Should Australia pay $200m and expedite worker visas to get a urea factory finished early?
PVC pipe is going up in price
A boat watch update with Andrew Whitelaw
and Graincorp is in court over its Numurkah factory.
Podcast 👇🎧
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In Barham today for a forum on the Murray-Darling Basin which is being held in the electorate of Farrer.
Such a beautiful town:
It was incredibly generous of John and Heather Drysdale to host us from their shearing shed and to speak about losing their home, finding a place for their cattle and sheep, the 1600km round trip to check on those cattle and when they think they’ll be able to bring them home.
Spent some time at Yarck for a Country Hour program looking at the long road of recovery for farmers after the Longwood bushfire.
It’s worth a listen if you have the time:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Mountain calf sales at Benambra in Victoria’s Hugh Country
High Country cattle sale at Hinnomunjie
A few more:
Up at Omeo for the mountain cattle sales in Victoria’s High Country.
Dicky Bill administrator outlines what is known about the collapse of the company
Victorian Livestock Exchange at Leongatha has been sold to RLX
A key fruit fly program finally gets funding back from the Victorian Government
Podcast 👇
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A huge investment for JBS pork operations 🐖
New protocols to send flowers around the country 🌹
A heart breaking account from the Tasmanian fires 🚨
And making eggs taste bad to save the turtles 🐢
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The Country Hour took over part of Landline on Sunday to celebrate our 80th Birthday.
Yes even I had to spend some time in the studio...
Check it out 👇📺🎧
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What are you doing on December 3rd?
It's the Country Hour's 80th Birthday and in Victoria we are going to broadcast from Woods' Farming & Heritage Museum at Rupanyup .
If you can come along it will be great to see you!
I don’t know (or remember) the legend who sent this to me but I was chuffed to get it!!!!
Thank you - even if I was a little nervous to open the package 🤣
Agriculture Minister Julie Collins on climate change policy, net zero and bird flu.
Protesters lock their gates despite compulsory access notices.
And more than 70 jobs to go as a timber mill in Yarram closes.
Podcast 👇
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It's green and gold but it's from the USA?
Does it matter?
Dairy farmers angry at US butter imports hitting the shelves at our largest supermarket.
Peter - I think I am very keen to do this. Would love the details
Can you help?
It's the Country Hour's 80th Birthday on December 3rd and I need to broadcast from somewhere (because that's what we do).
So where should I go?
Are there any agricultural museums, historical farms, multi-generational farms or some other great place that we should go to?
Victoria's Australian of the Year award winners have been announced & Linda Widdup from Aussie Hay Runners is the Local Hero winner.
She joins us to talk about Aussie Hay Runners and the work that they do.
Victorian potato farmers worried about mop top
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The Bureau of Meteorology join us to talk about the website changes and we talk about how much the upgrade may have cost
Frost hits crops near Horsham
Scientists study a rare wheat mutation
Podcast 🎧📻👇
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A lot of talk about the Bureau website change again on the Country Hour today.
We talk a lot of the problems for farmers and political fallout.
Plus citrus flowers and milk on tap 👇
🎧
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One week of the new BoM website 👇
We have had requests in with the Minister and were told that it was a department issue.
‘Queen Almond’ Poh Ling Yeow releases a free almond cookbook with the almond industry
Energy infrastructure commissioner, Tony Maher calls for stronger rules for decommissioning
Harvest has kicks off in Vic and Graincorp tells us what they’re getting
👇
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Nikki Lyons still going for a world record!
At a shearing world record attempt in Marnoo Victoria by Nikki Lyons.
She is incredible
When I spoke to Kaleb Cooper over a year ago - he said he wanted to go contracting in Australia...
Turns out that he meant it! 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-_1...
Live from the Elmore FIeld Days:
Jet boats
Drought policy
Season update
The most incredible charity shearing event
and a young farming business
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