Getting the Upper Land | Episode nine

Watch on for a rundown of some of The Land's top stories

Transcript

00:00 Welcome back to another episode of Getting the Upper Land, where we give you a rundown

00:08 on some of our top stories. I'm livestock editor Rebecca Naj.

00:12 And I'm senior journalist Dennis Howard. It is good to have you back, Dennis. I've

00:16 been practicing, so I hope that sounded sincere. Not at all, but keep practicing.

00:21 While I was laid up on my bed after my emergency appendectomy, there were reports of a voodoo

00:25 doll being found in someone's work ute. The length some people will go to to hog the limelight,

00:31 hey? Those reports are totally unsubstantiated.

00:35 Making news this week, Dennis, you take a look at the continuing varroa on-light situation

00:39 and the impact it's having on beekeepers down south who are caught up in the outbreak.

00:44 Yes, with 250 infected premises now, some apiarists are calling for a change to the

00:49 National Response Plan. We've also got a story by Lexi Bernard on

00:54 the response to the Hume leak reports, and feedback has not been entirely positive.

00:58 Not at all. The inquiry found that overhead power lines are the way to go, despite community

01:03 preference for underground cabling. We also have a story by Gregor Hurd and Quinton

01:08 McCallum on lentil prices breaking through the $1,000 per tonne barrier and how that

01:14 will affect other post prices in New South Wales.

01:17 Over in livestock, I chat to Shane Thompson from Holbrook Vet Centre about what it takes

01:22 to manage stud bulls. He says the industry needs a paradigm shift in the way bulls are

01:27 presented for sale, as having massively overweight bulls is affecting their longevity.

01:32 It's going to be interesting to see how that one's received, Beth.

01:35 Yeah, definitely. Keep an eye out too for a world record sale of a Speckle Park bull,

01:41 plus Parraway Pastoral's plans to be carbon neutral by 2040.

01:45 We also have a market story on the lift in Wool, which is the first bit of good news

01:49 in that space for quite a while, so hopefully that lift continues.

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02:04 And we'll see you next week. See you next week.