About the episode
To the latest on the Murray Darling Basin Plan, and public hearings are being held in towns along the Murray river, to hear what communities think the Water Amendment Act introduced by the Federal Government, two years ago is having on their local economies. The organisation that represents the agricultural chemical industry, Croplife is accusing the farm chemicals regulator of being too slow at approving new chemicals, putting Australian farmers at a global disadvantage. Another record price for prime lambs, you’ll hear from the farmer who bought the lambs in March for $140 a head and sold them yesterday for $460. China buys 80 per cent of our wool and is starting to demand wool from sheep that’s haven’t been mulesed. And it’s National Farm Safety Week. You’ll hear all about the campaign called Second Chances - Who Knows How Many You'll Get.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
