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Mar 2023
55m 9s

South Australian Country Hour

ABC Radio
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The Australian wool industry is looking to ramp up supply of the fibre to India, and recruit a much needed workforce in the process, twenty SA wineries will participate in a program that will help them crack further into the Canadian export market and one-thousand razorfish shells made from clay have been buried in a seabed near Kangaroo Island to create art ... Show More
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SA Country Hour
Rural news and events from South Australia and the nation. 
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South Australian Country Hour
An independent MP calls for the creation of an Independent Office of Animal Welfare for SA, room for cattle processing in southern Australia outstrips the north for the first time in two decades, and the national spring outlook show an elevated risk of bushfires in parts of WA, V ... Show More
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Australian wool production for the 25/26 season forecast to drop a further 10%, small-scale livestock producers advocate for greater access to community or micro-abattoirs, and a new study puts a billion dollar price tag on the contribution of working dogs to the Australian econo ... Show More
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