Rural Focus
চ্যানেল বিস্তারিত
Rural Focus
Rural Focus is a unique program in commercial radio: it provides the most comprehensive coverage of agricultural and agribusiness issues affecting the rural communities in regional Western Australia.
সাম্প্রতিক এপিসোড
611 টি এপিসোড
Carbon Decisions - Six Lessons from the Paddock
Today's guests:
Dr Danielle Gale - Planfarm TerraWise director
Chris Gibbs - Rural Aid
Harry Carol - Nutrien Livestock
See omn...
The Fertiliser Supply Shortage Continues
Today's guests:
Phil Brooks - Whitfert Fertilisers
Georgia Campion - Countryman
Craig Walker - Nutrien Livestock
See omnystudi...
Knockdown Spraying, Carbon Fertiliser and Community Crops
Today's guests:
Andrew Harris - Elders Narrogin agronomist
Greg Watts - C-Wise CEO
Darren O'Dea - Farm Weekly editor
See omnys...
When the Rain Falls, the Snails Rise
Today's guests:
Svetlana Micic - DPIRD senior research scientist
Paul Nenke - Milne Feeds
Owen Catto - Regional Men's Health Initiat...
The National Variety Trials Harvest Reports Are Out
Today's guests:
Isabelle Rogers - GRDC National Variety Trials manager
Tamara Diver - Rural West COO
Harry Carol - Nutrien Mt Barke...
The Positives and Negatives of This Year's Seeding Program
Today's guests:
Eliza Redfern - Bendigo Bank Agribusiness senior manager of industry insights
Steve Martin MLC
Rebecca Nadge - Count...
How We Can Utilise Precision Sheep Management
Today's guests:
Darren De Vos - department development officer at DPIRD
Darren O'Dea - Farm Weekly editor
Craig Walker - Nutrien Li...
Securing WA's Fuel Supply
Today's guests:
Steve Thomas MLC - Southwest Liberal MP
Renata Paliskis - Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management
Warren Henry - Ross'...
Long-Term Soil Solutions Are Being Put on the Backburner
Today's guests:
Ben Plozza - Plozza Plows
Louise O'Neill - Rural Aid
Jeremy Stewart - Merrifield Real Estate
See omnystudio.c...
A Chat with the CEO of RFDS WA
Today's guests:
Judith Barker - RFS WA CEO
Jas Chamberlain & Jayden Ralph
Harry Carol - Nutrien Mt Barker
See omnystudio.com/l...
Are Other Grain-Exporting Countries Facing Similar Nitrogen Access Issues?
Today's guests:
Tom Mayfield - ADM Trading
Adelaide Hagan - agronomist at Elders Esperance
Georgia Campion - Countryman
See...
Lack of Housing in the Wheatbelt is Becoming a Major Headache
Today's guests:
Darren O'Dea - Farm Weekly editor
Holly Ludeman - Milne Feeds group veterinarian
Craig Walker - Nutrien Livestock
Where Does the Moisture in Our Soil Go?
Today's guests:
Bill Crabtree - 4 Farmers
Warren Henry - Ross's Auctioneers & Valuers
Jenny West - Women in Farming
<...
Agri Solar Across Our Wine Regions
Today's guests:
Dr Jo Wisdom - South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub
Oli Ayers - AgVocate
Johanna Tomlinson -...
Does Canola Have a Future in Biofuels?
Today's guests:
Vitor Pistoia - RaboResearch senior grains and oilseeds analyst
Michael Harding - Freight Lines Group
Harry Carol -...
WA Farmers Losing Confidence Even Prior to the Middle East Conflict
Today's guests:
Steve Kelly - Rabobank WA state manager
Rebecca Nadge - Countryman editor
Owen Catto - Regional Men's Health Initiat...
Our Rural Nurses Are Calling For Change
Today's guests:
Frances Rice - Australian College of Nursing
Darren O'Dea - Farm Weekly
Stephen Brown - Safe Farms WA
...
How To Stretch Your Fertiliser Further
Today's guests:
Jon Baird - grower relations manager at GRDC
Cam Dumesny - CEO of Western Roads Federation
Peter Rundle MLA - member...
