Episodes
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It's wet and wild across South Australia as farmers welcome the rain, a call to stop flights coming from Indonesia for three months to help in battle against foot and mouth and growing saffron on Kangaroo Island.
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A popular storybook character has teamed up with a not-for-profit safety group to share an important message, growers hope forecast widespread rain arrives to get the winter growing season off to a good start and plant-based milk alternatives are on their way to making up half of all drinks in Australian cafes.
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WaterNSW will release more water from Menindee Lakes to make space for the floodwater making its way down the Barwon-Darling system, Fleurieu Community Co-operative has begun renovations on the Strathalbyn abattoir and the dairy situation and outlook report shows stiff competition for milk and recovering profitability isn't enough to stop the flow of farmers out of the industry.
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Storage at many Riverland wineries is full and some growers are taking stock, while others are calling it quits, the world's food supply is running short and one analyst believes governments will fall before it gets better and administrators will liquidate a Port Lincoln agriculture machinery business, after the company went into voluntary administration in March.
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Primary Producers SA chair Prof. Simon Maddocks gives his take on the election for rural South Australia, Elders half-year results show a strong balance sheet and 80 per cent growth on profit before tax and a WA seaweed farmer is about to launch two chewing products made from seaweed as healthier snack options.
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What are the Greens priorities for the farming sector this Federal election, climate change is shaping up to be one of the big election issues, the strain of Foot and Mouth Disease that is currently spreading through Indonesia has now been identified and a young Adelaide Hills beekeeper a state finalist for a big award.
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There are concerns custom-made quad bikes to help eradicate fruit fly have been taken out of service because they're "too noisy", RecFish SA has applied to the State Government for recreations fishers to be able to catch prawns within one metre of the shore and the breakthrough technology behind the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines could be set to revolutionise pest control in agriculture.
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More detections mean the fruit fly issue in the Riverland has reached a critical point, pastoralists in the north say repairs to the State's dog fence - which was damaged in floods earlier in the year - has been swift and the New South Wales government says it officially is officially over, even the far west.
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Timely rain and incredibly good prices are encouraging many growers across the country to plant as much canola seed as possible, early trial results show an inorganic, lab-grown, bioactive can reduce methane emissions from cattle by up to 95 per cent and the Riverland is set to have its own commercial-scale organic compositing facility.
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Grain Producers Australia asked the political parties for their position on a Australian Competition and Consumer Commission inquiry into the Australian grains market, Grain Producers Australia have welcomed Federal Labor's commitment to discuss an inquiry by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission into the Australian grains market and the country's largest producer of gladioli is ramping up production to meet increasing demand.
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The unions described the new horticulture award as a victory, but on the ground the winners and losers are less clear, Treasury Wine Estates has opened its new 165 million dollar wine production facility in the Barossa and a rugby union team in the Barossa Valley has welcomed some new members to the side that are helping get a few more wins on the board.
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Researchers have identified a genetic driver that improves wheat yield traits and can also possibly increase protein content by 25 per cent, Casella Family Brands has put 35 of its vineyards up for sale in what's thought to be the largest offering of its kind ever made in Australia and Australia's wool industry continues to fight for its environmental credentials in Europe, where there are moves to adopt Product Environmental Footprint labelling.
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The South Australian Country Hour live from the Renmark Irrigation Trust with a debate between Barker Labor and Liberal candidates Mark Braes and Tony Pasin, fruit grower Humphrey Howie discusses what's in season and Judy Bailey from the Renmark Irrigation Trust explains the history of the Woolenook Japanese internment camp.
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One of Australia's key animal biosecurity groups says it's on high alert following the detection of foot and mouth disease in Indonesia, seven new mobile towers will be put in and three base stations will be upgraded to improve coverage to about 3,500 properties across the Mid-north, Riverland and South East and in an effort to add value to his fine wool a sheep farmer from Orrorroo has decided to turn his fleece into fashion.
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Beston Global Dairy Company has invested almost 15 million dollars in new technology to produce lactoferrin, a natural milk product, a top chef encourages people to try cooking carp and the Federal Government has confirmed it won't be introducing Country of Origin labelling for cut flowers ahead of Mother's Day.
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About 1,000 workers from the Pacific Islands are expected to arrive in the Riverland this year to ease workforce pressure, plans have been unveiled for a big multi faceted tourism development for Kapunda and there have been two more detections of Japanese encephalitis in South Australian piggeries since April 7.
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Rural news and events from South Australia and the nation.
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Peninsula Ports, which is on the Eyre Peninsula, has secured funding to build a $250 million grain exports port at Port Spencer, a record-breaking 90,000 tonnes of biosolids - a bi-product of treated human poo - will be collected and reused by South-Australian farmers and South Australia's ag tech experts meet in Hanhdorf to discuss opportunities to develop ag tech ahead of a major conference in New Zealand later in the year.
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A South East clearing sale highlights how pricey second-hand farm machinery now is, Sue Pratt is the new lead teacher for agriculture in South Australia encouraging more teachers to teach agriculture and shearer Cathy Wendelborn, who started her career in South Australia, is the first female shearer to be inducted into the Australian Shearer's Hall of Fame.
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A record-breaking Wagyu sale could herald the beginning of a new era in the cattle industry, the weather might be cooling off but it stays balmy in the banana ripening facility near Adelaide and the Australian Alpaca Association is warning people online market places fleecing could be perspective buyers.
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