New South Wales Country Hour (ABC Rural)
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Country Hour podcast 22/5/13
On the Country hour today, the Weather Bureau is predicting above average rain and warmer than usual temperatures for most of Australia for June to August. Plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 21/5/13
On the Country Hour today, as dry conditions continue across much of NSW, the Department of Primary Industries has released the Seasonal Conditions Report for April, identifying several areas of particular concern. Plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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Country Hour podcast 20 May 2013
On the Country hour, cattle farmers on the Southern Tablelands in NSW are facing the prospect of shooting livestock this winter, if decent rain doesn't come soon. Plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 17/5/13
On the Country Hour today, the gold price fall has put pressure on mining companies in NSW. Plus we have the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 16/5/13
On the Country hour today, Australia's largest east coast grain exporter, GrainCorp, has reported a half-year net profit, after tax and significant items, of $88 million. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 15/5/13
On the Country hour today, full coverage of the budget and what it means for rural and regional Australia and the farm sector. Plus the latest in livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 14/5/13
On the Country hour today, farmers hope the recent rain in the NSW Riverina and Northern Victoria will push dry sown crops out of the ground and increase feed for stock. Plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 13/5/13
On the country hour today, farmers in southern NSW have had light falls of rain in the past 24 hours and say it could make all the difference to their seasonal outlook. Plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 10/5/13
On the Country hour today, low prices for cattle but there are no low prices in the retail sector for steaks, why not? Plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 9/5/13
On the Country Hour today, a lively debate on the barriers to getting more people to train in agriculture and secure jobs in the field. Plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour 8/5/13
On the NSW Country Hour today, dry conditions in some parts of the state, farmers talk about how to deal with cropping and grazing when conditions are tough, will rural lenders drop rates in line with official interest rates, the impact of mining subsidence on irrigated cotton production, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 7/5/13
On the Country Hour today, a highly contagious disease that has the potential to kill horses has broken out in the ACT and parts of southern New South Wales. Plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 6/5/13
On the Country hour today, the national farm lobby says Australia's drought reform agreement is a good step forward, but leaves the biggest policy questions unresolved. Plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 3/5/13
On the Country Hour today, A new national drought policy has finally been announced. Its focus is on helping farmers prepare for drought, rather than compensating them for losses caused by drought. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 2/5/13
On the Country Hour today, the Prime Minister says that the government has no plans to announce a national drought policy in the near future, and denied claims that free trade negotiations with China have collapsed. Plus we have the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 1/5/2013
On the Country Hour today, a regional philanthropic group is funding community groups who want to take on a project to improve life for young people. Plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour 30/4/13
On the NSW Country Hour today, the Federal Government's Farm Finance Package, what the banks think, what farmers think, and is the problem drought or a combination of other factors, plus how farmers are dealing with dry conditions, the EU decision to ban some key pesticides because they threaten the bee population, livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 29/4/13
On the NSW Country Hour today, will the sale of the biggest grain handler on the east coast be good for growers, the final report to the NSW Government on the review of local land services, the inaugural Stroud Growers' Market, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 26/4/13
On the Country hour, the last Australian-owned grain trader, GrainCorp, looks set to be sold to an American company Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM) for $3.4 billion. Plus the latest livestock market information, and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 25/4/13
On the Country Hour today, as the prolonged dry weather continues, farmers say they're worried that neither side of politics has finalised a drought policy. Plus the latest in livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 24/04/2013
A central west farmer near Mudgee fleeces the Italian buyers for one of the great fashion houses. Once again the wool grower has spun his magic and left them bedazzled with his wonderous fibre. Equipment and plant from what is claimed to be Australia's last wholly owned cannery is to be sold off. The operation at Cowra Windsor Farms Group has gone into liquidation with an auction to be staged next month after creditors voted to wind up the business. The demise of the cannery is also expected...
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NSW Country Hour podcast 23/04/2013
Grain Trade Australia has released a draft code of practice for grain pools, which it hopes will set a standard for pool performance and transparency. Grain Trade Australia says it ensures commercial activities across the grain supply chain are done efficiently with some mandatory guidelines for grain pool operators set. First it was Dolly the sheep now polocrosse horses may be cloned. New South Wales sustainable north coast sugar sweetens some of the world's top chocolate.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 19/4/13
On the country hour today, it was the first industry to adopt the Federal Government's carbon farming initiative and now it's hoped a new project will help the pork sector go greener. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 18/4/13
On the Country Hour today, Grain growers in NSW are anxiously watching the skies for rain as the season continues to deteriorate. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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Country Hour podcast 17/4/13
On the Country Hour today, fresh, green grass has finally returned to the Kybeyan Valley in south-east NSW, after bushfires tore through the region earlier this year. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour 16/4/13
On the NSW Country Hour today, a Hunter mine expansion blocked by the Land and Environment Court, BlazeAid continues repairing fences in Coonabarabran with $100,000 grant from Lions Club, how Boss Engineering is using clean energy initiatives to help soften the impact of rising costs in rural Australia, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 15/4/13
On the NSW Country Hour today, applications for the Resources for the Regions program close tomorrow as mining communities jostle for a share of the $160 million, the heartbreak and the opportunity for farmers in the massive land use change taking place in Sydney's west, oyster growers looking at options for breeding stock after disease wipes out a hatchery, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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Country Hour podcast 12/4/13
