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South Australian Country Hour
South Australia Country Hour from 2022-01-14T13:00

The Teys Australia Naracoorte plant has temporarily closed its doors, Australian researchers have made a breakthrough in breeding disease resistant wheat varieties for septoria nodorum and a new sh...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 4 January 2021 from 2022-01-04T13:00

It's the start of a long road to recovery for those affected by the Poolaijelo fire, which killed thousands of head of livestock In Australia's opal capital, Coober Pedy the town's State emergency ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 3 January 2021 from 2022-01-03T13:00

Thousands of head of livestock and several farm structures were lost to a grassfire on New Year's Eve Australian Lobster fishers have had a tumultuous couple of years dealing with the pandemic A pe...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour from 2021-12-31T13:00

Rural news and events from South Australia and the nation.

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 28 December 2021 from 2021-12-28T13:00

Cooperation across four states was better than expected to get staff and machinery moving back and forth for a difficult grain harvest There's been a big win in the fight against fruit fly in South...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 24 December 2021 from 2021-12-24T13:00

Across SA it's been a slow start to the Cherry picking season - the Millicent Cherry Farm are slowly getting fruit off the trees An oyster grower from Coffin Bay has ventured into retail, opening a...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 22 December 2021 from 2021-12-22T13:00

The latest supply chain shortage has wine makers concerned about a vital ingredient in the fermentation process A 'game changing,' world first technology to extend the life of raw milk, straight fr...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 21 December 2021 from 2021-12-21T13:00

Everyone is buzzing around at the moment getting ready for Christmas, no one more so than our vegetable farmers. Like many growers this is the busiest time of year for veggie growers The lack of sp...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 17 December 2021 from 2021-12-17T13:00

It's been a year since the sod was turned at Thomas Food's Murray Bridge meat processing plant. The facility being built north of Murray Bridge will replace the original facility that burnt down in...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 14 December 2021 from 2021-12-14T13:00

With avocados selling below the cost of production, one farmer has come up with a social media campaign to drive sales A better price for prawns this Christmas will help with a shortfall of the ca...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 13 December 2021 from 2021-12-13T13:00

Amanda Vanstone has been announced as the independent chair of a new Marine Scale Fishery Management Advisory Committee To combat the ongoing housing shortage, a meatworks in the South East has bo...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 10 September 2021 from 2021-12-10T13:00

After being frustrated with the way farmers are represented in the wool industry, grower and woolclasser Monica Ley is launching a dedicated 'young wool group' 'Extremely disappointing' is how the ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 8 December 2021 from 2021-12-08T13:00

One farmer takes their own life every 10 days, according to an Australian-first study of farmer suicide rates Two competing ag technologies are racing to deliver a solution to methane emissions fro...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 7 December 2021 from 2021-12-07T13:00

A group of sailors from Kiribati have had a COVID-19 induced career change - becoming fruit pickers in the Riverland The Australian dairy industry has had one of its most profitable years in recent...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 3 December 2021 from 2021-12-03T13:00

The Country Hour is on the road this week, broadcasting four OBs from the Eyre Peninsula. Today we’re concluding the road trip with a special broadcast from the North East Pastoral Field Days Parae...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 2 December 2021 from 2021-12-02T13:00

The Country Hour is on the road this week, broadcasting four OBs from the Eyre Peninsula. Today we are in Cowell The world is in a Champagne shortage and it's music to ears of local sparkling wine ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 1 December 2021 from 2021-12-01T13:00

The Country Hour is on the road this week, broadcasting four OBs from the Eyre Peninsula. Today we are in Kimba, recently crowned Agricultural Town of the Year November was the worst month for pro...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 30 November 2021 from 2021-11-30T13:00

The Country Hour is on the road this week, broadcasting 4 OBs from the Eyre Peninsula. Today we’ll begin in Ceduna, and find out how the grain harvest has been going so far, speaking with growers, ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 29 November 2021 from 2021-11-29T13:00

