Victorian Country Hour

Livestock agent sent to jail

Despite winter rainfalls, farmers are still struggling to grow crops. 

Rural news and events from Victoria and the nation

Rural news and events from Victoria and the nation

Rural news and events from Victoria and the nation

Rural news and events from Victoria and the nation

A drought support package and a conversation about the word, resilience 

Footrot resistant sheep, feral donkeys and rain 

Meat and Livestock Australia on the move away from a goal of carbon neutral by 2030

A major change in seafood labelling laws, dairy farmers get a new milk price and a muster dog champion has died 

David Jochinke talks reform at the National Farmers Federation 

Red meat abandons it's plan to be carbon neutral by 2030, South Australia delays the fruit sticker phase out and we crack some nuts 

Recovering from a bird flu outbreak, Donald mine approval and heifer exports to Mexico

Philip Szepe talks to the Country Hour about the bird flu outbreak on his property where over half a million chickens died

A majority of Victorian horticulture businesses were found to be non-compliant byt he Fair Work Ombudsman

Conflict in the Middle East is already changing the value of products at the farm gate in Australia

VFF calls on State Government to subsidise dead animal collection costs

Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins speaks to the Country Hour from a drought tour 

Money for water projects, strawberry breeding, chemical resistant barley and the sport of carriage driving 

Blazeaid will fully subsidise hay and fodder transport costs from Queensland for drought stricken farmers

Bird flu gone, green drought, Saputo step up, purple tomatoes and new tomato cosmetic products 

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan in studio for the Country Hour

Big lamb prices, more fodder movement and a move away from shiraz

Rural news and events from Victoria and the nation

Baling straw, corporate regenerative agriculture and wet kelpies.

Biggest falls in two years sweep across Victoria 

Farmers across the state wait for a weekend of rain, meanwhile the Victorian government says repairs to western Victorian roads are complete, but truck drivers disagree.

The Agriculture Minister on drought support 

Deer have eaten nearly an enitre vegetable crop for one farmer at Flowerdale and ACM milk price step up

Broadcast from Yanakie in South Gippsland with Faith Tabalujan

Milk price madness as we broadcast on the deadline day for milk price announcements

The Victorian Country Hour visits drought-affected Mortlake in the south west of the state to hear about the dry conditions

The Victorian Country Hour broadcasts live from from a drought-affected dairy farmer at Naringal, in the state's south west

Angus Verley and Warwick Long travel to Charam in western Victoria to Elise Kealy's farm to discuss the drought with local farmers.

Hugh Killen's move into regenerative farming 

Victorian Country Hour drought tour from the Horsham studios 

Fonterra announces an $8.60kg/ms milk price

The Victorian Country Hour visits drought-affected Molesworth and gets tips on surviving the dry

Bad fertiliser forces a farmer to tip his silos

Virtual fencing gets the green light in VIctoria 

Listen to the owner of bull poo which made it to the premier of Victoria's parliamentary office tell the Country Hour how it got there

Victorian Country Hour broadcasts live from protests against the Emergency Services and Volunteer Fund