On the Country Hour today, MLA is considering changes to the criteria of its Meat Standards Australia program. Plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 10/4/13
On the Country Hour today, NSW Minister Katrina Hodgkinson denies that any more than 300 jobs will be lost in the NSW Department of Primary Industries restructure. Plus we have the latest detailed weather and livestock information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 9/4/13
On the Country Hour today, farmers in the Richmond Valley in northern NSW are still waiting for $15,000 cash grants, more than two months after flooding in the region. Plus we have the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 8/4/13
On the Country Hour today, the National Farmers Federation has a new president after its leader resigned to pursue a career in politics. Plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 5/4/13
On the Country Hour, the latest figures from Dairy Australia show significant growth in Australian butter and skim milk exports. Butter exports are up nearly 60 per cent on this time last year, with skim milk powder also up by a third. Plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 4/4/13
On the Country Hour today, we take one final look at the Sydney Royal Easter show. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 3/4/13
On the Country Hour today, a report shows that deaths caused by quad bikes are costing Australians up to $30 million every year. Plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 2/4/13
On the Country Hour today, Australia's feedlot industry says it has no objection to a greater level of scrutiny of its animal welfare credentials, in the wake of Animal Liberation's purchase of a surveillance drone. plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 1/4/13
On the Country Hour today, Animal Liberation says it will operate within the law when it uses an unmanned drone to collect evidence of welfare breaches, particularly in feedlots without adequate shelter. Plus we have the latest detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 28/3/13
On the Country Hour today, we look at the complex issue of antibiotics in the production of farm animals with a Danish expert saying they have reduced its use by 50 per cent and he thinks Australia could do so as well. Plus we have the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour 26/3/13
On the NSW Country Hour today we take you to the Royal Easter Show in Sydney -sheep breeders and producers talk about hot topics in the industry, Tim Fischer on why the district exhibits need to change, and poet Carol Heuchen on her job as a ring side announcer, plus weather and market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 22/3/13
On the Country Hour today a lengthy debate with a climate scientist discussing if global warming and climate change are real, what changes we may see in the climate and responding to questions from rural NSW. Plus we had the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 21/3/13
On the Country hour today, the Commonwealth has decided it won't be trading any of its water on the temporary market this season. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 20/3/13
On the Country Hour today, Senator Barnaby Joyce says he'll run for the Federal lower house seat of New England, against sitting independent Tony WIndsor, if the NSW Nationals decide to preselect him. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 19/3/13
On the Country Hour today, an outbreak of anthrax near Moree, in north-west NSW, has killed a total of 37 cattle on two properties, prompting a Department of Primary Industries investigation. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 18/3/13
On the Country Hour, Australian farmers will grow significantly less canola this year, after a dry start to the year in many areas. Plus we have the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour 15/3/13
On the NSW Country Hour, drugs in mining; the industry says its no worse than other industries; the NSW government scrambles to apply for more Federal emergency relief after the January floods; we take you inside a small species abattoir on the state's south coast; plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 14/3/13
On the Country hour today, Metgasco's share price fell more than 21 per cent yesterday, closing at 7.3 cents a share, following the company announcing it will suspend its activities in northern NSW. Plus we have the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 13/3/13
On the Country Hour today, a northern NSW coal seam gas company will suspend its exploration and development program in the Clarence Moreton Basin. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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Country Hour podcast 12/3/12
On the Country Hour today, the Federal Government wants to change Commonwealth environmental law, so that it will consider the impact of coal seam gas and coal projects on water resources, as part of the approval process. Plus we have the latest detailed weather and livestock information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 11/3/13
On the Country Hour today, poultry giant Ingham Enterprises has been sold to a global investment firm TPG. Plus we have the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 8/3/13
On the Country Hour today, The Union says more than 50 staff at a northern NSW grain processing company will lose their jobs when the company is sold later this month.
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NSW Country Hour 7/4/13
On the NSW Country Hour today Geoff Marr, a hunter and shooter with over fifty years experience, talks about the controversy surrounding the Game Council and shooting in national parks, why cheese makers are in demand, who is ALDI, and what does Coles say about concerns about supermarket domination, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 6/3/13
On the Country Hour today, storms this year in Queensland and NSW have had a significant impact on the forecast for this year's macadamia crop. In northern NSW alone, it's estimated the January and February storms will cost growers in excess of $30 million. Plus we have the latest detailed weather and livestock information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 5/3/13
On the Country Hour today, ABARES in Canberra says farmers shouldn't expect any great change in returns for agricultural products as far out as 2050. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 4/3/13
On the Country Hour today, more heavy rainfall across northern NSW has again flooded many parts of the region's coastal river valleys, with flood warnings still in place. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 1/3/13
On the Country Hour today, up to 100 mm of welcome rain fell across a large area of NSW overnight, plus we have the latest weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country hour podcast 28/2/13
On the Country hour today, The oyster industry in northern NSW is starting to count the cost of last weekend's floods. Plus we have the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour 27/2/13
On the NSW Country Hour today the latest on the floods on the mid north coast, how one cow survived a long swim downstream, the last week of fine wool sales at Newcastle, what brokers, growers and buyers think, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 26/2/13
On the Country Hour today, the NSW and Federal Governments have declared 11 regions in the state, affected by the weekend's storms and flooding, eligible for natural disaster assistance. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 25/2/13
On the Country Hour today, farmers in northern NSW are switching to recovery mode after the weekend's flooding. Plus the latest weather and livestock market information.
