Victorian Country Hour

Farmers and vets fear a deadly bird flu strain discovered in Western Australia is spreading, after the H5N1 variant of the virus was confirmed in a bird found on a remote beach.

Weather, climate, tax, beef quotas, tariffs and the first day for a new abattoir 

Michael McCormack in studio to talk water on the Country Hour 

The RSPCA is explaining why it's setting a standard for dairy

A fertiliser importer says the federal government import program is distorting the market 

Stefan Vogel from Rabobank talks war and fertiliser as the Middle East appears close to a peace deal 

Farmers debate the 70km dingo fence and what it means for the neighbours 

Broadcasting live from the National Wool Selling Centre, as wool prices continue to rise. 

Farmers for Climate Action want changes to the fuel tax credit scheme 

Matt Dalgleish talks cattle markets

Locusts have been seen in Victoria and we get an update

Angus Verley broadcasts live from the Victorian Apiarists Association - 2026 Annual Conference at Tullamarine.

Bull semen from Australia is back in China 

The federal government gives a fertiliser update 

Broadcasting live from the Victorian Farmers Federation conference in Ballarat.

Broadcasting live from the United Dairy farmers of Victoria conference on milk price day. 

Simon Quilty is in the studio to talk about the world of meat prices 

Paraquats future, wild dog coordinator funding and virtual fencing 

A scholarship for a young jackaroo who died in a farm accident, the clean up at Ruffy and massive feedback on the BoM's website 

SFF parliamentarian, Jeff Bourman talks gun laws on the Country Hour

ACCC fines in dairy

The slow work to change right to repair rules for agricultural equipment 

Live from Woolsthorpe for the launch of the Green Sheep Project in Victoria.

Research tries to differentiate wild dogs from dingoes and the new name for the Barmah Choke 

Where are the milk prices and what's going on in international trade

Cattle farmers lose in the federal court, seismic testing hurts fishing grounds and the National Hereford Sale 

Coles found to have misled shoppers on discounted items in bombshell Federal Court case.

Federal budget details for farmers

New technology will help tell the sex of a chicken whilst they are in the egg 

What does One Nation's big Farrer win mean for the Victorian election 

Is the federal government's fertiliser deal anti-competitive 

The Coalition unveils a transmission and energy policy in Victoria 

Two major fuel and fertiliser announcements for farmers in Victoria 

A case regarding secret footage in a Victorian abattoir has hit the High Court 

Police members return to harvest grapes at the scene of one of their most harrowing operations

Rural news and events from Victoria and the nation

Warwick Long live from Nagambie at the Murray-Darling Carp Action Summit.

Virtual fencing is expanding to Starlink 

A new policy in an old fight; we talk water with new Shadow Minister, Michael McCormack 

Wool prices have meteoric weekly rise but is it enough

Indonesian farmers and researchers helping keep a devastating citrus disease out of Australia through an ACIAR project