Country Today - August 12th

The increasingly herbicide resistant ryegrass can adjust its growth and reproduction to survive under drought stress by producing even more seeds. Bee keepers across the eastern states are putting the final pieces in place for this year’s almond pollination period which is heavily impacted by the spread of the varroa mite. The Weekly Times report with editor James Wagstaff. Not all farmers were celebrating the heavy downpour over the weekend, in fact for some, it caused more trouble than good. You’ll hear from a dairy farmer who discovered his cows stranded in flood. Deakin University has created a global map tracing the path of H5 bird flu from where it emerged in China in the 1990s and then took off in 2021.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.