It's been a year since China imposed anti-dumping duties on Australian wine imports. Since then a billion dollars worth of exports to China have been wiped from the balance sheet A group of passion...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 26 November 2021 from 2021-11-26T13:00

SA has crowned its new Cherry King, raising $50,000 for Camp Quality. To kick off the season, the SA Produce Markets has auctioned off a case of locally grown cherries South Australian Rick Gladiga...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 25 November 2021 from 2021-11-25T13:00

Some graziers in the far west of New South Wales say they've had their best rain in almost 30 years overnight A new Australian record has been set for a goat stud, sold for $21,000 A new report has...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 24 November 2021 from 2021-11-24T13:00

Rabobank has just released a survey which has found that South Australians are the most frugal comes to food waste, but still 9% of the buy we buy ends up being wasted If you've seen wetter weathe...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 23 November 2021 from 2021-11-23T13:00

As the SA/Victoria border opens, we broadcast live from Bordertown to find out how locals are feeling and what kind of a difference it will make to farmers who cross the border regularly The compet...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 22 November 2021 from 2021-11-22T13:00

One of the biggest beneficiaries of the diesel fuel subsidy is calling for the government to scrap it. Fortescue Metals, Andrew Twiggy Forrest says his company claims $300 million per year under th...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 19 November 2021 from 2021-11-19T13:00

It's National Ag Day today, we meet some young farmers who have just entered the industry and find out why they made the shift NBN and the National Farmers Federation say by 2030 internet-enabled d...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 18 November 2021 from 2021-11-18T13:00

Almost 2,500 fox scalps have been collected from South Australian farmers since August when the State Government said it would pay $10 for each fox destroyed A new program aimed at educating primar...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 17 November 2021 from 2021-11-17T13:00

The oyster production areas of Coffin Bay have been closed by the Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA) as a precautionary measure as part of an ongoing investigation into a recent r...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 16 November 2021 from 2021-11-16T13:00

Australia is on track to export around 700,000 head of cattle this year, the live export industry's smallest year in about a decade South Australia's Deputy Premier and Attorney-General, Vickie Cha...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 15 November 2021 from 2021-11-15T13:00

Profits have jumped at the agribusiness giant Elders off the back of high livestock prices and an increase in rural real estate sales Wool, cotton and mohair are industries that have often competed...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 12 November 2021 from 2021-11-12T13:00

The Commonwealth and state governments have announced a joint support package for those impacted by damaging storms two weeks ago in the Barossa, Murraylands and Riverland regions With recent storm...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 5 November 2021 from 2021-11-05T13:00

As primary producers around the state count the costs of last weeks storm, a family near Lock are still coming to terms with the damage it did to their house and surrounding sheds Croppers in and n...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 4 November 2021 from 2021-11-04T13:00

The Fair Work Commission has ruled that workers picking fruit on a piece rate must be guaranteed a minimum wage under the Horticulture Award There are two South Australians putting their hat in the...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 2 November 2021 from 2021-11-02T13:00

Australian wheat prices are still climbing as we head into harvest, the prices are up 40 per cent on the same time last year While the Barossa is still counting the cost of the recent hails, the Cl...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 1 November 2021 from 2021-11-01T13:00

One of South Australia's oldest wineries says last week's hail tore a "path of destruction" through it's wine grape vines in the Barossa Valley Almond growers are assessing the damage to their cro...

