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Agricultural Analyst at Profarmer Australia, Sean Hickey talks about the latest movements in China and Russia and how they might affect Australia's cropping sector and prices, as we discuss planting intentions and the latest price movements in barley, grain and canola.

The shadow minister for road safety Vincent Tarzia says he's written to the police minister Joe Szakacs to address a very concerning rise in South Australia's road toll to listen to experts and develop solutions to reduce road trauma and deaths on the state's roads.

The senior botanist and mycologist at the State Herbarium in Adelaide talks with FlowFM listeners about the dangers of death cap mushrooms already detected this season in the Adelaide Hills and provides tips on identifying and avoiding risk when foraging for mushrooms, and symptoms to watch for and be aware of longer-term for adults, children or animals that have eaten them

The National Party federal leader talks about efforts of the former Coalition government to adequately fund biosecurity for the long term after federal officials detected 38 tonnes of meat and other products in western Sydney recently. The shadow agriculture minister discusses initiatives to combat Queensland fruit fly in South Australia and Victoria's Sunraysia region, questioning what will be in the May federal budget to preserve biosecurity for productivity and export market access.

Solar Citizens' Ajaya Haikerwal has been showcasing an electric ute in Canberra and lobbying politicians on fuel efficiency standards, driving the ute from Sydney to Melbourne and back including a visit in mid-April at Mulwala in southern New South Wales. We discuss the features of the LDV ute he's driving, charging opportunities and fuel efficiency.

The member for Mallee says she's been informed that Bendigo Bank will close agencies in Warracknabeal and Sea Lake among other locations in her north-western Victorian electorate, and says she spoke at a migration forum in Sydney recently about a proposal to set a minimum annual salary for temporary and permanent skilled visa migrants into Australia.

Australia's shadow sports minister speaks with FlowFM listeners about how taxpayer money is being spent on the Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games both being hosted in Australia in the next decade, as the Coalition opposition succeed in launching a senate inquiry into various aspects of the Games' preparations

Andrew Partridge from Michell Direct Wool talks about the finer detail of a market where the Eastern Market Indicator stayed, in the final washup, the same as last week as we look at the slow progress on shearing and an emerging solution to the backlog on containerising wool as a replacement dumping capacity approaches coming online later in 2023.

The consumer affairs minister talks with regional South Australian FlowFM listeners about an imminent blitz of regional petrol stations' compliance with the realtime pricing scheme so that motorists locally and on holidays can find the best prices in popular holiday locations