There's been some handy rain over the weekend. It's a real boost for grain growers in Victoria's southern cropping zones, but for livestock farmers, pastures are still suffering and animals are being grain fed.

Meanwhile Southwest Victorian farmers face an incredibly tough season. Australian Dairy Farmers President, Ben Bennett proposes one-off emergency drought payments.

Further north, Good news for irrigators in the southern Murray Darling Basin … There are high water storages in the basin despite a dry winter. 

We take a look at Australia's wool production with the forecast to fall by just over three per cent in this year.

We also find out about "The Small Blocks Big Dreams Healthy Hectares Guide" for  small-scale producers, bush block owners 

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