The Rural News

Thousands of Aussie farmers were watching - when 4000 Brahman cattle were sold by Auctions Plus in what is understood to be Australia's largest online cattle auction.

The mob reportedly sold for $1653 a head or 474c/kg liveweight. Similar steers - also from the Northern Territory - are currently selling for around 455c/kg 
 
Rural reporter Gabrielle Hodson spoke with Paul McCormick from Elders, who says it opens up the market to new kinds of buyers.

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In today's National Rural News:  

** Good news on water allocations and some welcome rain means there's now a rush to get rice plants ready in the Riverina,

** Spectacular results from what's believed to be Australia's biggest online auction of cattle,

** and Queensland grain farmers hoping their government will delay new exposure limits for phosphine - which they say are so low, it doesn't work, 

Plus the latest from the markets and more. 

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Country students become country doctors - or at least that's the theory.

Eliza O'Sullivan has worked with a friend to create the charity  RuralRounds.org.au - which helps secondary students in the bush turn their seemingly-impossible medical dreams into reality.

Rural reporter Gabrielle Hodson spoke with the RDAA's Medical Student of the Year - who also just happens to be a 2027 Rhodes Scholar. 

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In today's National Rural News:  

**  Pauline Hanson says she won't go head-to-head with Nationals leader Matt Canavan who is seeking a lower house seat via the Rockhampton based seat of Capricornia,

** Grain farmers want a fair balance between human health and killing weevils when it comes to phosphine,

** and a $24 bottle of Clare Valley shiraz finishes in the top 10 at world wine competition, 

Plus the latest from the markets and more. 

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Ghost towns in Australia are not always what you expect.

Falling under the definition is everything from abandoned mining towns to holiday-home hotspots and even inner suburbs full of empty high-rise homes.  

Rural reporter Gabrielle Hodson spoke with Ray White economist Atom Go Tian, who says there are soem easy ways to avoid your community becoming a ghost town.

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In today's National Rural News:  

**  Cattle Australia fronts a Woolworths AGM to counter activists - and all of them are shareholders. 

** The Nationals say Canberra is using 'fake figures' to promote its European Union Free Trade Agreement,

** and bright purple GMO tomatoes hit the stores of Melbourne, 

Plus the latest from the markets and more. 

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Trust, value, knowledge and stopping to read the fine print are all essential if Australians are going to buy more local food and fibre.

Rural reporter Gabrielle Hodson spoke with Joe Hildebrand, who is the 'Back Australia' correspondent for Newscorp.

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In today's National Rural News:  

**  The Minns  Government has agreed to delay the new phosphine workplace exposure limit until July 2028 - giving farm advocates time to argue for meaningful new limits.

** A survey of Angus Australia members has found more than 80-per-cent oppose  handing over decades of genetic data to a new national evaluation  led by MLA,

** and fishers are making a beeline for East Gippsland where massive Pacific Blue Fin Tuna up to 231kg have been reeled-in, 

Plus the latest from the markets and more. 

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Australians were shocked - when it was revealed earlier this month that an established nest of deadly fire ants was found at a freight hub in inner Sydney.

Rural reporter Gabrielle Hodson spoke with Reece Pianta who is the Invasive Species Council Advocacy Director - and says Australia's peak authority on the issue is now demanding a review. 

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In today's National Rural News:  

** Owners of 10 or fewer legal firearms - and wanting to take part in the NSW buy-back - are being told there'll be no compensation,

** Australia's head agency for bio-security will review how a deadly fire ant nest was able to get established in a Sydney freight facility,

** And Victoria's Agriculture Minister says the Western Renewables link has to go ahead, claiming homes will be "bulldozed" if it doesn't follow the current planned route through farms,

Plus the latest from the markets and more. 

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