Country Today - March 19th

With farmers gearing up for the new sowing season, there’s a crisis not of their making. It is of course, the oil crisis. Should the Federal Government step in and prioritise and ration fuel? You’ll also hear from the Genetics Australia conference held this week in Geelong. What's happening with genetics in the United States with Dr. Kent Andersen, Director of Global Beef Genetics Zoetis. You’ll hear about the app, Knowby, managing workers by replacing verbal instructions with clear, visual guides for employees. And how genomics has boosted a dairy herd’s productivity so high it’s a struggle to lower milk yields, when it is finally time to dry the cows off.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.