Country Today - June 22nd

We’ll talk about the discovery of the highly infectious H5N1 avian flu in WA with egg producer Brian Ahmed who says it’s when, not if, we get infections in our poultry flocks. Wouldn’t it be great to get a bird's-eye view of how your crops are faring. Well, you can, though satellite imaging and Victoria’s crops are going gangbusters.. Farmers reliant on bees for spring pollination are being urged to act now to secure contracts with apiarists or chance missing out due to the spread of varroa mite.   The annual Best Wool/Best Lamb and Better Beef conferences are on in Ballarat, One of the Keynote speakers is John Francis who says most farmers need to rethink their mindset.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.