Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world and Queensland.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world and Queensland.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world with our team of specialist reporters.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world and Queensland.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world and Queensland.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world and Queensland.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world and Queensland.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world and Queensland.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world and Queensland.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world and Queensland.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world and Queensland.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world with our team of specialist reporters.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world with our team of specialist reporters.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world with our team of specialist reporters. Along the way you'll meet some country characters, and probably a cow or two, as we break down the big issues of rural life: food and farming, sustainability, innovation, mining, technology, business and politics.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world with our team of specialist reporters. Along the way you'll meet some country characters, and probably a cow or two, as we break down the big issues of rural life: food and farming, sustainability, innovation, mining, technology, business and politics.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world with our team of specialist reporters. Along the way you'll meet some country characters, and probably a cow or two, as we break down the big issues of rural life: food and farming, sustainability, innovation, mining, technology, business and politics.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world with our team of specialist reporters. Along the way you'll meet some country characters, and probably a cow or two, as we break down the big issues of rural life: food and farming, sustainability, innovation, mining, technology, business and politics.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world with our team of specialist reporters. Along the way you'll meet some country characters, and probably a cow or two, as we break down the big issues of rural life: food and farming, sustainability, innovation, mining, technology, business and politics.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world with our team of specialist reporters. Along the way you'll meet some country characters, and probably a cow or two, as we break down the big issues of rural life: food and farming, sustainability, innovation, mining, technology, business and politics.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world with our team of specialist reporters. Along the way you'll meet some country characters, and probably a cow or two, as we break down the big issues of rural life: food and farming, sustainability, innovation, mining, technology, business and politics.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world with our team of specialist reporters. Along the way you'll meet some country characters, and probably a cow or two, as we break down the big issues of rural life: food and farming, sustainability, innovation, mining, technology, business and politics.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world with our team of specialist reporters. Along the way you'll meet some country characters, and probably a cow or two, as we break down the big issues of rural life: food and farming, sustainability, innovation, mining, technology, business and politics.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world with our team of specialist reporters. Along the way you'll meet some country characters, and probably a cow or two, as we break down the big issues of rural life: food and farming, sustainability, innovation, mining, technology, business and politics.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world with our team of specialist reporters. Along the way you'll meet some country characters, and probably a cow or two, as we break down the big issues of rural life: food and farming, sustainability, innovation, mining, technology, business and politics.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world with our team of specialist reporters. Along the way you'll meet some country characters, and probably a cow or two, as we break down the big issues of rural life: food and farming, sustainability, innovation, mining, technology, business and politics.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world with our team of specialist reporters. Along the way you'll meet some country characters, and probably a cow or two, as we break down the big issues of rural life: food and farming, sustainability, innovation, mining, technology, business and politics.

Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world with our team of specialist reporters. Along the way you'll meet some country characters, and probably a cow or two, as we break down the big issues of rural life: food and farming, sustainability, innovation, mining, technology, business and politics.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

New data from the Telecommunications Ombudsman has revealed that over four years, more than 50,000 Australians filed complaints about their phone and internet service. 

Backyard observations are helping to keep potentially devastating diseases like bird flu, varroa mite and fire ants at bay.

You'd be forgiven for thinking you'd slept through spring and woke up in summer with the temperatures across Queensland at the moment.

Australia is home to some pretty iconic pub feeds...from the classics like a steak sandwich, a parmy, or bangers and mash; to the interesting like lambs brain.

Major supermarkets are using cheaper, imported peas for their own disguised home brands...and Australian pea farmers aren't happy.

Tanya Egerton founded the Remote Op-shop Project eight years ago to empower women in remote Indigenous communities, and tackle Australia's fast fashion problem.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.

While some celebrated the record rain in Queensland this week it's caused massive losses in the state's strawberry industry during their peak of the season. 

With Australia's hospitality industry revived after the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for second grade avocados to make guacamole is rising. 

Telstra and Optus have extended their 3G coverage until October 28. 

The Queensland Government will appoint a Food Farmers Commissioner after an inquiry into rising supermarket prices.

