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The South Australian Country Hour delivering rural news and information for primary producers.
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Apiarists worry the discovery of varroa in SA could destroy countless family businesses, Bunge expecting an average SA grain crop as it launches its harvest recruitment drive, and Coles to pause its phase out of cage eggs for 5 years as a result of bird flu outbreaks.
Rural news and events from South Australia and the nation.
Virginia tomato growers allowed to re-open after year-long catastrophic virus outbreak, SA farming land sold to the government to use as a nuclear waste storage facility re-purchased by the original owner, and the ACCC accuses some of the largest fresh food wholesalers of allegedly price fixing the supply of fresh vegetables.
Cassie Hough broadcasts live from the Royal Adelaide Show, celebrating 100 years of the event at the Wayville Showgrounds, the first ever schools' wheat competition, our Rural Ambassador finalists and the first showing of blacknose valais sheep at the Adelaide Show.
The Federal Government announces an extra billion dollars for the Regional Investment Corporation, wool-growing property Telopea Downs, on the SA-Vic border, listed for sale with a potential $100 million price tag, and the BOM's long-term forecast for spring trends towards a wetter than average spring for parts of SA.
An independent MP calls for the creation of an Independent Office of Animal Welfare for SA, room for cattle processing in southern Australia outstrips the north for the first time in two decades, and the national spring outlook show an elevated risk of bushfires in parts of WA, Victoria and South Australia's Mallee.
The potato industry calls for stricter measures as Tasmania works to control an outbreak of potato mop-top virus, South Australia's net rural confidence level falls 25% for the previous quarter, to just 3%, and 24 new varieties of wheat added to the national master list.
The SA Government announces another $1million in drought support through fodder deliveries and technical advice for farmers, canola disease experts warn growers against using fungicides by default, as resistance to blackleg grows, and the number of cattle in feedlots across Australia reaches record levels.
Australian wool production for the 25/26 season forecast to drop a further 10%, small-scale livestock producers advocate for greater access to community or micro-abattoirs, and a new study puts a billion dollar price tag on the contribution of working dogs to the Australian economy.
The Premier flags the potential for more drought relief for South Australian farmers, dairy giant Fonterra to sell its brands to French company Lactalis for nearly $3.5billion, and conservationists concerned about the decision to halt environmental water flows in NSW.
The farm chemical regulator bans a popular insecticide for the majority of uses, Riverland Wine surveying the area of winegrape vines being removed or rested ahead of the 2026 vintage, and the CSIRO opens a new South Australian-based lab to better measure groundwater recharge.
Wheat prices take a dive as a record corn crop is forecast for the USA, work continuing to try and slow the global spread of foot and mouth and lumpy skin disease, and beneficial insect numbers take a hit after months of drought in southern Australia.
Irrigators suing the Murray Darling Basin Authority over its water and river management from 2017 to 2019 have given evidence in the NSW Supreme Court, a South Australian invention that helps test wool microns on property is picking up in popularity and the almond pollination season across three states is underway, but the low rainfall has made it a tricky year for multiple industries including the beekeepers.
Small businesses call for an expansion of eligibility for algae bloom government support, GPA wants a review of the rules around foreign investment in Australian farm land, and Australian onion exports drop to their lowest level since 2017.
Calls for supermarket milk price increases to be passed on to dairy farmers, NZ potato growers explain how they've been managing the mop top virus that's now turned up in Australia, and submissions now open into a government inquiry into the algae bloom.
Potato mop top virus detected for the first time in Australia, on a potato farm in North-West Tasmania, opportunities for Australian growers as China announces a 75.8% tariff on Canadian canola seed, and SA producer Gavin Schuster elected chair of the national fodder association AFIA.
SA's record lamb price falls again as a pen of crossbred lambs sells for $450 a head at Dublin, the southern bluefin tuna harvest winds up a bit later than usual due to recent weather conditions, and Australia's farming sector welcomes the Reserve Bank's latest interest rate cut.
A class action launched by irrigators against the MDBA begins in the Supreme Court, farmers report cautious optimism for the season after significant rainfall across July for parts of SA, and the latest round of aerial sterile fruit fly releases begins across the Riverland.
Work on the remaining 290 kilometre section of the cross-border wild dog fence expected to start next year, BOM records show parts of SA recorded their wettest July on record, and this year's Murray-Darling Basin outlook forecasts health flows for South Australia.
The seafood industry welcomes the re-opening of the Boston Bay marine harvesting area, concerns for international collaboration as global fire seasons grow longer and overlap, and Australia exports a record amount of beef as cattle prices remain high.
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