Rural Focus
Rural Focus
Rural Focus is a unique program in commercial radio: it provides the most comprehensive coverage of agricultural and agribusiness issues affecting the rural communities in regional Western Australia.Social links:
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Cost-Effective Cattle Methane Monitoring
Vytelle last week announced the commercial release of Vytelle SENSE™ Methane, so we sit down with Dr Jason Osterstock, Vytelle's chief science officer. Farm Weekly editor Darren O'Dea has this week's top stories, And Craig Walker from Nutrien gives us the Muchea market report.
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What Do Young People Have to Say About Living Rurally?
FRRR is inviting not-for-profit organisations to collaborate with local young people in remote, rural and regional communities. Lauren Ryan from FRRR joins us to talk about how to get involved. Wheatbelt NRM CEO Renata Paliskis tells us about an upcoming workshop for farmers, And we introdu…
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Keeping Up with Feed Demand in the South West
Paul Nenke from Milne Feeds calls in this morning to tell us about feed options in Bridgetown, Donnybrook, Harvey and Margaret River, Burando Hill's Stew Mckenzie talks all things Grain King and Nyrex grain handling equipment, And Nutrien's Harry Carol gives us a Mt Barker market update.
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More GPs Are Coming to Our Rural Medical Clinics
A boom in rural training means 251 more GPs are on the way to WA communities! We chat to Royal Australian College of GPs Vice President and WA Chair Dr Ramya Raman. We check in with Michael Harding from Freight Lines Group to see if he and his team have recovered from that record-breaking harve…
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Get to a GRDC Grains Research Update
GRDC's Peter Bird joins us to talk about their upcoming Grains Research Updates happening in Peth and beyond. Precision Agronomics' Matt Roesner tells us about the new I4M Depth Command tillage height controller, And the Countryman's Georgia Campion gives us the top stories in this week's …
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The Tony Maddox Property Rights Appeal
Former PGA president and local York farmer Tony Seabrook called in today to show his support for Tony Maddox. In February last year, Toodyay farmer Tony Maddox was found guilty of breaching Western Australia’s Aboriginal Heritage Act (1972) for repairing an existing creek crossing on his property. …
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Cane Toads... In the Pilbara?
Dr Judy Dunlop from Curtin University talks all things cane toads this morning, and why prevention is better than eradication. Stephen Brown from Safe Farms WA recaps WA's first ever ag safety conference, And Glen Dunkerton from Regional Men's Health gives us the rundown on diabetes.
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Geopolitics the Dominant Risk for Agriculture This Year
Rabobank's Australia Agribusiness Outlook 2026 lead author Stefan Vogel talks to us about fast-changing global trade rules and volatile commodity prices, And Nutrien's Harry Carol has an update from the Mt Barker sale yards.
15:03
Meet A New Member of the Rural Aid Team!
Rural Aid's newest counsellor Louise O'Neill (previously from Farm Life Fitness) joins us this morning to talk about her plans for 2026. GRDC grower relations manager Luke Dawson gives us a recap of those Summer Sesh events in January, And RRR Network's latest business member, Holly Netto f…
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A Positive Outlook for Ag Property in WA
A new report is forecasting a solid outlook for WA agricultural property across 2026, with expert valuers giving the sector a sentiment rating of 6.9 out of ten, which is the strongest rating of any state and is one full point above the national rating of 5.9. Australian Property Institute CEO Joh…
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