported on agriculture over 80 years. 

A snap survey by AUSVEG reveals 27 per cent of Australian vegetable growers have already reduced planting, while some will not harvest current crops because rising costs make it unviable.

Standing only 70 centimetres tall, the hog deer has not been seen in the state for more than a decade, but poses a significant environmental threat. 

The ABARES report for the June quarter predicts national crop production will fall by more than 20 per cent, with profits down 70 per cent for broadacre farms. 

Calls to halt floodplain harvesting are mounting after NSW's chief water regulator revealed uncertainty around enforcing the state's water laws.