Country Today - December 11th

The sudden shutdown of major Gippsland salad grower Dicky Bill has left over one hundred workers in Maffra in Gippsland unemployed, but the local community is doing all it can to help. Victoria has finally got with the program and approved the use of virtual fencing for cattle. You’ll hear how it all works from the New Zealand owned company Halter, the world’s largest virtual fencing provider. So simple to use, even a kid could do it. To canola, and many grain growers are asking. If canola prices are supposedly strong, why are they still stubbornly sitting below $1000 a tonne? Dairy farmers from the central African country of Zimbabwe have toured South West Victoria looking for insights into boosting herd numbers and productivity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.