Country Today

Country Today - August 5th


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Australia's once thriving wool processing industry is losing its only Victorian mill. Geelong was once the wool capital of the world and its last mill EP Robinson will close with the loss of 30 jobs.

A new vaccine being developed for foot and mouth disease.

This week the annual Mallee Machinery Field Days returns to Speed for the 45th time on Wednesday and Thursday.

The FutureAg expo is on this week, 6-8 August at the Melbourne Showgrounds. About its parent, the largest agtech expo on the world, Agritechna held every three years in Hannover, Germany.

A new online marketplace O N O Rural is Australia’s free rural platform, where users can buy, sell, or advertise anything from machinery and stock, to jobs and country properties. 

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