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South Australian Country Hour
South Australian Country Hour from 2021-10-29T13:00

Vegetable growers on the northern Adelaide Plains are counting the cost of yesterday's hail storm with millions of dollars worth of damage, hail has damaged some of Australia's most valuable grape ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 28 October 2021 from 2021-10-28T13:00

There are a number of reports of hail failing this morning, which could damage crops that are basically ready to be harvested National petrol prices have reached a record high his week as global o...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 27 October 2021 from 2021-10-27T13:00

Machinery importer Agrison has been ordered to pay a fine of $220,000 after it admitted to making false claims to customers about warranties and after-sales service Whilst the goal of net zero by 2...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 25 October 2021 from 2021-10-25T13:00

After another weekend of negotiations the National Party has given it's seal of approval to Prime Minister, Scott Morrison to take a net zero by 2050 commitment from Australia to the COP26 climate ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 22 October 2021 from 2021-10-22T13:00

Five projects will receive $330 million in funding as the federal government steps up its race to get the water it needs under its commitments to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan Australian grain grow...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 21 October 2021 from 2021-10-21T13:00

With farmers desperate to recruit workers this harvest the federal agriculture minister says the government is a step closer to welcoming foreign workers, under the new agriculture or ag visa. Aust...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 18 October 2021 from 2021-10-18T13:00

The Country Hour is doing an outside broadcast today from the AdvanceAg conference in Adelaide, which is highlighting the latest agtech developments.

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 15 October 2021 from 2021-10-15T13:00

Millions of fish could potentially make their way down the Darling-Anabranch over the next year as water continues flowing down the river system The shearer shortage could reach crisis point in Vic...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 14 October 2021 from 2021-10-14T13:00

This seasons grain harvest has officially begun, a load of peas from Arno Bay deposited into the Viterra network Things are getting tighter on an already tight international fertiliser market after...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 13 October 2021 from 2021-10-13T13:00



Concern about the cost of sea freight has escalated this week with allegations from the National Farmers Federation of collusion between shipping o...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 12 October 2021 from 2021-10-12T13:00



The Federal Government has today announced it will extend its Supporting Agricultural Shows and Field Day Program by $21 million
GM canola has ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 11 October 2021 from 2021-10-11T13:00



The wool industry was called into a meeting by the federal Agriculture Minister last week and told to sort themselves out by Christmas
Contract...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 8 October 2021 from 2021-10-08T13:00



Some big changes are coming to the ATV market, with the deadline looming to ensure all new or second-hand, imported quad bikes sold in Australia me...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 7 October 2021 from 2021-10-07T14:00



Supermarket giant Coles has confirmed it will end its in-store butcher service this Sunday, redeploying or making redundant dozens of butchers and ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 6 October 2021 from 2021-10-06T14:00



The state government has released more details on how it will help get huge amounts of timber on Kangaroo Island off the island and processed into ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 5 October 2021 from 2021-10-05T14:00



More young people are interested in getting into shearing, and that's meaning a lot of demand for shearer training
Soil acidification is becomi...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 4 October 2021 from 2021-10-04T14:00



Farmers in the United Kingdom are making the heartbreaking decision to kill their own pigs and put them in landfill due to a shortage of butchers i...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 1 October 2021 from 2021-10-01T13:00



Australian wool exporters have been advised by their Chinese customers they may have to cut milling production by as much as thirty per cent due to...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 30 September 2021 from 2021-09-30T13:00



A new record has been set for a sheep meat ram, with an Australian White fetching $165,000
Dairy farmers have been given no option to lower or ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 29 September 2021 from 2021-09-29T13:00



The Country Hour today is broadcasting live from the Paskeville field days on the Yorke Peninsula, one of few large public events to go ahead in re...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 28 September 2021 from 2021-09-28T13:00



Urea and phosphorous fertilisers are trading either side of $1000 a tonne, much higher than usual levels
For the next few months, blueberries w...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 27 September 2021 from 2021-09-27T13:00



The South Australian government is considering adding wine bottle to the state's 10c bottle deposit scheme
New research has found a new clue as...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 24 September 2021 from 2021-09-24T13:00



Adelaide Hills apples and cherries are flowering at the moment, it's the crucial time of year that sets up the apple and cherry harvest
Austral...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 23 September 2021 from 2021-09-23T13:00



A group working with seasonal workers is trying to develop a system to get undocumented workers vaccinated
For many producers, there was hope t...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 22 September 2021 from 2021-09-22T13:00



