Country Today - February 11th

As Australia and the European Union enter the final stages of free trade agreement negotiations, our agricultural industries are warning the government not to lock farmers into a second-class deal. Later we'll hear from the dairy industry, which says it's a hard no to a deal. First our red meat industry. At least 300 properties between Longwood and Alexandra have now registered with BlazeAid, marking the largest bushfire recovery effort the charity has undertaken since it was formed after the Black Saturday fires in 2009. A lot has happened in international beef trade in just these few short months this year. Global Agritrends Simon Quilty. The Weekly Times report, editor James Wagstaff. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.