The states need to agree on a system that allows rural boarding students to navigate border closures without missing school or their family, Senator Perin Davey writes.

Despite the new export tax not yet including agriculture, the sector has been warned it would be naive to think that day won't come.

A Rural Victorian town has taken energy security into its own hands by establishing a renewable energy battery, in a move that could be replicated in thousands of towns across the nation.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce won't commit to a 2050 net zero emissions target without first seeing the cost.

The Nationals are out of touch with their constituents on a 2050 net-zero emission target, new data has revealed.

A semi-rural shire has a proposal out that could lead to glyphosate sales and use being banned - and barbed wire is also in the gun.

'The stars are aligning' to get action for farmers on the right to repair their own machinery, or use independent repairers, without voiding warranty clauses.

"With the COVID vaccine, just because Europe said it was OK to use, we still put it through our regulatory system. To not do that for animal medicines is not acceptable."

"This myth of shutting off land is so far from what's actually happening."

Joe Biden has directed the United States Department of Agriculture and the Federal Trade Commission to prepare the draft legislation.