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Country Hour podcast 22/2/13
On the Country hour today, the rain and wind steadily increasing in intensity on the North coast of NSW. Plus we have the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 21/2/13
On the Country Hour today, farmers in northern NSW are bracing themselves for the possibility of another flood. Plus we have the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country hour podcast 20/2/13
On the Country Hour today, farmers at a meeting to discuss the new agricultural authority in NSW were alarmed to learn that researchers will be based several hours away from their farming region and that the state's pricing regulator will become involved in setting future rates. Plus we have the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 19/2/13
On the NSW Country Hour today, the New South Wales government tightens the regulations on coal seam gas exploration and extraction. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock information.
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Country Hour podcast 18/2/13
On the Country Hour today, water scientists question whether building more dams is practical. Plus we have the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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Country Hour podcast 15/2/13
On the Country Hour today, the competition watchdog has slammed Coles and Woolworths for potentially abusing their market power. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock markets.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 14/2/13
On the Country Hour, a leaked draft discussion paper has revealed the Federal Coalition would consider building as many as 100 dams across the country if it's elected in September. Plus livestock markets and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 12/2/13
On the Country Hour today, a political stoush has erupted after the Federal Government approved three significant resource projects in NSW. Plus the latest livestock information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 11/2/13
On the Country Hour today, crops flooded out in three river valleys in the north of the state. And funds raised for fire victims in Coonabarabran. plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour 8/2/13
On the NSW Country Hour Skye Manson travels to Boorowa to Roger Warren's farm 'Cains', which was burnt by the January fires near Yass, the NSW Farmers Association welcomes the State Government's new drought policy direction, with some reservations, declining water quality in the flooded Richmond and Clarence rivers kills fish, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 7-2-13
On the NSW Country Hour today we focus on the recovery from the January fires around NSW. Reporters in Cooma, Tarcutta, Coonabarabran and Yass talk to farmers and support agencies about survival, resilience, how the recovery is going and what support is available.
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NSW Country Hour 6/2/13
On the NSW Country Hour today, a strike likely to affect the state's largest coal haulage company Pacific National and cost the mining industry millions of dollars, declining forecast for coal consumption in China, grazing after fires and growing storm resistant bananas, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 5/2/13
On the NSW Country Hour how Australia's largest wholesale markets recycles 65 per cent of its waste; what the Federal Coalition is promising rural Australians, Heywire highlights homophobia, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast February 1 2013
The role of bio-dynamic farming in fire reduction; the latest from ICAC inquiry; a cattle breeder speaks about his loss in the recent fires.
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NSW Country Hour 31/1/13
On the NSW Country Hour today, rural reaction to the PM's announcement of an election date in September, why some dam levels in NSW have dropped 50 per cent, cotton growers on the Qld -NSW border faced with flooding, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 30/1/13
On the NSW Country Hour today, the flood reaches record levels on the Clarence leaving 26,000 people isolated in NSW, recovering from the fires earlier in January, and the ICAC inquiry into mining licences in NSW, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 29/1/13
On the NSW Country Hour, the latest on the floods and their impact on rural areas of NSW, sunburnt apples, major changes to management of the sheep wasting disease OJD, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 28/1/13
On the NSW Country Hour today, the latest on the floods on the NSW North and Mid North coast, how one old couple survived the fires that threatened their home and orchards on the Sussex Inlet, the Egyptian Ambassador on trade, plus the latest weather information and export markets.
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NSW Country Hour 25/1/13.
On the NSW Country Hour today, oyster growers in the Hawkesbury River near Sydney devastated by Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome, Vietnam veteran David Webster finds peace among the olives, growers working to get an accurate picture of the local industry's production, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 24/1/13
On the NSW Country Hour today, why the State Opposition is concerned about the new Local Land Services and their ability to cope with future emergencies, mixed response to the closure of the Newcastle wool selling centre, the latest from the I-C-A-C inquiry into mining licences, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 23/1/13
On the NSW Country Hour today why Australia's only specialised fine wool selling facility is closing down, an update on the stock losses from recent fires, Metgasco explains its drilling activities, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 22/1/13
On the NSW Country Hour today, on the fire ground a mining company donates agistment for livestock and women gather to de-stress, on the state's north coast miner Metgasco invites the media in to explain coal seam gas exploration, results of a six year study into alternatives to mulesing, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 21/1/13
On the NSW Country Hour, the latest on the fires at Coonabarabran and Cooma, the cost of floods to mining, and the ICAC mining licences inquiry resumes, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 18/1/13
On the Country Hour today, authorities battling the blaze near Coonabarabran around 500 kilometres north west of Sydney have issued emergency alert telephone messages to locals. Plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 17/1/13
On the Country Hour today, the large fire, that engulfed 40 homes and dozens of farms in north west NSW is still burning in the Warrumbungle National Park. The status of the Coonabarabran fire has been downgraded as it's being controlled but more hot weather is on the way for tomorrow. Plus we have the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 16/1/13
On the Country Hour today, authorities are yet to form a clear picture of how many livestock have been lost in a fire that's still burning out of control west of Coonabarabran in north west NSW. Plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 15/1/13
On the Country Hour today, cooler weather conditions are assisting the NSW Rural Fire Service attempts to contain a large bushfire near Coonabarabran in the state's central west. Plus the latest on the weather and livestock market information.
