Territory landcarers, Indigenous rangers and environmental scientists are in Darwin for the three day Natural Resource Management conference; Vegetable growers in Darwin and Katherine have met with representatives from NT Farmers and Horticulture Innovation Australia to review the current vegetable levy system; A mining company has expanded its interests in a gold deposit near Mt Bundy in the Top End, with estimates there are 1.3 million ounces of gold underground.

Tiwi Plantations Corporation has been given a financial reprieve, with the NT Government freezing TPC's repayments on their existing multi-million loan; Commercial mango producer Piñata Farms is expanding, buying another block of land in Katherine's Venn District; The Centralian Land Management Association says it's been challenging to maintain strong membership base with properties frequently changing ownership; The company looking to build one of the world's largest prawn farms on Legune Station in the Northern Territory has settled on a location for its processing plant.

NT Primary Industry Minister Ken Vowles says fruit, including mangoes, is being tested in Katherine, in light of water contamination fears; Five and half months after the former NT government announced an upgrade of the Berrimah export yards, plans for construction are finally underway. Ian Sangsten from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says water was discovered in the fuel tanks of the R44 helicopter wreck on Waterloo Station; We met head stockman on Mittiebah Station Georgie Knight; The Pink Panther pub at Larrimah, south of Mataranka, is up for sale with several crocs, a few hundred birds and a couple of emus thrown in; Four cattle stations in the Kimberley have officially been sold for $100 million, in what's understood to be a record price tag for the region's cattle industry.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau says contaminated fuel caused a fatal helicopter crash on Waterloo station; A bunch of hospitality staff have had a road trip to meet Top End producers to learn more about the produce they use their pubs and restaurants; A nasty invasive weed mistakenly sold from retail outlets in Darwin and Katherine has shown up in a Howard Springs backyard pond and its growth has been prolific; Concerns about the safety of groundwater around the Katherine rural area are growing, with a number of residents testing their own water; In a move which has shocked cattle researchers and breeders, two American companies are trying to patent the bovine genome in Australia.

A large feral cat shot on Phillip Creek Station, north of Tennant Creek, has been found with a metre-long brown snake in its stomach; An animal management project targeting cattle, donkeys and horses in underway on the Barkly; European foulbrood, an infectious disease which can kill young bees, has been found in a small number of hives in the Katherine region; Indonesia's Trade Minister says the government is willing to allow live cattle imports from Mexico, Brazil and even Spain.

Cattle stations across the Territory are starting to wind up their operations as the wet season approaches; It's been a slow start to the mango season for Katherine commercial grower Sevenfields, with harvest starting a few weeks later than usual; Early results from a drilling project, about 400km northwest of Alice Springs, has shown a number of promising alloys in the area; The Indigenous Land Corporation's annual report highlights a big year for its agribusinesses, with its portfolio of stations raking in more than $28 million in the last financial year.