Scientists have mapped the DNA of the Arabica coffee bean. 

On a per capita basis, Australians are the worst fashion wasters in the world. So how can the farmers who grow the fibre used to make them help end the cycle of waste?

There's a lot more to being a good cattle auctioneer than just being able to talk really fast. Just ask Matt Pearce, who has been named the best in the state at the EKKA. And meet the Texan tween taking on Mount Isa's Rodeo scene. 

Reliant on exports and foreign manufacturers, like many Australian industries, Cotton is looking for a way to grow without putting all its eggs in the China basket. 

Farming in the Murrumbidgee Valley hasn't been easy the past few years, but Jenna Bell and her family have pushed through, and just like the cotton and popcorn they grow, she's bouncing back. 

They may be prized for their milk, meat, fleece and skins, but goats also bring something unique to the farm - pure mischief.  

The Lake Eyre Basin covers one-sixth of Australia and is one of the world's largest internally draining river systems. The move to ban new oil and gas exploration has been welcomed by traditional owners and farmers, but the energy industry said it threatens future supply.

Australia's biggest cotton processor, Namoi Cotton, is currently at the centre of a takeover bidding war between French agricultural giant Louis Dreyfus Company  and Singapore-based Olam. It's a major consolidation of owners in an already small industry, and the ACCC is watching closely. 

While the collapse of Rex Airlines is worrying for tourism and business, what many Australians may not realise is for isolated families, it's a lot more than an airline. It's a lifeline. 

The farmer lobby group says the parties reached an agreement not to pursue their court case over carbon capture and storage in the Great Artesian Basin. 

On the outside, they look like the quintessential Aussie cowgirl - tough, resourceful, and used to pushing through. But inside they are fighting a war with their own bodies, one they've turned to each other to survive. 

The federal court has ruled there's insufficient evidence to say glyphosate, the main ingredient in herbicide Round Up causes non-hodgkins lymphoma, but for some scientists, the evidence is conclusive. 

From crashing fish numbers, to warming seas and imported diseases, the seafood industry has faced its fair share of challenges. But recently, supply shortages are not one of them, and researchers have endeavoured to find out why.

The United States has an "insatiable appetite" for beef and so far this year, has imported 155,430 tonnes of  Australian beef. That's up 75 per cent on the same period last year, and the highest since 2015. So why is the home of hamburgers so hungry for steaks from Down Under?

Global legal cannabis spending reached more than $56 billion in 2022 and is set to reach $153 billion by 2027. While most of the growth has been driven the United States, Australian farmers have set their sights on a new wave of medicinal users — Europeans.

Public Health Association experts fear the "best estimate" was that anyone who welds as part of their job had a 28 per cent increase in the risk of lung cancer, but the industry says it's complex.

Queensland Agriculture Minister Mark Furner hosted his national counterparts in Brisbane at the peak of the CFMEU scandal. So what makes him confident the state was above the fray? And ahead of the EKKA, are we ready for bird flu?

Australians loved avocados when they were expensive, but they really love them when they are cheap. Unfortunately they aren't eating enough to keep prices good for farmers as more and more trees bear fruit. But there is a plan to keep both brunch-lovers and the avo farmers happy. 

In the hot Summer months, beekeepers from Western Queensland seek out cooler climes for their bees, with plenty of pollen for food. But with destructive varroa mite surging in NSW, their usual options are off the table.  

Love a good wine or a crunchy apple? Many of your favourite fruits, vegetables and even sugar cane love a cold snap in winter - it makes them sweeter. While the cold came a little later to southern Queensland, it did set some temperature records set across the state. But while the crops like the cold weather, the farmers not so much - even those that have worked cattle in Russia and Canada's bitter winters. 

There are a few questions that send a bolt of terror through a family quite like, who gets the farm? And how do you fact in your child's spouse? 

What's been done to get more young people into the dairy and wider agricultural industries? 

A US investment firm is selling its 24,000-hectare Australian cropping portfolio it flipped from cattle country.

Like artists plant breeders rely on royalty payments but what happens if growers don’t pay? 

