Former regular Michell Wool correspondent with FlowFM for the Friday wool report Steven Read was tragically lost recently and Michell's correspondent since April, Andrew Partridge and Flow's Rikki Lambert express their gratitude for Steven's involvement in their lives and the wool industry on a sombre note at the end of an otherwise positive market report for Australian wool producers.

Rain and flooding impacts on Victorian and New South Wales grain crop harvest and quality heads the discussion as we look at the comparative situation for South Australian growers and the latest international market and crop harvest announcements

Episode3's Matt Dalgleish chats with Flow listeners about the latest movements in the Australian cattle and sheep markets and export market opportunities

Australians like to make light of tough situations and whether its snatch straps as the hot property for farmers this harvest or the Swan Hill KFC running out of chicken, Quambatook farmer and Graingrowers Ltd chair Brett Hosking helps us through a challenging harvest season with insights on how rain affected Australia's grain crop might be - and we return to the conversation of getting grain and other freight off the roads and onto rail such as the Murray Basin Rail project

The independent MP for the Yorke Peninsula based electorate hopes he can garner 10,000 signatures to spark a parliamentary inquiry into regional health services - and is calling for a fairer distribution of medical GPs in regional SA, and a dedicated Regional Health minister

Despite the regional population boom and ability to telework, regional bank closures continue with South Australian towns of Coober Pedy, Kapunda and Tailem Bend losing their last bank branches - the FSU state secretary Jason Hall fills Flow listeners in on the latest

The member for Riverina says flood mitigation via raising the Wyangala Dam wall is now critical and speaks about flooding impacts at Lockhart and Narrandera - also, frustration of emergency service volunteers at people driving through floodwaters going 'beyond the pale', a big challenge for grain growers with saturated cropping lands - and the value of Prime Ministers visiting electorates in times of distress

ABARES executive director Jared Greenville shares with Flow listeners in regional NSW, Victoria and South Australia the latest views on flooding impacts on Australia's grain harvest in terms of volume and quantity ahead of a formal update in December

Grainwise's Fabian Devereux speaks in particular about the growing conditions in the Mallee of north western Victoria and the sentiment among growers leading up to the 2022 Australian grain harvest