Victorian Country Hour

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This is the Victorian Country Hour with Warwick Long on ABC Radio Victoria ORG. A very warm welcome to the program to you.

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Today I have a simple question for you. It's about your tastes in TV. We're going to be speaking to one of the cast members, essentially, of Clarkson PERSON's farm. It's a hit TV show on agriculture where British TV personality, Jeremy Clarkson, tries to make a profit from his farm. Simple premise, it has captured the attention of the UK GPE.It's on streaming services around the world. It's been said in some corners that it's done more for farming than many other programs of its ilk have done ever. Do you watch it? Do you think it's good for agriculture? Let us know. Clarkson's Farm ORG, do you watch it? Is it good for agriculture? You're about to hear from Caleb Cooper PERSON. He is the farm manager on that program.He's just 25. He basically tells Jeremy Clarkson what to do, right? He's the guy who actually knows what he's doing. That full interview is coming up for you on The Country Hour WORK_OF_ART. If you watch the show, tell me if you think it's good for your industry.

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The Victorian Country Hour with Warwick Long on ABC Radio Victoria ORG. You've done it all.

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Why don't we make it to competition?

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Who can make the most money?

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Me out of unfarmed land or you out of farmland.

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I've got a new thing.

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Pigs.

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Ahead of the third season of Clarkson's Farm, a show where a rich bloke in the UK GPE with no skills tries to farm.

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A simple idea that people, including farmers in Australia, have said, have done more for agriculture and their industry than just about anything else for decades.

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I'm going to win this competition.

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Caleb Cooper PERSON stands as the voice of farming reason, the conscience of those who seem to know what they're doing.

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He loves cropping, he can't stand sheep. And he can join you now on the program to talk a little bit about this season and his farming philosophy. Welcome, Caleb PERSON. How you doing? I'm good. Tell us about your farming story. What were you doing in your life and farming journey before Clarkson PERSON's farm came along? I ask you a question. So I always say this. Farming, I think, saved me as a person. I'm only 25 years old as we speak now. And I say farming saved me for one reason.At age 12, my mum and dad went for a really tricky divorce, where my mum and myself went to one side and lived in one house, and my dad and my brother went to the other side and lived in a different house. Therefore, it split the family in half. Now, at the time, my mum just set up a mobile dog grooming business, where she returned at people's houses, groomed their dogs and so on.And it worked really well, but business was very slow. So, unfortunately, finances were very slow coming in. So I said to my mum at age 12, I said, you mum, I want to be a farmer when I'm older. I've seen tractors, I'm studying it. You know, I'm watching it.I'm intrigued by it on, you know, on like TV and so on. I said, Mom, I want to be a farmer when I'm older. I've seen tractors. I'm studying it. You know, I'm watching. I'm intrigued by it on, you know, on like TV and so on. I said, Mom, I want to be a farmer when I'm older. She said, right. So therefore, age 12, when I knocked on a farmer's door near me, and I asked him for a job. And he said, yes, of course. Now, I started full time on that dairy farm at the time.And basically dropped out of school in a way because school wasn't, I didn't think school was for me. Now, age 13, my mom, for my 13th birthday, my mom didn't buy me an Xbox, a PlayStation PRODUCT, she didn't buy me at a TV. But in fact, my mom brought me three chickens. And I thought to myself at age 13, I know I can set a business up. So therefore, age 13, I set my first company up.Now, I was selling chicken eggs around chipping order, which is my local town. And in that time, two months after my 13th birthday, I had 450 chickens because business was going that well. Now, at age 14, I thought to myself, how can I improve my business? I'm still working full time, but how can I keep improving my business? I know, I don't know why I did this, but I did. I brought three sheep. I don't know why I did it, but I thought it was a good idea at the time. Now, I hate sheep. I don't know if I can swear, but I would normally swear atthis point. I do apologize if it does come out, but I f-fing hate them. I'll, anyway, I thought, you know, as I'm taking my eggs round on a Saturday, because of course, I couldn't drive at the time. I was walking around my egg basket selling eggs. I would take a shoulder, a lamb round or a leg of lamb or some lamb chops. And I sold lots of lamb, like, you know, grass-fed lamb around shipping autumn. Now, at age 15, I thought, look, I'm working full-time now. How can I really build my business? And of course, I wasn't born into the industry. My mum and dad are not farmers.So therefore, to own your farm, it's incredibly hard to get to that point. But I thought, you know what, I'm going to set up a contracting business. Therefore, I could go and farm other people's farm, which is basically the next best thing for me. So therefore, I bought my first tractor, age 15. And age 16, I set my own contracting business up. And to this very day, you know, in terms of it's going, it started when I was 16 years old. And to this day, now we're farming three and a half thousand acres, doing about 2,500 acres of siloge in around here. We're rearing cattle for people. We'redoing muck spread. And we're spending about 65,000 tons of solid muck each year. I mean, it's probably like tiny, tiny numbers compared to Australia, Australian NORP farm, which I hope to see one day. But, or maybe even set up a contracting business over in Australia GPE. That's what I might be working on. Who knows?Anyway. And that is how it all pretty much started. Now, of course, at the time, the school were going, Caleb PERSON, we're getting very annoyed now because your attendance is like 5%, which I thought was good. I thought was good, right? Anyway, they kept fining my mum,£50 a week for my attendance being so bad. And my mum said to me, Caleb PERSON, I can't keep affording to pay this. I can't, you know, I can't do it. I said, mum, relax. I'm earning loads of money. I said, I got my chickens. I've got my sheep. I've got my contracting business. I'm working full time. I am on loads of money, mum. I'll pay the fine. So therefore, I paid the fine for five weeks straight. And it was in that time when the school got very annoyed at this point, knowing that I'm paying this fine off. So therefore, they called me in for a meeting. And they said,Caleb PERSON, we can't keep going on like this. I said, you know what? I agree. I said, you're costing me 50 pound a week. I said, that's 200 pound a month. Therefore 2,400 pound a year. And I've worked out that's 15% of my egg profits.

