Apart from crop failure and stock losses, droughts set the scene for bushfires ... Very dry conditions persisted through spring over eastern Australia, except in coastal areas of northern New South ...

It is popular because it is cold-hardy and can be planted later in fall than other crops, and it provides excellent erosion control and incredible growth in spring. It’s also easy to graze. The key is ...

Drought, heat and frost have cut yields and pushed SA's wine industry into an early vintage, but a silver lining looms in the ...

The clue is in their name: spring rolls are eaten year round, but particularly at new year because their colour and shape ...

The domestication of maize is one of the greatest examples of humankind's impact on evolution. Early farmers' pre-industrial plant breeding choices ...

While everyone loves a prospect, growers should do their due diligence before moving in a different direction with new almond ...

Finally, the Lethbridge feed price needs to trade high enough so producers with malting barley sell into domestic feed ...

Farm data has become a commodity, it has value. In one aspect, data is much like most things farmers produce: once it leaves ...

Radio New Zealand's Country Life team regularly check in with farms and orchards around the country. Here's the latest ...

Australian mean rainfall deciles during winter-spring for the five negative La Niña events that coincided with a negative IOD since 1960. The significant impacts that La Niña and El Niño can have ...

Hot summer conditions have southeast Australian farmers pinning their hopes on an early autumn break to boost prospects of ...