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83
Latest episode
Oct 2026
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Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world, with our team of specialist reporters covering the big issues of rural life.
How quickly will the price of diesel drop as oil prices continue to fall in the wake of the US midterms, predicting the quality of plantation timber before its harvested, and red-tipped bananas proving popular in Japan.
Frustrated American farmers have helped deliver some unexpected results in the US midterm elections in states traditionally considered slam dunks for the Republicans.
US farmers are hoping the sense of momentum from the extraordinary results in the midterm elections will carry over into agriculture policy, but when and if that will change anything for Australian farmers is still a waiting game. An aviation maintenance engineer says the there's a widespread "cowboy culture" towards safety, and a drive through the paddocks of a rotational grazing success story.
Farmers expected to help flip key US midterm races as they vent their frustrations at the ballot box. Commodity markets are still reeling from the result in the Brazilian presidential election. And despite floods and fires, one gulf grazier says he's still got reason to be positive.
What the widely tipped interest rate rise means for agribusiness, more farmers speak out against changes to the Working Holiday Maker visa scheme, and Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins defends the visa program, the EU Free Trade deal and more.
Nationals leader and Qld Senator Matt Canavan confirms he will seek preselection to run for the seat of Capricornia at the next federal election. Changes to the rules around hauling bales of wool, hay or cotton explained, and listeners share their October rainfall totals - the good, the bad and the ugly.
Western Meat Exporters has survived the wool crash, drought, floods and major technological disruption to remain one of Queensland's only goat and sheep processors.
Livestock trucks are getting stuck at the bottom of a north western gorge because they can't go fast enough to get up the other side, harvest contractors are out of work as the southern crop goes from too dry to too wet, and the battle for the best beef.
A north Queensland dairy processor's pitch for more local milk, there has been plenty of rain, but is it drought breaking? And meet the 71-year-old horsewoman who says you're never too old to try new things.
Proposed pineapple and banana imports scrutinised in Senate Estimates, two cows found on a north Qld island, and telecommunications ugrades to remote communities ahead of cyclone season.
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