The Nationals' shadow assistant minister for regional development speaks with FlowFM listeners about whether her electorate of Mallee in north-western Victoria might share in the 2032 RAI target of 500,000 additional Australians living in regional areas, and the investment regional Australia needs to keep growing

Another downward priced market for wool producers in Australia with the market affected by global macro-economic factors and strong domestic supply.

Bendigo-based senior agricultural analyst at Rural Bank, Michael Curtis discusses the latest movements on Meat and Livestock Australia's Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) and National Trade Lamb Indicator

The weekly market wrap on Flow this week with Thomas Elder Markets' Andrew Whitelaw discusses recent developments surrounding both output and input prices for cropping producers affected by Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and related energy and other blockades, but also the state of Australia's freight and port systems after a recent ACCC report questioning the regulation level in place

COVID-19 and Indonesia's Foot and Mouth Disease situation have heightened farm and general public awareness of the importance of biosecurity measures and keeping pests out of farms, and Biosecurity SA's Dave Hubbard explains the initiatives farmers can take to minimise public entry onto their farms - and the risks unlawful entry onto farms poses

From Ukraine's stunning push-back in mid September 2022 near Kharkiv to 'bully boy' tactics by the Putin Russian regime on energy, the Australian National University professor of international security and intelligence studies John Blaxland discusses with regional Australian listeners on FlowFM what lessons can be learned from the conflict - and what the eye-watering rebuilding cost already looks like, well before the conflict foreseeably concludes

... and Putin Russia's possible role in anti-fracking protests, also explaining why the Liberals and Nationals in opposition voted against the Albanese federal ALP government's net zero bill

The National Party's federal member for Mallee remains in Canberra for meetings scheduled to occur during what is now a cancelled sitting week and discusses her message commemorating the late monarch, her legacy in the Sunraysia region of north west Victoria and the ceremonies underway in Canberra marking the accession of King Charles III and how the PM will need to make up lost sitting time before the October budget

Michell's Andrew Partridge breaks down the areas of interest and concern for wool producers in this week's AWEX trading data

Thursday's report (https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/record-grain-harvest-in-2020-21-exposed-issues-with-regulation-of-grain-ports) drew into focus what long-standing grain advocate Andrew Weidemann says the biggest test post deregulation of grain exports Australia has faced. We begin by discussing how the season is looking in early spring 2022 for farmers in the Wimmera and Andrew's Rupanyup mixed farming region - and Andrew discusses the future of grain rail including the Murray Basin Rail project, and the unique South Australian situation with recent port operators providing competition and ultimately price premiums for SA farmers.