Country Today - March 27th

Australia is the second largest producer of almonds in the world but this year's harvest is going down as one of the most difficult. Wet humid weather has left growers throwing money at the crop to avoid mould reducing yield, not to mention the double whammy of the fuel and fertilizer crisis. And talking fuel, we’ll take a look at why Australia isn’t producing more biofuels. The weekly wool report and the EMI fell 27 cents to close at 1724 cents a kg  A water forum on the Murray Darling Basin Plan Saving the Basin from the Highway to HELL!  Rabobank has released it's latest snapshot of farmer sentiment, and even before the Iran war, high input cost concerns were the chief factor in an easing of farmer confidence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.