The Australian export hay industry is hoping emerging fodder markets in south-east Asia could develop enough in the next few years to take all hay ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 21 September 2021 from 2021-09-21T13:00



The state and federal governments have announced a $15 million package that will provide assistance to get freight logs salvaged from bushfire-affe...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 20 September 2021 from 2021-09-20T13:00



If you spend much time perusing second hand vehicle sites, you've probably noticed an explosion in pricing, including for some important farm vehic...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 16 September 2021 from 2021-09-16T13:00



Australia's new defence partnership with the US and the UK, known as AUKUS is likely to create further trade headaches for Australia's agricultural...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 15 September 2021 from 2021-09-15T13:00



Vegetable growers have largely welcomed changes to the way people from the pacific islands will be able to come and work on farms in Australia
...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 14 September 2021 from 2021-09-14T13:00



Economists at the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences now expect the Aussie farm sector will produce 73 billion d...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 13 September 2021 from 2021-09-13T13:00



Glenlea Park stud at Keith and Pinnaroo has once again topped the Adelaide Stud Merino and Poll Merino Ram sale selling the first lot for $56,000 Listen

South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hou, Friday 10 September 2021 from 2021-09-10T13:00



Authorities aren't expecting any more cases of mad cow disease to be found in Brazil
Yumbah Aquaculture is looking to increase it's annual Kang...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 9 September 2021 from 2021-09-09T13:00



Countries that don't grow much barley are signing up to watch Australia's case against China at the world trade organisation
There's been a jum...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 8 September 2021 from 2021-09-08T13:00



South Australia has rebuilt about 280 kilometres of the dog fence since the project started two years ago
Even though the Royal Adelaide Show h...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 7 September 2021 from 2021-09-07T13:00



The value of agricultural exports reached $49.6 billion in 2020/21, down 0.8 per cent of last year
Rural land is outperforming national residen...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 6 September 2021 from 2021-09-06T13:00



Despite a string of country shows cancelling due to covid concerns, the Yorke Peninsula Field Days at Paskeville plan to go ahead later this month<...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 3 September 2021 from 2021-09-03T13:00



The peak lobby group for wool growers in Australia is asking why a company with $100 million in the bank is asking them to pay it more
South Au...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 2 September 2021 from 2021-09-02T13:00



New research has found eating more whole grain foods could reduce the incidence of bowel cancer by 17 per cent, saving the healthcare system about ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 31 August 2021 from 2021-08-31T13:00



Australia's rural property market is hitting never before seen levels across all classes of land with many saying there's no sign of it slowing in ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 27 August 2021 from 2021-08-27T13:00



The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) hit an all new record of 1031 cents/kg carcass weight
While record prices for beef and lamb are grab...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 26 August 2021 from 2021-08-26T13:00



Wheat Quality Australia has announced the first new milling wheat class since deregulation in 2008
The Strathalbyn abattoir could get a new lea...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 25 August 2021 from 2021-08-25T13:00



The price of Australian lamb is continuing to rise as demand from the US and China climbs
A British farmer that treats his crop like solar pane...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 24 August 2021 from 2021-08-24T13:00



It's been a sluggish start of the 2021/22 wool marketing season, the market hasn't really wanted or needed a lot of wool in recent weeks and that h...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 20 August 2021 from 2021-08-20T13:00



Commodities supercycles are a relatively rare phenomenon, where commodities trade above their long-term price trend over a long period, are we in o...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 17 August 2021 from 2021-08-17T13:00



New pre-emergent chemicals could hold the key to solving the perennial problem of annual ryegrass control
SA Water has said it is working with ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 16 August 2021 from 2021-08-16T13:00



Kangaroo Island in South Australia could soon be processing wool and producing garments made from wool also grown on the island
Apiarists fear ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 13 August 2021 from 2021-08-13T13:00



A radical downgrade in the crop expectations for the US spring wheat, Canada and Russia crops has driven up the wheat futures markets
Apiarist...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 11 August 2021 from 2021-08-11T13:00



