Podcasts about country hour

The Country Hour broadcasts from the 70th Royal Darwin Show. New giant pumpkin record set for NT.

The Country Hour is broadcasting today from the National Farmers Federation conference which is on at the Barossa Australia's grain growers have planted more hectares of crop this winter than ever before Rob Kerin from Primary Producers SA announces he will step down as chair.

The Country Hour team broadcast the program live from the 183rd Campbell Town Show the longest running continuous agricultural show, and the focus again of the show was all around wool , sheep and lamb production plus the shearing industry and the fine fashions in wool

The Country Hour broadcasts from the 2021 Food Futures Conference.

Today the Country Hour comes to you from where two of our mightiest rivers meet - Wentworth. They call it a confluence where the Darling River flowing south turns a bend and ultimately disappears into the Murray.

The Country Hour sinks its teeth in the the juicy details of the Queensland property market which is as hot as beef prices at the moment and hear from the newest recruit for the state's newest meatworks.

Large portions of Western Australia's Pilbara and Gascoyne received decent overnight rainfall and so too did the majority of the grain growing regions in the south west land division. It's been years since Lake Grace had some decent rain, so farmers there are elated to see up to a hundred millimetres fall since yesterday afternoon. Lake Grace is about 340 kilometres south-east of Perth. Just south of there is Pingrup where Kelvin Holmes runs 15, 000 sheep. He has been carting water for years so he was over the moon when he realised 40 millimetres had fallen on his farm. This week on the Country Hour, the spotlight is on prostate cancer and that's because farmers and men in the country, seem to have a higher rate of this cancer. The Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia says a recent national study into the incident, mortality and survival rates of this cancer, found that men living in rural and regional areas, who were diagnosed with prostate cancer, were 24 per cent more likely to die within five years of being diagnosed, compared to men in urban areas. So what is it about life in the country and being a farmer that could make this group more susceptible? One thing is for sure, men in rural and regional areas of Australia get less prostate specific antigen or PSA blood tests done. But there's also a controversial suggestion of a link between on-farm chemicals and prostate cancer, it's a suggestion or theory that has never been proven.

The Country Hour is broadcasting from Yalumba wines in the Barossa, to find out how harvest is going. Across a number of wine regions, it is being described as an ‘exceptional’ vintage that should produce high quality wines, and yields are high too. It’s a welcome piece of good news for an industry that has struggled through Chinese tariffs and slowing domestic demand.

The Country Hour was broadcast from the pig and goat pavilion at the Royal Easter Show.

The Country Hour is at the Sydney Royal Easter show broadcasting from the woodchop competition area.

The Country Hour broadcasts from the NT Cattlemen's Association's 36th annual conference, in Alice Springs.

The Country Hour broadcasts from the NT Cattlemen's Association's 36th annual conference, in Alice Springs.

The Country Hour broadcasts from Katherine as rivers rise across the region. Will Evans is the new NTCA CEO.

The Country Hour broadcasts from Katherine as rivers rise across the region. Will Evans is the new NTCA CEO.

The Australian Livestock Exporters' Council announces a new corporate partnership it says will strengthen its reputation as a legitimate industry; some big rain has been welcomed in parts of the state, with 193mm at Gregory Springs north of Hughenden; and, join the Country Hour for a paddock-to-plate tour of tropical north Queensland.

The Australian Livestock Exporters' Council announces a new corporate partnership it says will strengthen its reputation as a legitimate industry; some big rain has been welcomed in parts of the state, with 193mm at Gregory Springs north of Hughenden; and, join the Country Hour for a paddock-to-plate tour of tropical north Queensland.

Hundreds of Australians have been honoured in the Australia Day awards for their contribution to the country and today on the Country Hour it's a chance to highlight some of the achievers in regional areas. Jamie Wallace is one, he now has an Order of Australia medal He was born in Kalgoorlie, and he and his dad developed Wallace Drilling and several drilling techniques still used in industry today.

Hundreds of Australians have been honoured in the Australia Day awards for their contribution to the country and today on the Country Hour it's a chance to highlight some of the achievers in regional areas. Jamie Wallace is one, he now has an Order of Australia medal He was born in Kalgoorlie, and he and his dad developed Wallace Drilling and several drilling techniques still used in industry today.

A short Country Hour presented during the cricket lunch break. Featuring the VFF's new CEO, harvest disruption and bumper seafood sales.

A short Country Hour presented during the cricket lunch break. Featuring the VFF's new CEO, harvest disruption and bumper seafood sales.

The Country Hour broadcasts during the cricket lunch break. Bringing you the latest on a new safflower variety, feral animal cull, and NLIS tag price rises.

