Country Today - August 10th

Crops are soaking up this weekend's rainfall, with totals of 10 to 40 mm across key agricultural areas. You’ll hear from the Youth Climate Champion for COP31, Sally Higgins. Her message to governments: mobilise young people and accelerate progress. Federal Parliament resumes for the Spring sitting. You’ll hear from Nationals MP for Gippsland, and shadow agriculture minister Darren Chester about the big issues facing agriculture at the moment. Australian Women in Agriculture Board Director, Emily Blackburn, about the need for more women in agricultural leadership roles. The Victorian Farmers Federation is urging it's members, other farmers and anyone living in regional Victoria, to have a say in the second annual State of The State - Victorian Farmers Priorities Survey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.