Crop Harvesting

As the sun sets, growers begin harvesting their grapes across Southern Western Australia.

Drought, heat and frost have cut yields and pushed SA's wine industry into an early vintage, but a silver lining looms in the promise of high quality wines as a result.  

Retired farmer Kerry Pietsch spent six decades restoring vintage machines and has put them on display harvesting wheat for fascinated crowds.

An abrupt wind change leaves a volunteer firefighter with burns while battling a bushfire near Capel, south of Bunbury.

The state's largest grain handler, Cooperative Bulk Handling, reports it has processed 19.5 million tonnes this season — 3 million tonnes more than it predicted at the start of harvest.

Farmers are thrilled with the surprisingly good yields they harvested for a crop that will fund Boyup Brook's new sports facilities.

As investment in agriculture grows and seasonal condition outlooks remain positive across Queensland, farmers are feeling positive about the year ahead. 

Saramat "Tou" Ruchkaew had a successful marketing career in Thailand before she moved to Australia and became one of the NT's biggest mango growers. 

Push it over. Pile it up. Strike a match. That's been the fate of thousands of avocado trees as growers destroy entire paddocks in search of more profitable crops.

Bacon, coffee and beer a week are just some of what's fuelling the tiny border town of Mungindi through a near record harvest.

When spraying crops, John O'Brien would end up covered in chemicals including paraquat. He's one of six farmers from Crookwell who say they have been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.

Grain and oilseed growers in northern NSW look to the skies and hope the weather cooperates to produce a stand-out harvest this year with the success credited to a full moisture profile at sowing and consistent and timely rain throughout the growing season.

Faba beans being harvested near Narrabri.

WA sprayer operator Rob Mitchell says a growing number of drivers are mistakenly interpreting his signal to turn right as an opportunity to pass him, with dangerous consequences.

More than 40 per cent of Garry Kadwell's property is dedicated to revegetation after he planted tens of thousands of trees across his property. It is a move that has seen him save thousands of dollars and improve production levels. 

Hundreds of GrainCorp workers in the state may refuse to load or unload grain trucks and trains during the approaching harvest unless they are given a pay rise.

Australian supermarkets have high standards for how a spud should look. Producers say the focus should be on the taste instead.

Weeds cost Australia's crop farming industry around $3.3 billion each year, but a home-grown machine that crushes herbicide-resistant weed seeds could make that a problem of the past.

Winter crop production is forecast to rise to near-record levels in parts of the country but farmers in others are hoping just to break even after battling unfavourable weather.

Mango season in the Northern Territory is starting to heat up, with 24,000 trays sent to markets last week and future yields looking good.