While financial markets plummet because of coronavirus, the opposite is happening in the beef industry.

A Chinese backed prospective dairy company has unveiled plans to build a 1.2 billion dollar dairy and milk powder plant in wheat and sheep country in Western Australia.

Widespread rainfall across the Murray-Darling Basin have been a cause for celebration as rivers start to flow again. But, nearly as soon as the water started flowing, so too did accusations about who was or wasn't able to use it. Plus, images of Australia's bushfire crisis made world headlines and prompted volunteers across the globe to come and help with the clean-up and recovery.

Recent soaking rain across the state has been a welcomed relief by many farmers after a long hot summer. But for some producers it's come at a rather inconvenient time.

Record prices for livestock, plummeting supply and export chaos - it's a turbulent time in the meat processing sector right now.

As the Australian Government settles a landmark class action with communities affected by PFAS contamination in New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory, a Gippsland farming family is calling for action.

The high country calf sales have wrapped up and there were some pretty solid results recorded across the four sales.

Today a special broadcast from the High country cattle sales which are being held in Benambra and Omeo today.

ABARES outlook predicts farm incomes to drop as drought and coronavirus shrink exports.

The high country calf sales have started in Hinnomunjie and the prices are looking pretty good.

The cyberattack that disabled the computer system at the Australian Wool Exchange last week and saw sales cancelled is still causing some headaches.

Fonterra has announced that they have sold their Dennington facility to an animal nutrition processor ProviCo.

Queensland farmers in the south-west of the state are rejoicing as floodwaters snake south into NSW, soaking drought-impacted paddocks as they go.

Irrigators promised cheap water by the Federal Government last November are still waiting for it to be delivered.

Wool sales have been cancelled for the rest of the week, because the IT system that underpins Australian wool auctions and exports has been hit by a cyber attack.

One of the biggest stone fruit growers in Australia is planting orchards to be managed by robots that haven't even been invented yet.

Citrus growers say that fresh Australian orange juice may disappear from supermarket shelves in the next five years.

Around the world, the plant-based meat industry is on the rise, with some of the globe's biggest food companies investing millions to create meat-alternatives, but is Australia ready for a meat free pie.