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Country Hour podcast 14/1/13
On the Country Hour today, landholders devastated by fire in the Yass area of southern NSW are starting the task of inspecting thousands of kilometres of damaged fences. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 11/1/13
On the Country Hour today, bushfires in New South Wales this week have burnt out hundreds of thousands of hectares of grazing land leaving livestock with little food so a fodder donation system has been set up. Plus the latest in livestock markets and detialed weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 10/1/13
On the Country Hour today, the NSW Government says hundreds of farmers in areas hit by bushfires will take advantage of the financial assistance available to them by the declaration of disaster zones. Plus we have the latest weather information and livestock markets.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 9/1/13
On the Country Hour today, 2000 firefighters are continuing to battle blazes across New South Wales this morning although weather conditions have eased. Plus the latest livestock markets and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour 8/1/13
On the Country Hour, the Rural Fire Service in NSW says the state is facing the worst bushfire conditions in history. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 7/1/13
On the Country Hour today, with temperatures remaining high today, and predicted to get even hotter later this week, the NSW Rural Fire Service is gearing up for a massive potential threat. Plus the latest livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 4/1/13
On the Country Hour today, there are concerns European pig farmers aren't complying with new animal welfare laws which started this year. Plus the latest livestock markets and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 3/1/13
On the Country Hour today, despite some major storms and widespread flooding on both sides of the continent, drier weather is now the norm. The Bureau of Meteorology's Climate Outlook Report for 2012 says the year started off in a La Nina cycle then reverted to El Nino. Plus the latest details weather and livestock markets.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 2/1/13
On the Country Hour today, we look at what the US fiscal cliff will mean for US farmers selling the farm. Plus the latest detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 31/12/12
On the Country hour today, we look at what could happen to the US farm bill if the US plunges over the fiscal cliff, with big cuts in government spending being on the agenda. plus we have detailed weahter information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 28/12/12
On the Country Hour today, sea temperatures rise by 5 degrees in WA and could threaten some fish species. Plus the latest detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour 27/12/12
On the Country Hour today, alarming figures emerging out of the agriculture sector have prompted a wheat belt farmer to form a nationwide discussion group to put faming issues back on the 'political menu'. Plus the latest weather details.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 24/12/12
On the Country Hour today, for many managed investment schemes (MIS) in agriculture, the initial hype has ended in spectacular multi-million dollar failure. Plus the latest in detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 21 December
On the Country Hour today, a dry harvest helped farmers get the winter crop in the bin but the summer crops need more rain. Plus the latest livestock markets and detailed weather.
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Country Hour podcast 20/12/12
On the Country hour today, NSW Farmers has issued a warning to the NSW Government that there is much more work to be done before the revised draft boundaries for the new Local Land Services (LLS) agency can be supported by farmers, plus the latest in livestock markets and weather.
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NSW Country Hour 19/12/12
On the NSW Country Hour today the Federal Government wants the states to agree to a nationwide ban on children using adult-sized quad bikes, rice growers pleased by the NSW Government decision to renew the vesting powers of the NSW Rice Marketing Board, the boundaries for the Local Land Services department in NSW, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 18/12/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, livestock producers set up a new 'Animal Welfare Alliance', the pro's and cons of a high Australian dollar, re-inventing small towns on the South Coast of NSW, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 17/12/12
On the NSW Country Hour today the sale of the state's most iconic merino stud, crowd funding in agriculture, fly in, fly out work forces, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 13/12/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, the Livestock Health and Pest Authority says it wants widen the rate base to include landholders with 2 hectares and more, raising an extra $30 million; Idemitsu, the company behind Boggabri Coal, says it will probably abandon its plan to move coal but truck after Whitehaven stopped its trial; grain futures plummet after the US updates its forecast; plus livestock markets and weather information.
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Country Hour podcast 12/12/12
On the Country Hour today, The Federal Agriculture Department has ordered an Australian live cattle exporter to immediately commission another audit on an Israeli abattoir, tied up in an animal abuse case, plus the latest weather and market information.
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NSW Country Hour 11/12/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, using GPS to control rising numbers of rabbits, the latest on the ICAC inquiry into the former NSW Government and mining licences, a record breaking cherry season, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 10/12/12
On the NSW Country Hour today the latest on the Boggabri de-railment, animal cruelty concerns in rodeos, dry conditions over spring has brought large parts of the state closer to drought, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 6/12/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, the latest from the ICAC inquiry into mine licences in NSW, the Australia Rail Track Corporation says trains will be back on track at Boggabri within weeks, why some grape growers have been left in limbo by long-term buyers, a few months out from harvest, plus livestock markets and weather information. .
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NSW Country Hour 5/12/12
On the NSW Country Hour today a train derailment has blocked access to a major line near Boggabri and $150m worth of grain and cotton exports is being held up along with coal exports, saleyard owners and operators says the RSPCA's call for an end to that selling process is concerning and disappointing, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 4/12/12
On the Country Hour today, Ovine Johnes disease control plans delayed in their implementation by six months after significant sheep producer opposition to the plan. Plus the latest weather and livestock markets.
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NSW Country Hour 3/12/12
On the Country hour today, the first NSW Land and Water Commissioner Jock Laurie has been appointed and the Greens and some landholders say the job is "toothless". Plus the latest market and livestock information.
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NSW Country Hour 30/11/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, ABC court reporter Jamelle Wells wraps up the week at the Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry into mining leases in NSW, Kansas State University join with the Australian CRC for Plant Biosecurity to prevent diseases entering the country, Irish nationals are flocking to Australia to find work and flee their country's economic problems plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 29/11/12
On the NSW Country Hour today is labour too expensive in Australia, could warning alerts in cars or radars on trains make level crossings on country roads safer, why conservation groups have slammed the decision to allow sugar cane farmers to continue using the weed killer diuron, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 28/11/12
On the Country Hour today, the NSW Government has upped the ante over the Murray-Darling Basin plan, saying it will impose a limit on water buybacks from January, if state and federal governments don't commit to a cap. Plus the latest livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 27/11/12
On the NSW Country Hour, the ICAC inquiry into NSW mining licences, moves by the Greens and some coalition members to disallow the Murray-Darling Basin plan, will a post mortem reveal the source of a swarm of Asian honey bees destroyed on a vessel in Sydney, plus livestock markets and weather information. This is a short podcast due to technical issues on the program today.