Happy Easter! Let's Talk About Feral Rabbits...
Today's guests:
Heidi Kleiner - National Feral Rabbit Management Coordinator for the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions
Tania Cecconi...
Opportunity Knows No Postcode
Today's guests:
Jane Cunningham - president of ICPA WA
Steve Martin MLC
Craig Walker - Nutrien Livestock
See omnystudio.com/li...
What To Do If You Got Rain on the Weekend... And If You Didn't
Today's guests:
Peter Eliott-Lockhart - senior agronomist at Elders Geraldton
Michael Britton - animal product integrity and traceability...
Looking After Our Mental Health During Seeding
Today's guests:
Michael Kaufman - Regional Men's Health Initiative
Bill Crabtree - 4 Farmers
Paul Nenke - Milne Feeds
...
What Does this EU Trade Deal Mean for WA Producers?
Professor William Van Caenegen, agricultural law expert from Bond University, gives us the details of Australia's EU fair trade agreement that was sig...
The Middle East Conflict's Effect on Grain Values
Today's guests:
Ryan Aldridge - Aldridge Ag Contracting
Tom Mayfield - ADM Trading
Georgia Campion - Countryman
See omnystudio...
Mouse Alert!
We're being urged to check our paddocks for signs of mouse activity in the lead up to seeding, with reports of high activity in the northern and south...
Top Tips for Effective Canola Establishment
With this rain on the way and growers making decisions about seeding canola, we chat with CSIRO senior research scientist Andrew Fletcher about their...
Farmers Across Borders Calls for Government Support
As pastoralists in the Mid West and Gascoyne deal with a terrible drought, Farmers Across Borders are struggling to deliver much-needed feed due to fu...
WA's Truckies Are On the Edge, Only Two Weeks Into War
Today's guests:
Ben Sutherland - president of the Livestock and Rural Transporters’ Association of Western Australia
Kellie Todman...
Fuel and Fertiliser Shortages, Broken Weather Radars and... Buffalo Milk Ice Cream?
Countryman's Georgia Campion joins us this morning to tell us about the top stories in this week's paper,
Warren Henry from Ross's Auct...
How To Work With the Little Nitrogen We've Got
On today's show:
Bill Crabtree - 4 Farmers
Darren O'Dea - Farm Weekly
Craig Walker - Nutrien Livestock
See omnystudio....
No Weather Radar Coverage in North-East WA For Three Months
BOM's Jess Linguard joins us to talk about installing a new radar in the Kimberley,
Craig White from Elders has an update on his wherea...
Succession Planning on the Family Farm... How Do We Start the Conversation?
Rabobank is bringing succession planning sessions to Esperance, Corrigin and Cunderdin! Skye Ward from Rabobank talks to us about the importance of fa...
Another Day, Another Fuel Price Increase
Darren Pulford from Bunbury Machinery joins us this morning for a local business perspective on the current fuel situation.
Stephen Bro...
How are Rural Fuel and Freight Companies Dealing with the Shortages?
Michael Harding from Freight Lines Group jumps on the show today to discuss the rising concern around the lack of diesel being sent to the bush.
Running on Empty: Farmers Need Fuel as Seeding Looms
This morning we spoke to Newdegate farmer Dean Sinclair about our WA farmers' lack of access to fuel. We'll be covering the fuel shortage/price crisis...
Volatile Global Fertiliser Markets
Rabobank agriculture analyst Paul Joules gives his insight into the fertiliser situation,
Former WALGA president Karen Chappel tells us...
Should We Be Taking Ag Sustainability More Seriously?
In this episode:
Reid Seaby - Sustainable Ag Field Officer for West Region, Nutrien Ag Solutions
Paul Joules - Agriculture Analyst, Rabob...
A Spectacular Vintage Season in the South West and Great Southern
Jeff Burch, Howard Park owner, jumps on the show today to talk about how vintage 2026 is going. Turns out, this year is going to be an amazing year fo...
The Predicted Value of Agriculture
Darren O'Dea, Farm Weekly editor, gives us the latest top stories,
Nutrien's Craig Walker checks in from the Muchea sale yards,
<...