Queensland Country Hour ABC Podcasts
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Explore what it takes to put food on plates around the world, with our team of specialist reporters covering the big issues of rural life.
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Why Australia won't be piggy in the middle of China's EU pork war
On any given day in Australia, there are roughly 2.4 million pigs in our pork supply chain. It would take China, the worlds largest pork consumers, less than two days to eat their way through the entire herd. Despite that voracious appetite, Australian pork producers have no desire to take advantage of a trade war brewing between the world's two largest pork producers.
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Carving up where the money goes when you buy beef
When you buy beef, how much of the price you pay per kilo will actually reach the farmer who bred the animal it came from? It's not an easy question to answer, and as a quirk of statistics adds millions of uncounted cattle to the national herd size, who is making the money is about a lot more than supply and demand.
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Is Australia underestimating its bushfire risk?
Climate scientists have dug into an Antarctic ice core and found climate change is increasing the risk of significant fire seasons in the future meanwhile in Western Australia momentum is gaining to increase "right-way" fire practices as a fire mitigation strategy.
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Do you know if the honey you're eating is 100% real honey?
Fake honey is becoming more common overseas and Queensland Beekeepers Association says cheaper imports are undercutting Australian apiarists.
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Not all rain farmers get is good rain, and it can be enough to turn a good year bad.
It would be easy to think there's only one kind of rain for a farmer - good. But there is such a thing as spoiling rain, and it can make a big difference to the animals they're raising.
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The program that helped keep backpackers safe on farms has been quietly axed.
With little warning, and no consultation, the federal government has ended Harvest Trail Services, a free program that for 26 years has helped safely connect working holiday makers with farmers, providing background checks on both parties. Now it's gone.