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How many chickens is that?

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And they're like, well, Caleb PERSON, that's really good quick math for you. I said, look, I'm learning loads on the farm. I said, I'm doing eggs. I'm selling lamb. I'm rearing lamb. I work out my costs. I'm actually learningloads and loads on the farm. And they said, look, we're halfway through year nine now, Caleb. Have the rest of year nine enough. But come back in year 10. I said, all right. I'll come back in year 10 and do my GCSE in year 11. Now, I went back in year 10 and soon realized everything I was going to do in year 10, I was going to do in year 11 and sit an exam. So therefore I left again. But I went in every Friday because by that time I built up an egg customer base with my teachers. I always selling eggs to my teachers on a Friday.And I worked out that paid me more money to do that than it did to do six hours on the farm. And yeah, and then of course, when I turned 18, moving on a little bit now, I did my level two and level three in agriculture. I got into college. So I did part all my GCSEs because in year 11, I went back every single day, unfortunately. But I got my GCSEs and got into college. Now, at 18, I thought, I've been working on a dairy farm now.I can do everything with cattle, but I can't go out there and drill a field of wheat or barley or oilseed rapes. Therefore, he left my job on the dairy farm and joined an arable farmer in Chattleton GPE, which is near where Jeremy PERSON, obviously, farms. And now the person I joined was also farming Jeremy PERSON's farm, Diddley GPE squat farm, as a contractor.Now, I worked for him for three years. And it was in that time in the third year where, unfortunately, he was only a tenant farmer on his own farm. And they had to sell up because the landlord said, I don't want it anymore. I'm going to sell up and he couldn't afford to buy it.So therefore, he said, I haven't got a job. I said, you know what, that's fine. I'm going to go and work for my own company. And, of course, in that time, I met Jeremy a few times and so on. And then I remember it was, what was I? What was I? What was a 21? I think it was 21 years old now. And as my boss gave up, I joined my own company. And, uh, uh, uh, cheerful Charlie PERSON. That's it.