The Country Hour broadcasts during the cricket lunch break. Bringing you the latest on a new safflower variety, feral animal cull, and NLIS tag price rises.

The NT's seafood industry has been going flat out in the lead up to Christmas; The Country Hour goes looking for a Territory turkey.

The NT's seafood industry has been going flat out in the lead up to Christmas; The Country Hour goes looking for a Territory turkey.

Christmas lunch is served on the Country Hour

Christmas lunch is served on the Country Hour

The CEO's of the NT's primary industries join the Country Hour for a special Christmas lunch.

The CEO's of the NT's primary industries join the Country Hour for a special Christmas lunch.

From it's beginnings as way of boosting war-time production to becoming a platform for telling the stories of life in regional Australia, the Country Hour is as close as you can get to a radio institution. To celebrate the 75 years on air for Australia's longest running radio program Nightlife we're going to look back on the history of rural broadcasting at the ABC and what the business of bush journalism is actually like today.

The big day is finally here! Today the Country Hour celebrates its 75th birthday. John Barnett was in the ABC rural department for years and also was the inaugural weather presenter on channel ten Perth and then work on channel nine's Postcards. John Barnett took part in today's celebration to reveal two stories, from his time in the ABC Rural Department, that have never been told before. Former ABC rural reporter Paul Thompson also reflected on his time with ABC Rural.

The big day is finally here! Today the Country Hour celebrates its 75th birthday. John Barnett was in the ABC rural department for years and also was the inaugural weather presenter on channel ten Perth and then work on channel nine's Postcards. John Barnett took part in today's celebration to reveal two stories, from his time in the ABC Rural Department, that have never been told before. Former ABC rural reporter Paul Thompson also reflected on his time with ABC Rural.

The Country Hour celebrates its 75th anniversary.

The Country Hour celebrates its 75th anniversary.

ABC Rural celebrates 75 years of The Country Hour and its relationship with rural Australia, we took you to the John Oxley Library in Brisbane, the place which houses a huge amount of history of the state of Queensland.

The Country Hour celebrates 75 years with farmers key agricultural representatives John Lush and Rob Ashby, Professor Matt Gilliham- Director of the University of Adelaide's Waite Research Institute and Professor Rachel Burton talk about the future of Agriculture research and former Country Hour presenter and head of ABC's rural department reflects on his time.

The Country Hour celebrates 75 years with farmers key agricultural representatives John Lush and Rob Ashby, Professor Matt Gilliham- Director of the University of Adelaide's Waite Research Institute and Professor Rachel Burton talk about the future of Agriculture research and former Country Hour presenter and head of ABC's rural department reflects on his time.

ABC Rural celebrates 75 years of The Country Hour and its relationship with rural Australia, we took you to the John Oxley Library in Brisbane, the place which houses a huge amount of history of the state of Queensland.

The Derwent Valley Orchard of Reid Fruits was the setting for a celebration of 75 years of ABC Rural and the Country Hour, and guests included Tim Reid, Frances Bender from Huon Aquaculture long time Derwent Valley farmer Richard Warner and former Country Hour presenters Sally Dakis and John Hamilton.

The Country Hour celebrates 75 years of broadcast.

The Country Hour celebrates 75 years of broadcast.

The Qatari Government has abruptly ended the subsidy of its Australian lamb import program, Member for Mayo Rebecca Sharkie pushes the Government to provide support to the wine and grape industry and the Country Hour celebrates 75 years of Port Lincoln as the tuna town.

The Qatari Government has abruptly ended the subsidy of its Australian lamb import program, Member for Mayo Rebecca Sharkie pushes the Government to provide support to the wine and grape industry and the Country Hour celebrates 75 years of Port Lincoln as the tuna town.

The Country Hour broadcasts from the Territory Natural Resource Management conference.

Some more rain over night in parts of the south west land division. Great to top up some dams, but putting a temporary stop to grain harvesting. This week on the Country Hour we're featuring some Aboriginal people involved in the stolen wages class action that was lodged three weeks ago, against the WA Government in an effort to retrieve lost earnings and compensation. Ninety three year old Maisie Weston doesn't have so many fond memories of her time working on farms. She was born near Katanning - a Goreng woman of the Noongar nation in WA's Great Southern. As part of the stolen generation Maisie Weston was just a child when she was sent to a number of native settlements run by the government. Then as a teenager she was sent to work on farms all over Western Australia's south west land division.