KIPT has told the stock exchange it plans to adopt an agricultural strategy, turning blue gum plantations into farms
Australia's largest extra ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 10 August 2021 from 2021-08-10T13:00



South Australian Senator Rex Patrick says not enough has been done to recover water for his state, under the Murray Darling Basin Plan
Mouse nu...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 9 August 2021 from 2021-08-09T13:00



Feral goat numbers in the Far West region of New South Wales are on the rise, and prices are rising too
Australian olive growers are celebratin...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 5 Aug 2021 from 2021-08-05T13:00



In what's thought to be an an Australia first, food processor SPC has announced it will require all its staff to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by the ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 4 August 2021 from 2021-08-04T13:00



Australian Wool Innovation will invest an additional $650,000 dollars to partner with CSIRO to fast track vaccine flystrike trials
Sales of pre...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 2 August 2021 from 2021-08-02T13:00



A new group has been formed by winemakers who produce wine that sells for less than $10 a bottle
This seasons citrus harvest is expected to be ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 30 July 2021 from 2021-07-30T13:00



An Australian angus bull has smashed a previous national sales record for the breed, selling for $225,000
Pest animals and plants have cost Au...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 29 July 2021 from 2021-07-29T13:00



South Australia's food and beverage businesses are worried about what the end of the International Freight Assistance Mechanism will mean for them ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 28 July 2021 from 2021-07-28T13:00



Start up company Eden Brew has announced a partnership with dairy coop Norco to use ground breaking research to develop animal free milk
Some Q...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 27 July 2021 from 2021-07-27T13:00



India has announced overnight that it is going to cut its tariff on Australian lentils from 30 per cent to 10 per cent
Only 60 per cent of Aust...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 23 July 2021 from 2021-07-23T13:00



The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator has broken through $10kg, up a massive 150 per cent in just two years
A professional kangaroo harvester want...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 21 July 2021 from 2021-07-21T13:00



A Covid 'hot spot' declaration has been extended across the entire state, allowing all affected workers access to federal financial help
Merino...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 20 July 2021 from 2021-07-20T13:00



As South Australia prepares to go into a lockdown, agricultural and farming events are being cancelled en masse
Australian Wool Innovation says...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 19 July 2021 from 2021-07-19T13:00



Growers of sub-clovers face a very unusual problem - there's been no new seed harvesters made for around 40 years
Cattle prices are in uncharte...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 16 July 2021 from 2021-07-16T13:00



Rain has fallen across the state, and it's been widely welcomed by grain growers who say it could save the season in some patches
As Victoria d...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 14 July 2021 from 2021-07-14T13:00



The Productivity Commission has released a new report which reveals details on financial assistance paid to farmers through the past few years
...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 12 July 2021 from 2021-07-13T13:00



Rural Bank has just released its Australian agriculture mid-year outlook which analyses the performance of six industries cattle and says things ar...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 25 June 2021 from 2021-06-25T13:00



The passage of the Inspector–General of Water Compliance Bill through Parliament has been completed
Broken Hill and Silverton residents have re...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 24 June from 2021-06-24T13:00



The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator has surged to yet another record level
A South Australian independent senator says he thinks that the Nation...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 22 June 2021 from 2021-06-22T13:00



Federal Resource Minister Keith Pitt is expected to name a farm near Kimba as the site of a nuclear waste facility
A recent study from Cornell ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 21 June 2021 from 2021-06-21T13:00



Barnaby Joyce is once again the leader of the National party after a party spill
The Australian grains industry has backed the Prime Minister's...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 18 June 2021 from 2021-06-18T13:00



The Murray Darling Basin Authority has announced it's cutting back how much water is being released from the Menindee Lakes
A southern New Sout...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 17 June 2021 from 2021-06-17T13:00



The Australian Farmer of the Year winners are announced
Experts say the new Agricultural Visa targeting south east Asian workers could come at ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 15 June 2021 from 2021-06-15T13:00



South Australian River Murray irrigators will get their full water allocation come the start of the water year in July
The Nationals say they'v...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 14 June 2021 from 2021-06-14T13:00



Ian Doyle and Libby Creek are amongst South Australians in ag that have been recognised in Queens Birthday honours
There's a new national reco...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 11 June 2021 from 2021-06-11T13:00



Shipping perishable goods at the moment is continuing to prove challenging for farmers due to covid
The Productivity Commission draft Right to ...

