About the episode
And news this morning is the midnight trump tariff deadline has passed, and Australia will not be paying more than the 10 per cent the Us president originally announced. Plenty of other countries are not so lucky. Bearing that in mind. On the program today, Former Liberal Trade Minister Simon Birmingham joins us with his view of the global grain market. You’ll also hear that the price farmers receive for their wheat is roughly the same as it was per tonne 40 years ago. So how do grain growers still make money? The MDBA’s 2025 Basin Plan Evaluation claims water reforms have had relatively minor economic impacts, but Southern Riverina Irrigators strongly disagree. To this lovely recent rain, and one area that had pretty much missed out on rain this year was the Mallee in North West Victoria. Food Standards for Australia and New Zealand is proposing food which has been 'gene edited' NOT be labelled as genetically modified. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
