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00:00 Welcome back to another episode of Getting the Upper Land where we give you a rundown
00:13 on some of our top stories.
00:15 I'm livestock editor Rebecca Nagy and I'm senior journalist Dennis Howd.
00:19 We're coming to you today from a very windy Yildon Valley ball goats and just like the
00:24 goats my co-hosts and I are often butting heads.
00:26 Surprisingly though you never win even though your head's full of rocks.
00:31 At least there's something in there.
00:35 In news this week we take a look at water with changes to the coastal rainfall harvesting
00:39 regulations and currently a stock and domestic water review underway.
00:45 We also take a look at some much needed rain around the state plus the areas that missed
00:50 out.
00:51 Simon Chamberlain has a good story on a couple from Glendinnis who won a Sydney Royal Fine
00:55 Food Awards gold medal with their Ollie Royal.
00:57 Plus we have a story looking at the lucerne seed shortage which has come about over the
01:02 past few months due to drought and floods both here and overseas.
01:07 Farm gate prices in the last five years have actually doubled.
01:10 What's happening in livestock news like that?
01:12 We've got a story from Queensland Country Life about a Warwick feedlot that's making
01:16 the move to be completely undercover.
01:19 This is pretty unusual for Australia even though it's common in the US.
01:23 The move was driven by animal welfare and environmental factors but it's also bringing
01:27 some economic benefits.
01:28 That sounds like it could go well.
01:31 Yeah.
01:32 We have a lead too by Jamie Brown about share farming in the dairy industry.
01:36 This does come at a time where a lot of dairy farmers are making the switch to beef but
01:40 those who are share farming say it can work well for both parties.
01:44 Also in dairy Saputo are cutting their processing plants in Australia in half and Carlandale
01:50 has the reasons why.
01:51 Keep an eye out too, we've had some big sales over the past week including Tatterhill Aussie
01:56 Whites and we have a wrap of results from the cattle section at the Melbourne Royal
02:00 Show.
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02:14 And we'll see you next time.
02:16 See ya.
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