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At the southern-most tip of the mainland, Corner Inlet fishermen have turned their gentle fishing practices into law to safeguard the bay and the livelihoods of future generations.

More than 50 lawyers and academics are urging the federal parliament to ensure pending changes to the basin plan tangibly improve how it incorporates First Nations' aspirations and values.

As the federal government's proposed changes head to debate in the Senate, a committee has backed the use of buybacks to meet recovery targets, and called for more scrutiny of water-saving projects, and greater First Nations involvement.

Irrigators have volunteered to sell the federal government nearly twice the volume of water it intends to purchase this year, while an interim report from the Productivity Commission calls for sweeping changes to get the basin plan completed on time.

The market for Australian farmland has outperformed the ASX and residential markets for years now, but El Niño and lower commodity prices mean farmers are holding off from selling.

A Victorian hunter takes feral deer and turns them into a luxury venison product, but with deer emerging as one of the country's worst feral animal threats, experts say more must be done.

Will Reynolds was a beach-loving Sydney teenager when a gap year on a Top End cattle station changed his life and set him on a high-stakes career path as a rodeo rider.

Australia's most ambitious environmental reform is about to get a shake-up, so here's your guide to why we have a Murray-Darling Basin Plan and how it might change.

Forecasts of drier conditions ahead see the national commodity forecaster ABARES peg this season's agriculture production at $80 billion — down from an all-time high of $92b last season.

The federal government says the "door is open" to sign its $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan, but there's no indication so far Victoria wants to walk through it.

Publicans say it's a "difficult recipe" to keep punters coming through the doors for a weekly meal special, when their own costs are rising too.

Australian grape growers have produced a stockpile of over 2 billion litres of wine that will take years to bring back into balance.

The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.

The $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan will not be completed on time, according to official advice from the basin authority, prompting federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek to conclude, "we have to extend the time frame."

Food prices spiked after Russia invaded Ukraine, but the Black Sea export deal helped to stabilise them. Now the deal's off, and analysts are warning of a price "roller-coaster".

The UN-brokered initiative helped export more than 32 million tonnes of food from Ukraine, but Russia has withdrawn support until its own demands for expanded food and fertiliser exports are met.

The federal water minister says the plan is "too far behind" and has requested advice on whether its water-recovery targets can be achieved by the legislated June 2024 deadline.

Two agribusiness conglomerates, Bunge and Viterra, have agreed to merge — a decision that's likely to prompt close scrutiny from Australia's competition watchdog.

The New Zealand intellectual property umpire has sided with Australia's move to block New Zealand honey producers trademarking the word manuka.

Excellent conditions, low interest rates and big family farmers looking to snap up neighbouring properties help turbocharge farmland prices.

Taxpayers, importers, and farmers are all being asked to pay more to keep economically devastating pests and diseases out of Australia in the 2023 budget. 

Indigenous groups watch the value of a $40 million pledge to buy water rights erode as water prices rise and the money remains unspent after five years.

Some of the main staples in Australian grocery baskets have had their sharpest price increases in decades over the past year, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. 

NSW, Victoria and South Australia can't meet water-saving promises they made under the $13b Murray-Darling Basin Plan. Here's what that means for the federal government, farmers and the environment.

New South Wales Water Minister Kevin Anderson has announced his state's position ahead of a meeting of water ministers on Friday.