South Australian Country Hour
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The South Australian Country Hour delivering rural news and information for primary producers.
South Australian Country Hour
3h ago
Australian tomato growers say there's still plenty of market for their fruit after NZ stops taking imports, the value of international trade though South Australia's ports calculated at $22billion, and an increasing number of rural property sales happening off-market or prior to listing ..read more
South Australian Country Hour
1d ago
Canola producing Omega-3 oils could be available to Australian growers as early as next year, a veterinarian runs 100km in a day to raise funds and awareness of mental health issues in the industry, and an SA partnership looks to promote bush foods and provide economic opportunities for First Nations communities ..read more
South Australian Country Hour
3d ago
Farmers from across the country gather to protest ag policy at Parliament House in Canberra, Ag Minister Collins says the government won't be backflipping on the live sheep export ban, and AWI asks farmers to increase the levy they pay for research and marketing programs ..read more
South Australian Country Hour
4d ago
A $5million plan unveiled to rebuild the fire-damaged Struan Research Centre, Australian researchers trying to throw mice off the scent of crops like wheat, and potato and dairy farmers give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into South Australian grocery prices ..read more
South Australian Country Hour
1w ago
Exotic plant virus Tomato Brown Rugose detected on a third property north of Adelaide, dairy giant Saputo to shut its iconic King Island Dairy in the middle of next year, and China launches a probe into Canadian canola imports ..read more
South Australian Country Hour
1w ago
An earlier fire season possible for parts of SA as a higher fire danger risk forecast for spring, SA and Western Victoria miss out on a forecast bumper year for Australian crop production, and northern SA farmers continue to hold out hope for some much-needed spring rain ..read more
South Australian Country Hour
1w ago
A world-first sterile sheep blowfly facility opens for business on Kangaroo Island, a cane toad spotted in central Adelaide, and people asked to stay out of private paddocks as canola blooms ..read more
South Australian Country Hour
1w ago
The South Australian Country Hour is again live from the Royal Adelaide Show, checking in on this year's feature breeds - Poll Dorsets and Hollsteins - and celebrating 120 years of the Stock Journal ..read more
South Australian Country Hour
1w ago
Today the Country Hour is live from the Royal Adelaide Show, where we catch up with the rural ambassadors and the SA Produce Market, and find out what's happening in this year's grains competition and poultry sections ..read more
South Australian Country Hour
1w ago
Hay availability tight after a massive movement of fodder into SA and western Victoria so far this year, SA grain producers surveyed about their concerns if proposed restrictions on the use of paraquat go ahead, and CFS volunteers fly out of Australia to help fight fires burning in America's north-west ..read more