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Apr 2023
55m 9s

South Australian Country Hour

ABC Radio
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A new five-year research project will look at applying inputs like nitrogen to harvest stubble to increase the amount of carbon converted from the crop residue, River Murray irrigators to receive their entire allocation in the indicative allocation information released today and traditional grape must was made during a Greek Orthodox Easter weekend, continui ... Show More
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The seafood industry welcomes the re-opening of the Boston Bay marine harvesting area, concerns for international collaboration as global fire seasons grow longer and overlap, and Australia exports a record amount of beef as cattle prices remain high. 
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An Adelaide butcher becomes the first to sell beef coming from cattle fed with SA-developed asparagopsis, producers across SA continue to struggle to access reasonably-priced fodder, and water entitlement values across the southern Murray Darling Basin rise for the first time in ... Show More
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