Country Today - July 20th

If you relying on your rain gauge to make critical farm management decisions, you could be making costly mistakes. Today we’ll tease out how deep soil moisture probe networks on farm can reveal the secrets of your soils. The American Sheep Industry Association has persuaded the U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate imports of lamb meat. So how likely is Australian lamb to be hit with Trump tariffs? With the value of sheep at record levels, there's an increase in sheep theft, and the thieves know what they’re doing. To ongoing research into treating flystrike in sheep. Australian Wool Innovation funded research shows Tea-tree oil has promise in creating new biopesticide for the sheep.  Where would we be without our firefighters and emergency workers? The Australian and New Zealand Council for Fire Emergency Services or AFAC is back in Melbourne next month with 18-21 August at the Melbourne convention and exhibition centre.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.