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The 49th annual Rockhampton Brahman Week Sale started today. The NT opposition and the Invasive Species Council have called for a federal inquiry into the environmental impact of buffel grass.

How did commercial fishing crews fare in this year's barramundi season? The NT campdraft circuit is finishing up this weekend, with the Tennant Creek draft kicking off on Friday.

An exotic plant pest called Monosporascus cannonballus has been detected in Australia for the first time, on two properties in the NT. It is October 1, the official start of the wet season in northern Australia, how is this season shaping up?

Eight large fires are burning across the NT, including Judbarra/Gregory National Park where a quarter of the area has burned this year. Territory icon Tom Curtain is on tour, but his border collies have stolen the show.

NT mine worker shares how he survived a life threatening medical episode at work in Nhulunbuy. Australia is considering a deal with Uruguay that could increase Australia's beef quota into China.

Rising fuel prices have put a dent in outback tourism businesses, as the end of the dry season approaches. Have you heard of college rodeo? Young Australians are travelling to the USA to compete while they study.

What do backpackers think of the changes to Australia's working holiday visa system? A country butcher is making hundreds of purple sausages in honour of the Fremantle Dockers' second AFL grand final appearance.

The National Farmers Federation has cut a deal with the federal government for faster processing of backpacker visas. Federal Environment and Water Minister Murray Watt joins the Country Hour to discuss the water usage of data centres.

The NT government will build a $22 million flood levee in Katherine's south, to protect the town from "one in 20-year" disasters. Mango growers in the Territory are enduring a difficult period due to high input costs, less-than-ideal growing conditions, and changes to the working holiday visa system.

Members of the Kakadu plum industry have travelled from across the NT to meet with the federal government, as they try to get a planned processing plant in Darwin off the ground.

The Country Hour visits the NT's largest date farm, as work continues to restore the plantation after it was severely damaged in the wet season. An organic farmer near Darwin has decided to prioritise hiring local people for their workforce, rather than relaying on backpackers and the PALM scheme.

NT melon growers are getting super high prices, with seedless watermelons fetching $3/kg. There is a new player in the Top Ends cut flower industry.

Katherine mayor "surprised" by NT government decision to use flood recovery funds on an evacuation centre in Batchelor. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has announced a shake-up of Australia's migration policy

Australia has suspended imports of fresh pomelo from Vietnam because of biosecurity concerns. The Country Hour checks out a new "Pig Receiver" built near Berry Springs.

Working holiday visa slowdown a concern for remote NT roadhouses. Country Hour visits the Battery Hill Information Centre.