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With a 'foot in both camps' processing wool in China and Salisbury, SA, Steven Read welcomes the $660,000 federal funding announcement to explore investment into Australia's wool supply chain

Speaking from Canberra between sitting weeks, Senator Antic also comments on the Marshall Liberal Government's position on vaccine mandates and the handover of responsibility to a health bureaucracy

Andrew also talks about livestock pasture growth and market movements on that front in this week's conversation with Rikki on FlowFM

What impact will riverine flooding in NSW and Qld have on the cattle market? Has the spring flush finally washed through the sheep market? Angus chats with Rikki on Flow about this week's beef and sheep markets.

Could Grey become a marginal seat that decides the federal election? Incumbent Liberal MP Rowan Ramsey hits back at SA independent senator Rex Patrick's critique of his record in Grey, saying he's confident Patrick will run in Grey. In a hung parliament, Grey voters' choice could decide the next prime minister. Mr Ramsey also discusses his views on nuclear energy and storage - and social disadvantage - in the electorate, and progress on duplicating the Joy Baluch bridge at Port Augusta amid the recent closure of the alternate Yorkey's Crossing due to wet weather.

On running for Grey: "It was a seed planted by the Liberal Party and look so I hadn't given it any thought until Nick Xenophon stuck up his hand and said he might run for the senate, he's my old boss, he gave me his seat, I'd find great difficulty in contesting Nick noting that he'd handed the reins to me, in those circumstances it would be highly likely I would switch to Grey ... but right now I want to represent South Australians right across SA"
The SA senator says he supports export of Grey's uranium deposits - to the right countries - but doesn't see a bright future for nuclear energy in Australia, saying renewable energy ought to have resolved its baseload energy generation concerns long before nuclear energy is viable for SA.

Joining Liberal member for Mackillop Nick McBride in a visit to South Australia's South East, Minister Wingard tells Rikki on Flow the state government is grateful for motorists' patience on the Riddoch Highway, is investing in community sport and hints at a second tranche of jetty funding for regional SA after outgoing Liberal MP for western SA's seat of Flinders called for the 'next government' to put more funding into coastal jetties. The Minister also ambushes Rikki with an embarrassing piece of history...

In this interview with Flow, Emma talks about why she is studying Ag Science with her high graduation score from Loxton High, sings the school's praises and talks about the need to feed the world. The 2021 Lois Harris Scholarship sponsored by The Agricultural Bureau of South Australia was recently awarded to Emma and presented by Ag Bureau Chair, Janette Ridgway. The $2000 Lois Harris Scholarship is awarded to a first-year student studying the Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Adelaide. The scholarship is named in memory of Lois Harris, a member of the Advisory Board of Agriculture from 1995 to 1998. Former Loxton High School student Emma Knowles was the 2021 recipient after receiving the highest Tertiary Entrance Score (TER) for a student entering the Agricultural Science course in 2021 with an outstanding ATAR of 99.7.