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Country Today - April 17th
While the federal government is putting on a brave face, continuing to reassure Australian’s fuel rationing is not yet necessary, the fire at the Geelong oil refinery is really testing the government’s handling of the fuel crisis. A Victorian bred wagyu steer has won the Australian Wagyu Associati…
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Country Today - April 16th
To the fuel crisis, and farmers are being warning of long delays bulk diesel deliveries on farm. That means farmers are having to buy fuel from local service stations. It’s hoped dairy processors will step up and match Lactalis which has announced a Farmer Support Payment of 5 cents a litre for it…
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Country Today - April 15th
To the mounting opposition amongst farmers to the building of the VNI West electricity transmission line VNI West is managed by VicGrid. You’ll hear from CEO Alistair Parker. Also today, those farmers who have been holding out to wait for fertilizer prices to fall, might need to rethink the strate…
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Country Today - April 13th
The effects of the Middle East conflict on global growth and interest rates are about to change gear. It's hoped findings from a collaborative research project will help improve breeding dairy cattle with better heat tolerance. The Victorian Government’s new poultry care regulations have blinds…
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Country Today - April 10th
As we've learned the hard way, rural Australians, are feeling the effects of the fuel crisis more than anyone else in the country. So how did we find ourselves in this position, with so few reserves for our farmers. Also what we can do to be better prepared when it or another supply line inevitabl…
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Country Today - April 9th
Everyone is breathing a sigh of relief that Iran and the US have agreed to a ceasefire. But if it holds, and that’s a huge if, it will still take months for farmers’ input cost to start coming down. The horticulture industry is warning of potential food shortages as many growers cut their losses f…
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Country Today - April 8th
To the fuel crisis and the Albanese Government has repeatedly said we have a month’s supply of fuel. Well, we’re now heading into the sixth week of the war with Iran. Maybe, just maybe, things could start to turnaround with President Trump agreeing to a two week ceasefire with Iran. We’ll head to …
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Country Today - April 7th
There’s a renewed push for Governments to complete the Murray Basin Rail project. It started in 2014 but by 2019 was abandoned by the State Labor Government due to huge cost overruns. We will take a look at what the impact the fuel crisis is having for dairy farmers. As varroa mite infestations …
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Country Today - April 2nd
The Victorian Farmers Federation has a new president-elect, Ryan Milgate, the only candidate to stand with the current President Brett Hosking announcing he's stepping down. To the global fuel crisis. Today we’ll hear an economist's perspective on the war on Iran's impact on the Australian economy…
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Country Today - April 1st
With all this turmoil from the flow on effects of the war with Iran, let’s get a global update on how it’s impacting agriculture with Comm Bank economist Dennis Voznesenski. While the scale of the flood disaster in northern Australia is still being determined, confirmed livestock losses have alre…
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