Country Today
Country Today
Playlist by Country TodayThe 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 …Follow the podcast:
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Country Today - March 13th
Victorian farmers are praying for an early autumn break with many areas in drought conditions Australian beef production hit a record in 2024, a decade on from the previous record. US president, Donald Trumps ‘on again, off again’ US import tariff announcements have nervous markets keeping a clo…
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Country Today - March 12th
Exporting live dairy heifers to China used to be a lucrative market for Australian dairy farmers. At its peak, we exported more than 200 thousand cows a year. But now China has an oversupply of milk and is now culling cows. Former prisoners from a Gippsland correctional facility could help fill th…
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Country Today - March 11th
The controversial court case of the national dairy body Australian Dairy Farmers suing the United Dairy Farmers of Victoria for unpaid membership fees has been settled. The Federal Government has spent more than $120 million in one go, buying more than 30k megalitres of water from the Duxton Farms…
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Country Today - March 7th
We’ll take a look a the Trump Administration's new tariffs on all agricultural imports and what it might mean for Australian farmers, in particularly red meat exporters with a State by State analysis So you’ve probably heard of drumMUSTER, now there’s bagMUSTER Australia’s first recycling program …
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Country Today - March 6th
The AgriFutures Rural Women’s Awards State winner Dr Mary Cole, founder of biological farming company Agpath All the details of the Women on Farms Gathering this year is being held in Benalla in North East Victoria The Victorian Government will trial radio tracking collars on wild dogs in the Na…
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Country Today - March 5th
Cattle are widely blamed for being large methane emitters. But US documentary maker Peter Byck is telling a very different story in his four part series, ‘Roots so Deep’. Australian agriculture has recorded its second-highest year on record, with the red meat industry expected to propel the sec…
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Country Today - March 4th
The big news this morning is that Donald Trump has stuck to his word and will hit Canada and Mexico China with tariffs. But most alarming for us is Trump has pledged to increase tariffs on all overseas agricultural produce which could be disastrous for our red meat exports, and also for wool. The …
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Country Today - March 3rd
Children from rural communities are 3-4 times more likely to die from preventable illnesses and injuries. That’s a number The Sisterhood Project is trying to change. This summer has seen an increase in snake numbers with Ambulance Victoria having already treated 129 snake bites in the past three …
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Country Today - February 28th
Bulla Dairy Foods has raised its farmgate prices by 20 cents a kilogram for the 2024-25 season. You’ll hear from Bulla CEO Allan Hood. Insects, such as black soldier flies are one example of an emerging industry. They consume organic matter and turn it into a high quality crop fertiliser, The Fed…
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Country Today - February 27th
The Federal Government says it will legislate for a Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation. to provide access to basic mobile voice and SMS services but the devil is in the detail. Meat and Livestock Australia is launching a new social media academy to create tiktok read meat promoters. You might …
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