Country Today - October 29th

The Federal Government has confirmed it’s reviewing a carbon border adjustment mechanism, similar to one being introduced in Europe. Farmers fear it could drive up the cost of key agricultural inputs, particularly fertiliser. The National winner of last night's AgriFutures Rural Women’s Awards, celebrating innovative women in rural communities. A Southwest Victorian stud doubled its spring ram sale average at Friday's Barongarook sale, south of Colac, with a top price of $2150. Victorian sheep producers are leading a lift in farm confidence, emerging as the state’s most optimistic sector according to the latest Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey. A severe native caterpillar outbreak that has defoliated thousands of hectares of Mallee eucalypts in South Australia and has prompted research into the risk of similar outbreaks in Victoria’s Mallee region.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.