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An agreement being reached on fruit fly protocols means apples from the Australian mainland can now be exported to China. 

Once almost lost, these fragile old vines are now the focus of DNA testing and efforts to preserve Australia's oldest vineyards.

Anzac Day marks the traditional start for planting winter crops, but this year farmers are hoping for rain as they begin planting their crops in the dry.

Scientists are growing micro vines to streamline experiments to breed mildew resistance into South Australia’s heritage grapevines.

The Victorian Farmers Federation says growers are doing their utmost to ensure fresh produce is safe after E. coli was detected in pre-packaged salad products.

A controversial mining project in northern Victoria has been cleared to proceed despite staunch community opposition.

An NT environment group has launched legal action against the government's Mataranka water plan, which allows 62,000 ML/year to be extracted from the aquifer feeding the iconic hot springs. 

The famed cricketing rivalry between Australia and India has at times become a heated affair. The Almond Ashes between the two nations faced no such problems. 

As Western fast food chains expand their reach and disposable incomes rise, more people across Asia are shifting away from traditional diets.

Nearly 50 pre-packaged salad products are being recalled by major supermarkets after E. coli was found during routine testing.

The insect said to threaten the food security of 600 million people globally may have met its match in the form of several native Australian fungi and bacteria.

Smoke from a hazard reduction burn in the NSW Southern Highlands allegedly destroys millions of dollars worth of wine grapes, leaving any wine produced tasting "like an ashtray".

The state's attorney-general has released a preliminary finding that a licence to develop a coking coal mine near Bundaberg is not in the public interest. 

It took Mark Walpole eight years to get the two varieties into Australia and this year will be the first vintage.

Olive oil producers and judges want Australians to get more familiar with the different flavours of the pantry staple.

When Blythe Calnan and her partner bought their WA farm, they had a clear picture of how they wanted to manage it — by working with the environment to help protect it from future extreme weather events.

Rowing a giant pumpkin might seem like something from a nursery rhyme, but growing it? Mark Peacock is The Big Pumpkin grower and says it's less of a fairytale and more like a lesson in resilience. 

Farmers in Australia's largest wine grape regions are calling on the federal government to implement a mandatory code of conduct immediately to stop a mass exodus of growers.

Kangaroo Island residents say their children are at risk of disease from little corella poo splashing across play equipment and school lunch areas, but the education department refuses to consider a cull. 

A 15-kilometre "suspension zone" was enacted in January after Queensland fruit fly maggots were found in homegrown peaches at Glynde, north-east of the Adelaide CBD. Two Adelaide Hills strawberry growers are calling for changes to national fruit fly protocols.