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Ed discusses with Flow listeners across regional Australia the will-they, won't-they game of Russian exports of food and farm inputs out of the Ukraine / Black Sea reason as one driver for global market activity in grains and oilseeds this week and harvest expectations for the northern hemisphere crop

In her first sitting week sworn in after winning a senate seat at the May 2022 federal election, new South Australian senator Kerrynne Liddle speaks with Flow on the Wednesday inflation data was due out highlighting the significant cost of living challenges for Australians. Senator Liddle also discusses the South Australian bipartisanship on delivering the 450 gigalitres committed under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan into South Australia.

The South Australian regional Liberal MP spoke with FlowFM about the 25th anniversary of the Berri Bridge, local views on a new bridge at Lyrup's 'Spring Cart Gully', the developing Tailem Bend drag strip, Parilla primary industry investment backed by the former Liberal government, pollination needs for almonds et cetera in the Riverland, the status of the Fruit Fly situation in the Riverland and Foot & Mouth Disease concerns not justifying in late July the Liberal-National federal coalition's calls for a closure of the border with Indonesia - a view similar to that expressed on Tuesday on Flow by SA Primary Industries Minister and Labor MLC Clare Scriven

Agriculture Victoria has assured state MP for north western Victoria, Ali Cupper, they will swiftly but methodically assess applications to bring bee hives into the Sunraysia region for pollination of crops as NSW restrictions remain in place after a varroa mite outbreak in north-eastern NSW

Effie talks with Flow listeners in advance of highly anticipated Australian inflation data on Wednesday 27 July 2022 what it might mean for borrowers, savers and consumers

The bipartisanship seen early during the COVID-19 pandemic is contrasted with calls from the federal opposition to close the border with Indonesia over Foot and Mouth Disease in this chat with South Australia's agriculture minister equivalent, Primary Industries minister Clare Scriven MLC

The Friday following the agriculture ministers' meeting on Wednesday where NSW Ag Minister Dugald Saunders succeeded in a push to accelerate the electronic traceability of sheep and goats, the NSW government minister speaks with Flow listeners about the reason for the push, the state of play on Foot and Mouth Disease in Australia and progress on containing varroa mite in northern NSW - and the impact it may be having on almond pollination in the NSW-Victoria border region

... emphasises the importance of an independent Agriculture Commissioner for New South Wales.

Andrew Partridge discusses the processing challenges in the Chinese summer and the interest arising from Italy and elsewhere in Europe in wool

The CEO of Sheep Producers Australia speaks with Flow about Wednesday's unanimous decision at the meeting of the nation's agriculture ministers to speed up implementation of the sheep and goat electronic tracing system in place in cattle, as part of a biosecurity response strengthening defences as Foot and Mouth Disease looms close to the nation's borders in Indonesia, particularly Bali. Bonnie addresses why there has been a long time since Victorian implementation and that of cattle to implementation on sheep, and how the cost might be borne and/or appreciated by Australia's sheep producers.