The sour reality of Mossman's failing sugar mill

In the latest round of hearings into supermarket power, farmers say while consumers are paying more, they're being forced to sell for less. Meanwhile, the small retailers say merger laws are forcing customers to shop with the duopoly. 

Growing up on a farm with three brothers, Amanda Tolson didn't consider herself likely to be involved in agriculture as a career. Little did she know she would reconnect with the land through property law. 

The North Australian Pastoral Company (NAPCo) is one of Australia's oldest and largest cattle companies,run by Allan Cooney. But there's a lot more to this CEO than boardrooms and balance sheets.

When it comes to selecting cattle and driving it around the Campdraft Arena, whether you're a man or a woman doesn't matter - it's all about the horse and rider. 

You know which cereal brand you prefer, and probably which brand of muesli bar your kids will eat, but have you ever considered what brand the beef you buy is?

Fashonistas watch Milan and Paris, finance bros watch London and New York, but for 30 years, it's the trends in Dalby and Toowoomba that Trevor Hess has kept a close eye on. 

Running sheep, cattle, and goats at Narraport Station in Far West New South Wales, the 25-year-old loves everything about living on the land. But it's in the sky that she found her purpose. 

Once mustering cattle across western Queensland, Roy and Kevvie now harness their aerial expertise to tame a different kind of wild. 

Australia's honey glut plus the Asian honey bee naturalised in north Queensland from a single swarm, now researchers say this population boom from such low genetic diversity offers a silver lining for native species under threat.

In 2019, cane growers bought back their sugar mill, saving it from shut-down. Five years and more than $45 million in government funding later, its future is once again in doubt. Can anyone save the Mossman mill?