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Country Today

Country Today

The Country Today podcast focuses on breaking rural news, including daily interviews with farming and argi-business leaders, analysts, inventors, suppliers, politicians and much more. Hosted by Libby Price, who has spent over 30 years covering agribusiness, Libby is joined by a team of experienced rural-based journalists to present the show each day.

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Country Today - May 6th

The past decade has seen the national median price for Australian farmland triple. But has the rural property bubble burst. Many grain growers are having to take alternative routes due the poor condition of the roads and it’s costing both time and money.   With the landslide win by the Albanese Government, what was promised to rural and regional voters? When or if there is a serious disease outbreak in cattle, what plan is there for dealing with the carcasses. Believe it or not, Ag Victoria is trialling composting cattle carcasses. Australia's dairy industry is expected to significantly benefit from Indonesia's new school milk program, which aims to provide milk, to 60 million students every day, on school.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Yesterday

Country Today - May 5th

To the federal election, and it wasn’t just Opposition Leader Peter Dutton who lost his seat. The Liberal/National Coalition lost 23 seats, to hold just 35 seats compared with Labor’s 82, you’ll hear from political scientist Professor Andrea Carson The focus is now shifting to what went wrong, and who will be the next leader. Having scraped back into the south west Victorian seat of Wannon, Liberal Dan Tehan is reportedly in the leadership mix. While the Trump tariffs are only 10 per cent on Australian imports, there are immediate impacts on the global wool market. Vietnam is one of the major manufacturers of wool garments for China. The rush to offload woollen exports has led to a huge shipping delays. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Friday

Country Today - May 2nd

The European Union's controversial Deforestation Regulations will come into effect at the end of this year, which means Australian exporters are working to a tight deadline to ensure they can comply. A Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry draft document has been leaked and it highlights its funding allocation for Western Australia’s sheep and wool sectors impacted by the live sheep export ban.  This year, the European Union’s Agriculture and Food Chief, Christophe Hansen published a 5-year plan ‘A Vision for Agriculture and Food’. The heavily sustainably focused roadmap presents significant trade barriers for Australian agriculture, particularly Canola exports. The weekly wool report and The Australian wool market has returned from the annual one-week Easter recess. We’re joined by senior market analyst from the Australian wool exchange, Andrew Partridge.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Thursday

Country Today - May 1st

Mice numbers are on the rise and while they often populate as the months get cooler, given the long-dry summer in the Wimmera, it’s highly unusual to be seeing so many. CSIRO Mouse management specialist Steve Henry joins us.  Ongoing dry conditions in Victoria's South West and North East have led to the Fire Danger Period being extended in a handful shire's. There certainly has been resistance to the concept of virtual fencing, however The New South Wales Mins Labor Government has announced it will be legal for cattle in New South Wales. Less sheep are being transferred from the west to the east of Australia and while this may not seem alarming for the immediate future, it does raise concerns around availability, should the industry want to rebuild. Food inflation in Australia is tracking above the long term average, with lamb prices having the most significant increase of twenty percent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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30 Apr

Country Today - April 30th

We're just four days away from the federal election and the mood certainly is different to previous years. The rise of younger voters means that this year, millennials and Gen Z outnumber the baby boomers and other older Australians.  Then two major trade deals have been made between Australia and China and we’re going to hear about both of them.  First we’ll take a look at the new access for Australian lamb and mutton. Then, apples grown on the Australian mainland will also be granted access into China, a market which is worth hundreds of millions of dollars for horticulture. A grape grower from North East Victoria has imported two European grape varieties into Australia for the first time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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29 Apr

Country Today - April 29th

The Victorian Farmers Federation is urging all parties to ensure a fair and balanced transition to renewable energy … this includes developers properly engaging with affected landholders. We’ll head to north east Victoria, where farmers are desperately waiting for any glimpse of rain. That autumn break couldn’t come soon enough.  You may have noticed both Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton made the effort to visit the devastating Queensland floods which of course is great….. Although what farmers down South are wanting to know is why the same can’t be said for drought affected areas?  And many farmers are in the process of harvesting their summer crops … and the recent rainfall has been a welcomed relief for those who were lucky enough to get it. Let’s take a look at what’s happening with sowing this season and canola prices.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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