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SA Country Hour, Thursday 10th June 2021 from 2021-06-10T13:00



The world's largest meat processor JBS has confirmed it paid hackers a $14 million dollar ransom
The price for certified lucerne seed has rise...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 9 June 2021 from 2021-06-09T13:00



Despite strong prices, lentil production in South Australia is expected to be down on last year
The federal government is hoping to sign a free...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 8 June 2021 from 2021-06-08T13:00



The Country Hour is broadcasting today from the National Farmers Federation conference which is on at the Barossa
Australia's grain growers hav...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 7 June 2021 from 2021-06-07T13:00



Langidoon and Metford Stations have been sold and will be taken over by NSW National Parks in September
Plant-based meat substitutes are becomi...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 4 June 2021 from 2021-06-04T13:00



A number of JBS abattoirs in Australia will be back in action today, following a four-day shutdown caused by a cyber-attack
A young farming fam...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 3 June 2021 from 2021-06-03T13:00



With rainbands starting to form across South Australia winter crop projections are looking good
A by-product of the diplomatic strains between ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 1 June 2021 from 2021-06-01T13:00



A controversial fish farm in the Spencer Gulf near Whyalla is set to go ahead after receiving the last approval it needed
Australia's largest m...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 31 May 2021 from 2021-05-31T13:00



One of Australia's largest almond growers and processors, Select Harvests has conceded it's a challenging time to be in the industry
Tourists, ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 28 May 2021 from 2021-05-28T11:16:19



China's demand for protein is breaking records
A senate report has warned feral deer could spread to almost the entire country without more foc...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 27th May 2021 from 2021-05-27T11:16



Farmers in both the United Kingdom and Australia are nervously watching as their countries negotiate a free trade agreement
Two Australian abat...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 21st May 2021 from 2021-05-21T13:00



Canola pricing is reaching all time highs in Australia, and yet it's still trading at huge discounts to the world benchmark
More funding will b...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 20th May 2021 from 2021-05-20T13:00



Dairy analysts say they're surprised to see processors announce opening milk prices early
A shortage of Australian emu oil has left farmers scr...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 17th May 2021 from 2021-05-17T13:00



Agribusiness Elders says net profit is up by 31 per cent in half year results
It's one year on since China started introducing tariffs on Austr...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 14th May 2021 from 2021-05-14T13:00



Outside broadcast from the Food Fringe Festival which is underway in Port Adelaide
Australian meat consumption per person is at its lowest poin...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 13th May 2021 from 2021-05-13T13:00



Once they get over a bit of giggling and smirking, outback kids will soon be helping researchers understand threats to native species by studying a...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 10th May 2021 from 2021-05-10T13:00



Australia's beef exports to the Philippines have had a huge jump in the past two months
Movement restrictions for fruit in multiple fruit fly o...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 7th May 2021 from 2021-05-07T13:00



Citrus SA says it is still unclear if growers have secured enough seasonal workers to get all their fruit picked
90 South Australian fishers e...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 30th April 2021 from 2021-04-30T13:00



The forestry industry is concerned that it may face a shortage of drivers to move timber around
A new report has questioned whether farmers sho...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 29 April 2021 from 2021-04-29T13:00



State and federal water ministers meet to discuss a path forward for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan
Australian wine exports are starting to show...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 26th April 2021 from 2021-04-26T13:00