How a native Australian plant could be a new solution to livestock nutrition. 

Across the country, feral pigs are running rampant and despite efforts to control them their numbers continue to grow. 

A new Australian meat processor has been granted approval to supply China for the first time since the 2020 trade war.

Australian health experts want beverage companies to reduce how much sugar is in their drinks, saying it contributes to the diabetes epidemic that's devastating Australian families, especially those with low incomes. But the farmers behind the sweet crop say a sugar tax is not the way to do it, and it could have unexpected side effects.  

Electrification is creating a buzz in agriculture as the technology for equipment gets cheaper and more grunt. But as the push to get off gas and diesel gains momentum, how feasible is it to farm with electricity alone, and can the beasts of harvest ever really be fossil-fuel free?

The reaction to laws that end the export of live sheep by sea in 2028 was fierce and furious, but the issue that brought us here has been a slow burn. The federal government says it has delivered on an election promise, animal welfare groups say it's a relief, but Queensland's farmers are worried about what is not being said, what about cattle?

At the end of a mine's life, the future for the community around it can be uncertain, but it's not supposed to be. In Queensland, we do not know as much about the end of a mine as we should. And sometimes, an asteroid-busting metal with potential can bring old mining communities back from the dead. 

For the Lyons family, Wambiana Station in north Queensland has been home to four generations of cattle graziers. But for others, it's a database of tried and tested farming methods that has changed what we know about pasture management. On a different station to the west, spending time as an outback ringer has also changed how a vegetarian views the beef industry. 

The cattle and crop farmer says he leads two lives, but his 'double act' is no secret. In fact, it puts him centre-stage on the biggest day of people's lives. And its through that circle of love that he finally understood himself. 

The company behind the $1 billion plan to build 120 new gas wells in southern Queensland says it will bring 900 jobs and could power 2.7 million homes. But opponents say its a sign Australia is putting off the tough decisions on energy. 

India's population is young, health-conscious and growing. Despite some recent diplomatic tensions, a new trade agreement has meant its increasingly easier to do business there, and demand is rising for Australian food and fibre. So how can Queensland's farmers get the most out of India?

It's one thing to pick your favourite cattle based on how good it looks in the paddock, but a stunning hide won't get you far in the beef popularity stakes. But one of the prettiest breeds getting around is booming in Australia, so much so, its gaining recognition among the beef barons of Brazil. Meanwhile, another distinctive breed, the Texas Longhorn, has become much more than the symbol of an iconic Aussie company. 

How a major vegetable growing company has created a biogas plant to convert food waste into green power, biofertiliser and a green gas that could fuel heavy vehicles and homes.  

Queensland could be the site of two of the seven nuclear power plants proposed by the federal coalition in their energy plan. 

The Australian Bureau of Statistics is changing how it calculates the size of Australia's cattle herd and it's has raised questions about how reliable cattle supply statistics are. 

On any given day in Australia, there are roughly 2.4 million pigs in our pork supply chain. It would take China, the worlds largest pork consumers, less than two days to eat their way through the entire herd. Despite that voracious appetite, Australian pork producers have no desire to take advantage of a trade war brewing between the world's two largest pork producers. 

When you buy beef, how much of the price you pay per kilo will actually reach the farmer who bred the animal it came from? It's not an easy question to answer, and as a quirk of statistics adds millions of uncounted cattle to the national herd size, who is making the money is about a lot more than supply and demand. 

Climate scientists have dug into an Antarctic ice core and found climate change is increasing the risk of significant fire seasons in the future meanwhile in Western Australia momentum is gaining to increase "right-way" fire practices as a fire mitigation strategy.

Fake honey is becoming more common overseas and Queensland Beekeepers Association says cheaper imports are undercutting Australian apiarists. 

It would be easy to think there's only one kind of rain for a farmer - good. But there is such a thing as spoiling rain, and it can make a big difference to the animals they're raising. 

With little warning, and no consultation, the federal government has ended Harvest Trail Services, a free program that for 26 years has helped safely connect working holiday makers with farmers, providing background checks on both parties. Now it's gone.