Country Today - August 4th

It’s increasingly looking like the highly virulent strain of bird flu is here to stay. Today you’ll hear from Victoria’s chief vet, Graeme Cooke. Global wheat prices are rallying due to Middle East tensions and Black Sea shipping delays, yet domestic prices have barely moved. Slaughter cattle prices have been under pressure due to weaker international demand, with Australia having hit its tariff-free beef export quotas for both China and South Korea. To Sheepvention in Hamilton, where the winner of invention of the year was for a titanium shearing hand piece. Farms and food processors across Australia are screaming out for people to help them with information technology.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.