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NSW Country Hour 26/11/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, the second largest oilseed crushing and refining plant in the country is opened in the Riverina, an $800 fine by the Environment Protection Authority for misuse of a chemical product used to poison wild dogs, the member for Parkes Mark Coulton on the Murray Darling Basin plan, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 23/11/12
On the Country Hour today, a corruption inquiry has heard former Labor minister Ian Macdonald issued mining tenders against departmental advice. Plus the latest livestock markets and weather details.
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NSW Country Hour 22/11/12
On the NSW Country Hour, the new Land Commissioner Dr John Keniry explains the draft boundaries for the new Local Land Services, Animal Liberation claim systematic cruelty in turkey sheds across NSW, what Federal Minister Tony Burke announces the Murray Darling Basin plan, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 21/11/12
On the NSW Country Hour today Jessica Swann visits a small rural parish in Canberra to find out how the Royal Commission into child sex abuse in Australia is affecting their faith and their community, how the urine and faeces from exotic animals like lions and tigers could be used to manage feral animals across Australia, 39 applications to explore for uranium in NSW, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 20/11/12
On the NSW Country Hour, the latest on the cull of 50,000 chickens infected with H7 bird flu, the CSIRO suggests growing two crops in the same paddock at the same time could be one way of helping farmers adapt to climate change, the number of native fauna has doubled on a rehabilitated sand mine in Western NSW, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 19/11/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, landholders in the Southern Tablelands are the latest group worried about the NSW Government's cuts to the Department of Agriculture, a weekend storm at Woodburn on the state's North Coast has caused major damage to cane crops and infrastructure, beverage giant Lion has started importing Mexican orange juice, plus livestock markets and weather information. There is no National Rural News in this program.
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Country Hour podcast 16/11/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, the cull begins for the 50,000 hens on a farm found to be exposed to Avian influenza. Plus the latest market information and weather.
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NSW Country Hour Podcast 15/11/12
On the County hour today, the coal seam gas industry has labelled new research on methane levels recorded in Southern Queensland as questionable and premature. Plus the latest livestock information and weather details.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 14/11/12
On the Country hour today, more from the corruption inquiry looking at the sale of a farm to Eddie Obeid's family and the granting of a mining licence by Minister Ian Macdonald. Plus the latest on the weather and livestock markets.
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NSW Country Hour 13/11/12
On the NSW Country Hour today the latest from the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) inquiry into allegations about former Minister Ian Macdonald and former Minister Eddie Obeid, current agriculture minister Katrina Hodgkinson on the cuts to the Department of Primary Industry, ducks in the rice, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 12/11/12
On the NSW Country Hour today we cross to the Independent Commission Against Corruption to hear about allegations that the decision by former Primary Industries and Mineral Resources Minister Ian Macdonald and former Labor minister Eddie Obeid, a long range weather forecaster says we can expect more rain in New South Wales over the harvest period, why an announcement that AGL will start drilling activity in the Broke wine region of the Hunter Valley ... a decision that has angered residents,...
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NSW Country Hour 9/11/12
On the NSW Country Hour today some citrus farmers have welcomed a commitment from the juice sector to take more of their fruit in bumper season, the Eurobodalla Shire in the state's south wants to pay cash for environmental offsets instead of putting aside land to preserve native vegetation, avoiding deaths from fruit and vegetables, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country hour 8/11/12
On the Country Hour today, former Minister for Primary Industries and the current opposition spokesman in the portfolio, Steve Whan says while he's not surprised by the NSW Government decision to axe 300 jobs from the department, it's a severe and extreme move. Plus the latest weather and livestock markets.
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NSW Country Hour 7/11/12
On the NSW Country Hour today the director general of the NSW Department of Primary Industry announces the loss of 300 jobs, the Public Service Association says they are disgusted and farmers will pay more for less service, a Santos ad promoting coal seam gas is being criticised by farmers who say their land was accessed illegally to make the television advertisement, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 6/11/12
On the NSW Country Hour today Bunganbah Meats have closed their Coonabarabran abattoir putting up to 30 staff out of work while meat processor WAMMCO Co-operative, which operates an abattoir in Goulburn, has suffered a loss of $885,000 this year, the latest on the live export trade debate, why a price for Tier 2 milk of more than 30 cents a litre may come too late for some north coast Lions milk suppliers, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 5/11/12
On the Country Hour today, ABC TV 4 Corners will show footage of a brutal cull of thousands of Australian sheep in Pakistan but the industry says the extreme circumstances of the case should not reflect on the whole live animal trade. Plus we have the latest weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour 1/11/12
On the NSW Country Hour today why $10 million worth of frozen Australian beef has been stranded on the docks at Jakarta for three months, the Federal Government's Bill to remove the last vestiges of regulation passes the House of Representatives, the chemical fenthion has been suspended and one grower says he'll bulldoze his trees as there are no suitable alternatives, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 31/10/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, community groups concerned about possible cuts to the Environmental Defenders Office, plans to build new mini-hydro electric systems in the Murray Darling Basin are driving new research to protect native fish, a big clearance rate at an auction of horses owned by Hunter mining magnate Nathan Tinkler, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 30/10/12
On the NSW Country Hour today why the NSW Government is auditing the Catchment Management Authorities, soybean plantings in the states south-west are tipped to spike next month as growers move to cash in on high prices, a Sydney Uni study links mining to increased disease rates, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 29/10/12
On the country Hour we look at international grain prices, and the new Federal drought stategy. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock information.