Some more rain over night in parts of the south west land division. Great to top up some dams, but putting a temporary stop to grain harvesting. This week on the Country Hour we're featuring some Aboriginal people involved in the stolen wages class action that was lodged three weeks ago, against the WA Government in an effort to retrieve lost earnings and compensation. Ninety three year old Maisie Weston doesn't have so many fond memories of her time working on farms. She was born near Katanning - a Goreng woman of the Noongar nation in WA's Great Southern. As part of the stolen generation Maisie Weston was just a child when she was sent to a number of native settlements run by the government. Then as a teenager she was sent to work on farms all over Western Australia's south west land division.

The Country Hour broadcasts from Humpty Doo Barramundi on National Barramundi Day.

The Country Hour goes to West Wyalong to a sheep sale to see how the season is going for graziers and mixed cropping enterprises.

The Country Hour broadcasts from a mango packing shed in Berry Springs.

The Country Hour went to the factory opening of a remote water technology facility in north Queensland and isolated rain on the weekend a game changer for southern Queensland apple and grain growers.

Country Hour broadcast from the Adelaide River Rosella Festival

The Country Hour broadcasts from Bushfires NT's new headquarters.

Country Hour broadcasts live from the Adelaide River campdraft. NAFI fire-tracking website receives much needed funding.

The Country Hour broadcasts from the Berry Springs Tavern. What's the outlook for the NT mango season?

The Country Hour broadcasts from the Howard Springs Tavern, as COVID-19 restrictions are eased.

The Country Hour broadcasts from Katherine. Local melon farmers cut back plantings because of coronavirus.

SANTFA R&D Manager talks about pre-emptive flame retardant trials on the Country Hour.

Through-out the world modern monoculture farmers are now starting to grow two crops together. In this special soil edition of the Country Hour we take a close look at cover, companion and inter-cropping systems. WA's seafood industries are hoping some of the federal government's $17 billion coronavirus stimulus package allows them to retain skilled workers.

Kangaroo Island recovering slowly - the Country Hour live from Parndana speaking to farmers about how the recovery is going. Kangaroo Island Recovery Coordinator Mike Williams, Blazeaid Kangaroo Island camp co-ordinator Greg Stevens and Paul Brown from WA fencing farmers speak to Isabella Pittaway about the work they're doing.

Michael Condon and Cara Jeffery broadcast the Country Hour from Batlow where the district is recovering from devastating fires.

A shorter Country Hour today during the lunch break in the cricket. We obviously have the latest weather details, but we also check in with the Country Fire Authority on fire conditions over the next few days.

The Country Hour broadcasts from the Humpty Doo barramundi farm.

The South Australian government is going to have another go at getting the GM crop ban lifted - this time through legislation, ABARES today released its December crop report which is forecasting the lowest production in 12 years and the Country Hour is celebrating its 74th birthday today.

Today a shorter Country Hour in the lunch break of the cricket. The latest details on the fire situation in Victoria and of course the latest weather and livestock information.

The Country Hour broadcasts from the frog races at the Noonamah Tavern.

The Country Hour broadcasts from the Bureau of Meteorology in Darwin

The Country Hour was broadcast today from the Royal Hobart Show and a number of agricultural producers were on board, including Broadmarsh dairy farmer Ben Geard who spoke about the latest report into the dairy industry which shows high input costs are weighing down the industry.

The Country Hour broadcasts from one of Australia's biggest mango packing sheds; and the Federal Government to deploy sniffer dogs to Darwin Airport.

The Country Hour live from the Yorke Peninsula Field Days, Nick Correll, Kulpara and Chris Moloney, Arthurton discuss the season, ag tech is also on the agenda at the field days, and the South Australian Wine Industry Association condemns ACCC report o the wine industry but Riverland grape growers support it.

Gamechanger, lifesaving, too late, the Country Hour looks at what the weekend's rain has been described as for some farmers, Riverland nut producer, Almondco, will undergo a major expansion at its Renmark processing facility and a new, mobile way to detect which pests are in the air before they gain a foothold on farms is being tested in the Mid-North.

Live from the Royal Adelaide Show, 3D printing is a rapidly growing market and the Country Hour hears about some of the technology involved; native bush foods included in the Royal Adelaide Show cookery program for the first time; and the Rural Ambassador finalists discuss why the program is important.

The Country Hour speaks with Chris Calogeras following his nomination for the National Seafood Hall of Fame.

A breakthrough as scientists search for the cause of pasture dieback; the tiny town of Weengallon comes alive for the 20th anniversary of breast cancer fundraising event Pink Ladies Day; and the Country Hour broadcasts a special report from Malanda as the Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation holds its AGM.

The Country Hour broadcasts from the Gove Boat Club at Inverell Bay, where we find out what the fishing has been like in Gove this year.

