The Latest Breaking News from Kim Honan

As the painstakingly slow recovery continues for flooded communities across parts of Australia, a land management group says it's possible to take more than 2 metres off the flood peak by slowing the flow of water across the landscape.

A herd of bison caught up in a settlement dispute has a new home. But a dozen of the animals died before the move and the owner and another stud breeder want to know how it happened.

The only remaining commercial guava grower in northern NSW is preparing to rip out two-thirds of the orchard and replace it with another tree crop.

The berry growing hub of NSW's Mid North Coast has a lot of risk and reward to weigh up as the discovery of the deadly varroa mite threatens supply, prices and local jobs.

Beekeepers on the NSW Mid North Coast say they are angry at the lack of communication from authorities after varroa mite is found in a new zone.

A North Queensland vet says it is humans, not horses, who are of greatest concern as his region records the state's first case of Hendra in five years.

Devastated by the floods earlier this year, the New South Wales sugar industry is trying to pick up the pieces and look for the "light at the end of the tunnel".

The northern NSW dairy co-op announced today it will lift its farmgate rate by an average of 12 cents a litre.

A Lismore vet fears the worst is yet to come for farmers struggling with water-logged paddocks as he launches an attack on decision makers he says do not understand their plight.