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Country Hour podcast 26/10/12
On the Country hour today, the Federal Government is increasing the amount of water to be recovered for the Murray-Darling Basin environment to 3,200 gigalitres, and it's allocated $1.7 billion for the infrastructure to make that happen but farmers and scientists are skeptical. Plus the latest weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour 25/10/12
On the Country Hour today, a Senate inquiry has been told that southern Queensland's Cubbie Station's new foreign, majority owners won't be getting a discount if they want to buy its cotton. Plus the latest livestock market and detailed weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 24/10/12
On the Country Hour today, we heard a University of NSW report, commissioned by the Australian Floodplain Association, cites that higher environmental flows in the Murray Darling Basin will ensure the survival of farmers as well as the environment. Plus livestock markets and detailed weather.
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Country Hour podcast 23/10/12
On the country hour today, the National Farmers Federation Congress hears a committment by the PM to set up a foreign ownership register. Plus detailed weather and market information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 22/10/12
On the Country Hour today, the Commonwealth to lead by example on Quad bike safety and canola crops looking okay despite frosts in some areas. Plus the latest on the weather and livestock markets.
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NSW Country Hour 19/10/12
On the NSW Country Hour today John Keniry, responsible for overseeing the merger of the CMAs, LHPAs and DPI extension and advisory services, says it's likely catchment boundaries will be scrapped, why the Lismore show society rejected sponsorship money from a gas company, a global shortage of popping corn, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 18/10/12
On the NSW Country Hour today unions want to make crush protection devices compulsory on all new ATV's but farmers, bike dealerships and inventors have other ideas, irrigators who have access to shallow groundwater in the the lower Murray are refusing to pay new charges, a portable egg laying house has earned its makers the title of Australian Farm Inventor of the Year, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 17/10/12
On the NSW Country Hour today lobby group Australian Dairy Farmers say a code of conduct in the dairy industry has to be mandatory to have any impact, the Monaro region in southern New South Wales proven to be good country for Merinos, calls for mandatory roll bars on all quad bikes after another death, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 16/10/12
On the NSW Country Hour today Rob Gordon, former executive council member of the NSW Farmers Association on why there should be a moratorium on the sale of Cubbie Station, a stonefruit grower says he'll leave the industry if the nation's chemical regulator withdraws use of the chemical fenthion, the latest on the voluntary code of practice introduced in the UK to improve the lot of dairy farmers, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 15/10/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, Cubbie station sold and a big Coal Seam gas development protest on the North Coast. Plus detailed weather and livestock information.
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NSW Country Hour 11/10/12
On the NSW Country Hour today commodity trader Mick Martin and farmer Mark Hoskinson on the impact of the rain across grain growing regions of NSW, the draft voluntary code of conduct for bulk grain handlers, NSW resources minister Chris Hartcher on the need to rapidly expand coal seam gas production as domestic supplies dwindle, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 10/10/12
On the NSW Country Hour today Fiona Simson explains recent resignations at the NSW Farmers Association, the health benefits of faber beans which have the ability to fight off cancer, world food experts on the global food shortage, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 9/10/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, a north coast community declares itself free of coal seam gas mining, a council considers a motion to ban CSG activity and new livestock transport laws are announced, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 08/10/12
On the NSW Country Hour today The NSW Department of Primary Industries is tipping an average harvest this season of 4 million hectares after frosts and a lack of rain has knocked crops around, the member for Parkes Mark Coulton has urged growers to show caution selling their crop as the Federal Government considers plans to remove the regulator, the Wheat Export Authority, hundreds gathered on the Kelly's farm on the banks of Goran Lake on Saturday afternoon to celebrate farming, plus...
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NSW Country Hour 5/10/12
On the Country Hour today, we get a wide range of reactions to the changes that will eventually create the big single entity know as Local Land Services. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock markets.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 4/10/12
On the Country Hour today, we hear about the big changes planned for how the state government will manage services to landholders, rolling the Catchment Management Authority, Livestock Pest Authority and the Department of primary industries into one mega department. Plus the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 3/10/12
On the Country hour today, a trade mission will try to sell more oranges to China and a mining giant in the throws of a takeover. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock markets.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 02/10/12
On the Country Hour today, the grain growing season started out with a lot of promise but as we move towards harvest the weather has not been kind and yields are now decreasing everyday across the state. Plus we have the latest livestock market information and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 1/10/12
On the Country Hour today, we bring you all the beer and the burnouts of the Deni Ute Muster and commemorate World Rivers day, plus detailed weather and livestock markets.
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NSW Country Hour 28/9/12
On the NSW Country Hour today the latest on the sheep stranded in Pakistan, the Biological Farmers of Australia say the Australian Government has put the cart before the horse in its draft of the National Food Plan, the only woodchip export mill left in NSW cuts jobs and shifts, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 27/9/12
On the NSW Country Hour today cuts to the number of rural support workers has some communities concerned their needs will be ignored, Charles Sturt University's has decided to close the Equine Centre in Orange after failing to find a new manager for equine-related courses in Orange, JBS Swift Australia plays down new US standards for testing for e-coli, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 26/9/12
On the NSW Country Hour today NSW National Park office is conducting a record number of controlled burns ahead of a dangerous fire season, farmer Andrew Lang,a board member of the World Bioenergy Association, on how to kick-start the bioenergy industry in Australia, farmers on the state's North Coast are praising the State Government's decision to remove conservation zoning from draft Local Environment Plans, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 25/9/12
On the NSW Country Hour today property agents say a proposed change to the licensing of rural and commercial agents is unworkable and will provide no security for sellers and buyers, more than 30 farmers in the NSW Murray will have their irrigation water switched off next year, so it can be returned to the environment, the toughest sentence yet has been handed down for abalone trafficking in South East NSW, plus livestock markets and weather information. .