A group of South Australian agronomy consultants and researchers are hoping to re-start the SA branch of the Ag Institute of Australia
Pomegran...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 23 April 2021 from 2021-04-23T13:00



Pulse Australia CEO Nick Goddard says there could be and easing of tariffs on Australian lentil exports to India later in the year
Scientists h...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 22nd April 2021 from 2021-04-22T13:00



Citrus prices are on the rise, as worker shortages push up grower costs
The tap is being turned on at lake Menindee this morning, with water of...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 19th April 2021 from 2021-04-19T13:00



A second wave of African Swine Fever has already killed 12 to 15 million pigs in China
A cheese that can sit in a packet in the cupboard for 1...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 16 April 2021 from 2021-04-16T13:00



The peak body for the Australian trucking industry says a proposal to increase registration charges on older trucks by up to 220 per cent would be ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 15th April 2021 from 2021-04-15T13:00



The State Government has today announced the minimum water allocation irrigators can use for the next water year
Tractor sales surged a massiv...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Wednesday 14 April 2021 from 2021-04-14T13:00



New Zealand has announced that it will phase out the export of livestock by sea
Australian meatworks may need to continue vaccinating their st...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 13th April 2021 from 2021-04-13T13:00



The Country Hour is broadcasting from Yalumba wines in the Barossa, to find out how harvest is going. Across a number of wine regions, it is being ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 12th April 2021 from 2021-04-12T13:00



A group of South Australian primary school students are working with farmers to protect an environmental wetland
Australia's citrus growers hav...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 9th April 2021 from 2021-04-09T12:00



South Australia's first field day since COVID shut everything down is underway
More details have been released about the Paringa facility where...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 6th April 2021 from 2021-04-06T12:00



Cooler summer weather has hit the yield of this seasons lucerne seed, which could drop by as much as 20%
European Union leaders have voted to ...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Monday 5th April 2021 from 2021-04-05T12:00



Water trader says it's concerned the ACCC review into the water market won't be acted on
Wool growers say they're 'fighting back' against anima...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Thursday 1 April 2021 from 2021-04-01T13:00



Irrigators in the Southern Basin should expect a fall in the average water price next season even under average rainfall conditions
An exotic s...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 30 March 2021 from 2021-03-30T13:00



Shipping disruptions and port congestion continue to wreak havoc with the global wool trade, with one leading industry figure saying Australian pac...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Friday 26 March 2021 from 2021-03-26T13:00



Winemakers and grape growers expect China will lock in - and increase - hefty tariffs applied to Aussie wine in coming days
Researchers are ple...

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South Australian Country Hour
SA Country Hour, Tuesday 23rd March 2021 from 2021-03-23T13:00



Australia's $160 million export hay industry to China may be the latest casualty in ongoing trade tensions between the two countries
While rain...

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South Australian Country Hour
Women need more say in farm succession planning from 2021-03-04T13:00



In hindsight- the more damaging things that were said to me as a kid "Are you going to marry a farmer, will there be a way for you to stay" but non...

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South Australian Country Hour
South Australian from 2021-03-02T13:00



Deep in the dry soil of a South Australian country property, an Aboriginal farmer is sowing the seeds for a new opportunity, a look at the latest f...

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South Australian Country Hour
South Australian family using electric car to power Barossa winery and house from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

"It's not the Jetson's, the technology is here now": The Barossa family running their winery and house off an electric car. ...

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South Australian Country Hour
Hope is helping the healing process six months on from Adelaide Hills fire devastation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Six months on, the physical scars of the Adelaide Hills bushfire are healing and just like the environmental recovery, the mental one has its ups and downs...

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South Australian Country Hour
South Australain Country Hour from 2020-12-11T14:00



Australia needs new fair trading laws, according to competition watchdog the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Riverland hobby and co...

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South Australian Country Hour
South Ausrtalian Country Hour from 2020-11-03T14:00



South Australian Government has rejected applications from 11 Councils to remain GM-free, a fisherman weighs in on the State Government's Marine Sc...

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