In today's National Rural News:  

** Woolworths is ditching the 'Farmers Own" milk brand - with some farmers saying it became a poorly marketed token gesture,

** Water availability jumps in northern and central Victoria,

** And Agquip expected to draw 50,000 people when it gets going in Gunnedah,

Plus the latest from the markets and more. 

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In today's National Rural News: &nbsp;
** Woolworths is ditching the 'Farmers Own" milk brand - with some farmers saying it became a poorly marketed token gesture,
** Water availability jumps in northern and central Victoria,
** And Agquip expected to draw 50,000 people when it gets going in Gunnedah,
Plus the latest from the markets and more.&nbsp;
Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast

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The Rural News is market leader, dealing exclusively with stories of interest to the farming sector and has the support of Australia&rsquo;s largest media business and international correspondents.

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National Rural News Monday 17 August

The Minns Government is the only state government - at this stage -  willing to sign  a new national gun buyback scheme.

New South Wales Farmers says it unfairly targets primary producers who have to deal with large feral animals and injured stock. 

They're also upset about compensation they say is one quarter to one-ninth of thge actual cost of thye firearm.

Rural Reporter Gabrielle Hodson spoke with President Rebecca Reardon, who believes farmers are being punished for the December 14 Bondi terror attack. 

The Minns Government is the only state government - at this stage - &nbsp;willing to sign &nbsp;a new national gun buyback scheme.
New South Wales Farmers says it unfairly targets primary producers who have to deal with large feral animals and injured stock.&nbsp;
They're also upset about compensation they say is one quarter to one-ninth of thge actual cost of thye firearm.
Rural Reporter Gabrielle Hodson spoke with President Rebecca Reardon, who believes farmers are being punished for the December 14 Bondi terror attack.&nbsp;

Leave our guns alone - NSW Farmers

McDonalds has revealed it spends more than $1 billion a year with Aussie farmers and supplies - with 90-per-cent of menu ingredients sourced locally.

The potatoes used in hash browns and fries are by far the biggest item on the annual  shopping list. 

Rural Reporter Gabrielle Hodson spoke with Cameron Suckling who farms 'Innovator' spuds at sites in the Hepburn and Moorabool shires in Victoria's west. 

McDonalds has revealed it spends more than $1 billion a year with Aussie farmers and supplies - with 90-per-cent of menu ingredients sourced locally.
The potatoes used in hash browns and fries are by far the biggest item on the annual &nbsp;shopping list.&nbsp;
Rural Reporter Gabrielle Hodson spoke with Cameron Suckling who farms 'Innovator' spuds at sites in the Hepburn and Moorabool shires in Victoria's west.&nbsp;

How potato farmers feel when they see Maccas

In today's National Rural News:  

** National parks staff find the first H5 bird flu case in Tasmania - in a brown skua in the state's north west,

** A Canadian agricultural investment giant reportedly eyes off our second biggest chicken meat company,

** And AgForce wants Queensland's Critical Mineral Bill urgently amended to protect farms from threats including compulsory acquisition,

Plus the latest from the markets and more. 

Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast

In today's National Rural News: &nbsp;
** National parks staff find the first H5 bird flu case in Tasmania - in a brown skua in the state's north west,
** A Canadian agricultural investment giant reportedly eyes off our second biggest chicken meat company,
** And AgForce wants Queensland's Critical Mineral Bill urgently amended to protect farms from threats including compulsory acquisition,
Plus the latest from the markets and more.&nbsp;
Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: <a href="http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast">http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast</a>

National Rural News Monday 17 August

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