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NSW Country Hour 24/9/12
On the NSW Country Hour today why the Federal Member for New England, Tony Windsor is working on a private members bill to re-introduce some level of regulation back into the grain export sector, farmers concerned about the NSW State Government development plan for Western and Southern Sydney which they say will wipe out 50 per cent of the Basin's market gardeners within five years, prices for Merino sheep hit $200 at the annual Hay spring sale in the western Riverina, plus livestock markets...
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NSW Country Hour 21/9/12
On the NSW Country Hour today the Nature Conservation Council of NSW says the NSW Government's claim that its new rules for mining and gas are "the strongest in the world" are unsubstantiated and misleading, a land holder uses water ponds to rebuild his properties, the link between mental health and on-farm profits, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 19/9/12
On the NSW Country Hour today Federal independent MP Tony Windsor says the NSW land use strategy may face a challenge from the Federal Government, Muswellbrook mayor Martin Rush says the land use strategy delivered nothing as far as protection from mining is concerned, Australia's winter crop forecast could be cut again because of dry weather across most grain regions, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 18/9/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, CSIRO researcher Jim Peacock, winner of the Rabobank Leadership Award, says he doesn't know of a single valid case of detrimental affects of GM food on human or environmental health; after years of trials, the NSW Government will allow Snowy Hydro to use the cloud seeding technique permanently which should help guarantee water for irrigators; why African Love Grass is being described by farmers on the south coast of NSW as more destructive than rabbits, plus...
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NSW Country Hour 17-09-12
On the NSW Country Hour today a push from some of the state's biggest apple growing regions to start exporting fruit to Thailand, the latest on the live sheep issue, a big coal company says it sees 'very good things' in the future for Hunter mining communities, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 14/9/12
On the NSW Country Hour today cherry growers in Young blame abandoned orchards and poor management of backyard fruit trees for the spread of the fruit fly, a DPI advisor says landholders shouldn't get involved in carbon trading and the Carbon farming intitiative, young people from across Australia are calling on the Federal Government to help solve the skills shortage in agriculture, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 13/9/12
On the Country Hour today Santos says now that the NSW Land use policy has been announced it's time to get on with it, while activists say the battle has just begun, we walk the Snowy River as the third major water environmental release from the Hydro Scheme is let go, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 12/9/12
On the Country Hour today we looked at the reaction to the strategic land use policy for the Hunter, North west and the New England. NSW farmers say they are not happy and it is a broken election promise. We head to the Heywire youth forum in Canberra and look at detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour 11/9/12
On the NSW Country Hour today grain crops in the states south-west are drying off and it has some growers worried, analyst Mark Martin says production could fall 30 per cent in NSW if there isn't rain in the next fortnight, a mining analyst says coal miners will have to get used to the idea that mines will be closed and re-opened regularly, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 10/9/12
On the NSW Country Hour today some support for the sale of Cubbie Station to overseas buyers, dust from mine sites prompts 18 health alerts by the Environment Protection Authority, voters in Lismore have said no to coal seam gas mining in the region, but the industry says its own survey shows people are more concerned about other issues, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 7/9/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, more revelations of animal abuse in overseas markets, the former chairman of Riverina Citrus blames the NSW Department of Primary Industries for not doing enough to control fruit fly, landholders downstream of Cubbie Station comment on the sale to overseas interests, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 6/9/12
On the NSW Country Hour today a fire at a gin in Warren destroys $7 million worth of cotton, farmers on the north coast say the national food plan must address over-regulation, an unlevel playing field and low prices, why thermal coal prices have dropped 30 per cent, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 5/9/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, Michael Condon talks to passion land holders and land managers from around the country at the Australian Landcare conference in Sydney, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 4/9/12
On the Country Hour today, the latest on the sale of Cubbie station and the implications for the cotton industry plus more problems with the live sheep trade. We also bring you the latest detailed weather and livestock market information.
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NSW Country Hour 3/9/12
On the NSW Country Hour today dairy farmers who supply Lion face milk price cuts of between 2 and 12 per cent, the NSW Government will reduce its funding to control fruit fly in the Riverina, Australia's largest cotton farm will be sold to a foreign buyer and the proposal has triggered a heated debate in the local community, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 31/8/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, the fatal consequences of taking a 'wait and see' approach to bushfires, criticism of the new lobby group Dairy Connect, the CWA calls on the Federal government to mandate roll over protection on Quad bikes, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 30/08/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, the state's Rural Fire Service is looking into the possibility of voluntary redundancies for paid staff, disagreement in state politics over the rights of 12 year olds to hunt in state forests, plus the latest livestock markets and detailed weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 28/08/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, the state's Land and Environment Court has dismissed a case appealing the approval of 330 coal seam gas wells in the Gloucester region, Federal Water Minister Tony Burke and NSW Irrigators' Council CEO, Andrew Gregson on the latest Murray-Darling Basin Authority modelling, plus the latest livestock markets and detailed weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 24/8/12
On the Country Hour, we report from the FACETS conference in Bathurst looking at sustainable agriculture, soils, water and innovation. Plus the latest livestock markets and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 23/8/12
On the Country Hour today, warnings from KPMG that our attitudes to Chinese investment in agriculture may scare Chinese businesses away from investing much needed funds. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock markets.
