Victorian Country Hour

Country Hour reporters cross in from around Victoria ahead of our 80th Birthday 

Live reports from three parts of Victoria from Country Hour reporters 

Important horticulture information for Victoria and a fascinating look at blowfly breeding 

Fire season preparations for Victoria and key land clearing laws are set to pass parliament 

Broadcast live from Parliament House after the ABC Showcase to celebrate the Country Hour's 80th birthday.

New BoM chief explains the $96.5 million spend on its new website  

How much did  the Bureau of Meteorology website upgrade cost? 

Victorian Country hour broadcasts live from VFF's AG Day pop up shot on Collins St Melbourne.

How to make farms safer with Samantha Pritchard 

Episode 3 comes into the studio to talk world grain and meat markets

Mill closes, farmers protest transmission line access and the federal Agriculture Minister talks Net Zero 

The Victorian Country Hour visit's Agriculture Victoria's Tatura SmartFarm in Victoria's Goulburn Valley.

Soaking rain has brought relief to dry paddocks across Victoria, but it will take months or even years for farmers to recover from the drought.

Australia's farm chemical regulator has suspended the use of a popular insecticide on several types of berries, after rising consumption levels reduced safety margins.

Is the change of a drug of choice crushing wine sales

Farmers from around the world join the Country Hour 

The USA will investigate the world's biggest meat processors over claims on inflated prices 

Local Hero Linda Widdup from Aussie Hay Runners

Over 100,000 hectares of Victorian wheat has been cut for hay 

Calls to ban the sale of Gazania as the weed continues to spread 

Warnings over mouse numbers in Australia 

The BoM join us to talk about your concerns 

Black iris are here for Halloween, the last day for a loved wool shop and numbers provided for livestock deaths

The BoM respond to criticism  

Farmers are still not happy with the bureau of meteorology website changes 

Meet Queen Almond, Poh Ling Yeow who has released a cookbook with the almond industry 

Rain across Victoria and we find out if it's helping or hindering 

Bird flu found at Heard Island 

The Bureau of Meteorology website upgrade overwhelmingly angers farmers 

Broadcasting live from Robinvale at the Australian Almond Research and Development forum.

GrainCorp workers are on strike at the Port of Geelong and the Port of Portland over EBA negotiations. 

The VFF is worried farmland will be traded away during a meeting between the Australian PM and US President

The Victorian Country hour visits Molyullah for the Mountain Cattleman's annual get together.

World record shearer Nikki Lyons speaks to the Country Hour 

The Victorian Country Hour broadcasts live as shearer Nikki Lyons attempts to set the solo female nine hour Merino lamb record

A major oyster industry may be returning to Victoria 

Does the kangaroo control permit systme work for farmers? 

Hard decisions are being made on the viability of some crops as the big dry continues in Victoria

Mega deal between Delta Ag and Elders gets approval with some caveats 

Day 2 from the Elmore Field Days 

The Victorian Country Hour broadcasts live from the Elmore Field Days

Australians prepare to go to the UN's World Food Forum