Getting the Upper Land | Episode eight - video Dailymotion

Rebecca Nadge holds down the fort with Denis Howard off mending.

Transcript

00:00 Welcome back to another episode of Getting the Upper Land, where you'll get a rundown

00:13 of some of our top stories.

00:14 I'm your livestock editor, Rebecca Nagge, and in case you're wondering, I haven't

00:18 sacked senior journalist Dennis Howard.

00:21 He's actually recovering from surgery.

00:23 He made it to Agquip in Tamworth last week before promptly having to check into emergency

00:27 and have his appendix removed.

00:30 It really is extraordinary, the lengths that people will go to to get out of work.

00:35 Making news this week, Dennis did manage to file a pretty comprehensive wrap on the new

00:40 varroa mite detections in the Riverina and Sunrazer.

00:44 This has come at a very bad time.

00:46 There's about 300,000 hives down there, all set for almond pollination.

00:52 This week's cover story is by Simon Chamberlain and Jamie Brown, taking a look at durum wheat.

00:57 Following last year's wet season, a lot of producers opted not to go with durum this

01:02 time round, but the outlook coming into harvest is actually quite strong.

01:07 Plus in rural life, we've got a spread by Elke Devney, who's taking a look at people

01:11 who are restoring bush churches.

01:15 Over in livestock, we have a big wrap on the Rabobank Merino National Sheep Show and Ram

01:20 Sale.

01:21 As well as the show, the event also had a fleece competition, sashed the National Supreme

01:25 Ram, plus had junior judging and a Schools Weathers comp.

01:30 We've also got a report on the RAS Beef Challenge results, which saw a good spread of breeds

01:35 across the categories.

01:38 Competitors say it's a really useful event in terms of staying commercially relevant

01:42 and benchmarking against other studs.

01:45 And obviously, keep an eye out for those strong bull sale results.

01:49 Churro Whiteface topped at $130,000, with Dunoon Angus topping at $125,000.

01:56 You can of course buy the land today at all good news agents, and don't forget to jump

02:01 online and follow us at theland.com.au and like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram.

02:07 And the two of us will be back next week.

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