About the episode
Prices for merino rams at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show were well down on last year's top price of $25 000, with the highest price at Sunday's auction of $16 000. To the Central Victorian Yard Dog Championships at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo. Winner of the open final was 3.5 year old Kelpie Ja-Ja. In what’s probably the largest hay run in Australia’s history is about to take place with 6401 big square bales from Western Australia heading across the Nullabor to South Australia in a convoy of 90 trucks. Despite the Victorian Government's controversial Emergency Services and Volunteer levy, having raised an extra $500 million dollars, CFA volunteers claim their funding has actually been reduced by roughly $9 million dollars. So where is the rest of tax payers money being spent? A new requirement has now been added to the Animal Welfare module of the Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) program. As of 1 September, farmers will have to submit an Animal Welfare Management Plan (AWMP) as part of LPA accreditation or reaccreditation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