Huge rise in value of cropping and grazing land in Southern Queensland defies ongoing drought conditions; how alpacas are helping special needs students adapt to high school; and, a special Country Hour panel from an international erosion conference in Townsville.

The Country Hour heard from the Queensland mines minister who says he expects full cooperation from companies in relation to another death and injury of two miners over the weekend and we celebrate the sale of the Mossman sugar mill back to local growers.

Welcome to the Cultivate farms podcast. Sam Marwood here. And thank you for taking the time to listen to our podcast. We're thinking of as many ways to get you onto your farm or help you to step back and we really hope you find all of this information useful and inspiring. Let's get you farming!     “  Speaker: Well Sam Marwood runs a company that tries to match up retiring farmers who are struggling to exit the industry with aspiring farmers people who desperately want to own their own farm. You might remember hearing about this in a special episode of The Country Hour last year and it featured some Western Australians who were either trying to get in or out of the industry even though there aren't many details to today's pre-election commitment from the Coalition. Sam Marwood thinks such a low interest loan would give his clients another bargaining chip to convince retiring farmers to give them a go.   Sam Marwood: “I think anything to help young farmers find a pathway to farm ownership is a great thing in our books and I guess our main question would be is a repository required for getting access to this loan. I think the answer would be yes and then there's still the outstanding question for most young farmers is how do you get that deposit to access that loan   Host: Is that the biggest hurdle to overcome?   Sam Marwood: It's the number one that's what we're finding all over Australia and the world is. How do you get a half a million or a million dollars in your back pocket to convince someone to get you onto a farm   Speaker: But a loan of up to two million dollars isn't to be sneezed at is it.   Sam Marwood: It's an amazing. What amazing tool for young farmers having a back pocket. That's what we're trying to inspire young farmers to do is think about all the opportunities available to you and leverage them like an entrepreneur would. So if those loans are available what I'll be doing is setting up as many people as I know and building my networks of people who could back me onto a farm who have money whether that's locals or family or high net worth individuals and say to them I'm the best farmer going around I know how to make money. Here's a farm opportunity and I have access to relatively low interest loans so why not why not back me or even committing a retiring farmer in that same sort of fashion. Someone who doesn't want to step back from or sell their farm and happy to step back and share ownership. They didn't look up at access to this low interest loan. How that would work out a deal.   Speaker: You deal with a lot of aspiring farmers people who would like to get into farming. Do you think a commitment like this in the lead up to an election might be enough to convince them to keep their vote or to sway their vote towards the Coalition?   Sam Marwood:   You'll never know. You never know why they will vote. I think I think in general from our point of view anything that is getting people thinking about farm ownership and they get it giving people the inspiration that farm ownership is possible and there are people out there trying to help you to make that happen I think is a great thing. We think this farm ownership issue and the eligibility for young people to get capital is the biggest reason why young people are leaving regional communities and not staying on farms. And if we can eliminate that barrier we can we can see a brain drain back to the country.   Speaker: How long has your organisation been operating now?   Sam Marwood: Four years   Speaker: And are you having some success trying to allow people who want to get out of farming and retire and then allowing people who would like to get into farming so that they can live their dream.   Sam Marwood: Absolutely, having conversations like this every day with retiring farmers who don't want to sell and just walk away and we've got hundreds of aspiring farmers who want to own a farm and finding pathways to get into ownership we've made a number of matters now we've got plenty on their website to be able to have a look at now. There are farmers out there who want to transition ownership and happy to share their ownership in their farm with the kids aren't their own. And there are thousands of top quality next gen young farmers who would love to own a farm. Just capital is their biggest barrier. But we're ready to match them with whoever is ready.   Speaker: Sam Marwood he's the Managing Director of Cultivate farms. Talking to Richard Hudson about today's pre-election commitment from the coalition to provide low interest loans of up to two million dollars for aspiring farmers.        “                                                                                                    Thanks for your attention. We know there are thousands of other things you could be doing or other podcasts you could be listening to but you've chosen to listen to us. We appreciate your time so much. Please reach out as we're happy to work through your farm ownership pathway with you. Let's get you farming.  

YeeeHAAAW!! Saddle up listeners and join Susan for Country Hour (well she manages to play two country songs).   In this fun filled episode you'll also find out the finer points of robot recycling and meet an old robot friend of Susan's, Barry the helpful domestic/dictation droid! We also get to hear what some of you listeners out there in the wasteland think of the show (expect you Wendel!! Stop contacting us!!). So put on your best spurs, grab your six shooter and ride into the sunset with WVR!