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NSW Country Hour 22/8/12
On the NSW Country Hour today a drop in thermal coal prices below the cost of production for some miners is making it difficult to make a profit and jobs could be at risk, the RSPCA says Wally's Piggery in Murrumbateman has reduced stock number and some pigs in poor condition had been put down, the Victorian Government's decision to declare most of the state endemic to Queensland Fruit Fly worries some NSW growers, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 21/8/12
On the NSW Country Hour today Australian dairy cattle could soon be exported to Sri Lanka to help develop the dairy industry there, why more horse owners are treating their animals to remedial massages, the Australian Workers Union campaign against proposed changes to the Pastoral Industry Award, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 20/8/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, the Sheepmeats Council fears lamb producers will be hit with a price cut now that Woolies are reducing lamb by 30 per cent, especially if the other supermarket chain Coles follows suit. Meanwhile the National Retailers Association says the major supermarkets are an easy target to blame for Australia's lack of competitiveness but they provide security for many food producers and processors, bioenergy technology from Denmark could soon help Australian farmers,...
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NSW Country Hour podcast 17/8/12
On the Country hour a bush lawyer warns that it is hard for farmers to get a fair deal over mining and land rights agreements considering the deep pockets of the mining companies. Plus the latest detailed weather and livestock information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 16/8/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, the Federal government looks at regulations or modifications over quad bike safety but the industry groups are not happy with moves to regulate. Plus the latest livestock markets and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 15/8/12
On the Country Hour hundreds of cattle handlers across Australia are injured operating cattle gates but thanks to the invention of a new gate design, handling stock could become a lot safer. Plus we have the latest livestock markets and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 14/08/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, one of Australia's largest lamb processors says we're squandering opportunities to open up new markets for sheep meat, weather conditions create tough times for fishermen on the South Coast, plus the latest livestock markets and detailed weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 13/08/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, we heard from NSW Chief Vet Ian Roth; spokesperson for Animal Liberation ACT and NSW, Jessica Ferry and CEO of Australian Pork Limited, Andrew Spencer to get their views on recent allegations of cruelty at piggeries in the state, plus the latest livestock markets and detailed weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 10/8/12
On the NSW Country Hour today a beef producer claims the carbon tax could ultimately cost growers $100 per hectare, a second piggery linked to animal cruelty allegations in NSW, a call to help isolated students with university access and financial assistance to pay home tutors, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 09/08/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, former AWB Managing Director, Andrew Lindberg fined for his involvement in bribes paid to the Iraqi government to secure wheat sales, drought and grain shortage in Russia continues to drive up food prices, beef producer, Teys Australia counts the cost of the carbon tax and plans for the future, plus the latest livestock markets and detailed weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 8/8/12
On the NSW Country Hour today why the introduction of the carbon tax will cost a northern NSW meat processor $500,000 a year with cattle producers wearing that cost, how more than half of all the money spent by local mining companies on drilling and exploration has been spent offshore sending a lot of mining overseas in the years ahead, new ovine johnes control measures explained, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 7/8/12
On the NSW Country Hour today a NSW abattoir says footage on the internet does not reflect slaughter practices in the mainstream industry, NSW police are checking that gun owners are storing their weapons correctly after a spate of gun thefts, the NSW opposition says there's a loophole in the Government's draft policy to protect water resources from mining, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 6/8/12
On the NSW Country Hour, a piggery outside of Canberra investigated for animal abuse, the State Government on the Murray Darling Basin plan released this morning, optimism at the Diggers and Dealers mining conference, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 3/08/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, we headed to the Country Living expo and heard about the upside and the downside to carbon farming ideas, plus detailed weather and livestock markets.
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NSW Country Hour 2/8/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, dairy politics with changes at the national and state level, planting trees and shrubs to restore threatened grassy woodlands, why shale gas production could surpass coal seam gas in the future, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 1/8/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association on the landmark Namoi Water Study which looks at the impact of CSG mining on the water resource, Dick Smith on why selling Australian assets to China will undermine Australian exports, and the Wool Comfort Meter, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 31/7/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, worldwide wheat and corn futures rose sharply overnight as the US worsens in the severe drought, winter grain production in Argentina is expected to fall again this year, details of the Collector Wind Farm project on display, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 30/7/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, big crop, high prices, could it happen this season, are beef producers partly to blame for the wild dog problem, why the Angus breed may be "terminal", plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour 27/7/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, two studies to find out where education is failing to meet the agricultural skills shortage, we profile Islamic Relief's work in rural communities overseas, Riverina farmers welcome the Department of Primary Industries commitment to the fruit fly eradication program in the region, plus livestock markets and weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 26/07/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, the Department of Primary Industry says towns and farms need to do more to control fruit fly or the pest will almost certainly become endemic, plus the latest livestock markets and detailed weather information.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 24/07/12
On the NSW Country Hour today, Farmsafe Australia welcomes a $1 million commitment by the State Government to fund research into quad bike safety, plus the latest livestock markets and detailed weather.
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NSW Country Hour podcast 23/07/12
Today on The Country Hour, the NSW Government's review into rice exports and a new study, showing worrying alcohol use in regional NSW. Plus, the latest markets and weather.
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