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National Rural News Monday April 13
National Rural News Monday April 13 In today's National Rural News: Iran-US peace talks crumble, warnings about the flow on effects of the fuel crisis, egg farmers concerns over fast tracked changes to welfare standards -- plus the latest from the markets and more. Subscribe to the National Rura…
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Victoria's egg industry asking for clarity on the state government's fast tracked changes to welfare standards
Victoria's egg industry is asking for clarity on fast tracked changes to new poultry welfare standards. The changes will come into effect later this year and require all new chicken cages to be installed with nest areas, perches and a scratch area. It's part of broader reforms to ban convention…
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National Rural News Friday April 10
National Rural News Friday April 10 In today's National Rural News: Fuel supplier's agree to underwrite costs, regional population hits 10 million, concerns about farm chemical regulator's performance-- plus the latest from the markets and more. Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: http…
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New data shows 10 million people now call Regional Australia home
New data shows ten million people now live in Regional Australia. The figures from the Bureau of Statistics show the nation's regional and remote population has grown more than 6 percent so far this decade. Rural Editor Emily Minney spoke with Regional Australia Institute Chief Executive Liz Ri…
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National Rural News Thursday April 9
National Rural News Thursday April 9 In today's National Rural News: Iran-US ceasefire 'fragile', milk suppliers anxiously wait for their payments, growers react to an avocado glut -- plus the latest from the markets and more. Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: http://bit.ly/RuralNews…
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Oversupply of avocados pushing down farmgate prices
Growers are confident an oversupply of Avocados can be avoided in future seasons. There is an abundance of the fruit on supermarket shelves, after a strong hass season in Western Australia and a large Shephard Harvest in Queensland. Rural Editor Emily Minney spoke with Avocados Australia Chief …
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National Rural News Wednesday April 8
National Rural News Wednesday April 8 In today's National Rural News: Farmers welcome Indonesia's fertiliser lifeline, a dry autumn and winter forecast, a look into cattle judging at the Royal Easter Show -- plus the latest from the markets and more. Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast:…
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Royal Easter Show Special: How cattle judging helps prepare ag students for their careers
The Sydney Royal Easter show is being celebrated, for its ability to encourage the next generation of farmers. New South Wales TAFE Certificate-three Agriculture student Emily Hungerford says competing at the Show has helped her fine tune her skills. National Rural News attended the event and t…
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National Rural News Tuesday April 7
National Rural News Tuesday April 7 In today's National Rural News: Indonesia to help Australia secure fertiliser, farmers continue to raise the alarm on fuel supply, new loans on offer for drought stricken farmers -- plus the latest from the markets and more. Subscribe to the National Rural New…
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Farmers experiencing prolonged drought conditions given access to new drought loans
New loans are on offer for drought stricken farmers. The Regional Investment Corporation has launched its new Drought Hardship loan for farmers living under drought conditions for at least two years. The loan of up to 250 thousand dollars can only be used to cover operational costs like wages, …
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