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It's going back. Sorry, this is going back a little bit. I'm just trying to think exactly how it all started. But it was cheerful Charlie PERSON. He approached. He approached. He, he was cheerful Charlie, that's it. It's going back. Sorry, this is going back a little bit. I'm just trying to think exactly how it all started, but it was cheerful Charlie PERSON.

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He approached me when I drew my own company. He said, Kayla, can you please look after the farm for two months as a contract? Because we lost our contractor. And Jeremy's going to take it on in two months' time. We need someone to look after. I said, whoa, whoa, back up a little bit.What did you just say? He said, oh, look after the farm. I said, yeah, that's the fine. What did you say after that? He said, oh, Jeremy Clarkson is going to take the farm on. I said, no, he's not. I said, he's not doing that. He said, no, yeah, he is. Anyway, of course, I lookedafter the farm for two months, and then on the second month, he, he came back, he started farming. And it was in that time when on the last day of my contract, where the director stopped me, as I'm going to go and pick my tractor up to go and clear myself out. He said, I said, can you quickly pop up and see Jeremy PERSON in the office? And that's going way back now to series one when you see me in the office for the first time. That's really the next question.

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As a young bloke who's had this career in farming, what's going through your mind when you think I'm suddenly going to be on a TV show and I'm the one who knows what they're doing here. To be honest with you,

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I didn't really think like that. I never really thought like that in terms of, I just forgot the cameras of that. I just had a job to do. I think in my head I was going, I'm a job to do.I want to farm to the best of my abilities. I want to show him that I know what I'm doing as a young person. I'm going to teach him everything that I know. So therefore, I forgot the cameras were there and just tried to teach him. Of course, and when you know what you're doing, I think it's incredibly hard.For example, you know, you're hosting a radio show. If I come on and jumped in your seat right now and pretend they didn't know what I was doing, you'd get annoyed at me because you know how to do it and I don't. So therefore, when Jeremy PERSON's out there trying to farm, he doesn't know what he's on about, but he's thinking he does and trying to tell me. And I'm going, no, you're not telling me, mate, end off.

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You're doing it my way, or it's's the highway even though it's your farm and then you've

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had two seasons of this now what's the response been like to you in Australia GPE we have the tall

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poppy syndrome right so someone gets a little bit famous in their in their community and everyone

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goes oh look at that bloke he suddenly thinks he's bit famous and he's all about that what's the

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response been like to Clarkson PERSON's farm for you oh it's amazing i mean i think in terms of that

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is it tall poppy PERSON yeah i think everyone should be proud of someone succeeds in something i think

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everyone should look up to that and i mean i want everyone to succeed and want everyone to learn

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those and money i want everyone to be whatever they want and get to their dreams but the the response has been amazing farmers in the UK GPE have been absolutely amazing. See when I'm 25 years old, I think the older generation farmers can go, hang on a minute. When I was 21 during that show, I think they went, that young kid joining that show, he doesn't know what he's on about. And hopefully I've proven them wrong and said, actually, no, I'm 25, but I've got a, I've got a good head on my shoulders. And hopefully I canteach people about farming and really highlight that for them. You know, I don't care what the big tabloids say about me in the papers. What I care about is what

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farmers are saying to me in their papers. You're famous now, right? People know who you are

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and they look at you for farming and I look at some of your agricultural publications and even

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some of the tabloids too, right? You say something about farming and it becomes a new story. Did that take a little bit of getting used to? Yeah, a little bit.

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I was like, well, why are they worrying about me for?

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In the nicest, I was like, why are they writing about me?

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I'm just like this, I'm a guy from Chippy Norton ORG. You want to chill out. I mean, look at everyone else like doing all their other things. And I think when it, I mean, a few things that really, really stood up to me. When I went to a festival near me, there's a festival, and I went to this festival, and I was some of the few singers. I've justperformed on this, at this festival. And I was said with them, just chatting and having a few pictures and stuff like that. And I said, I'm going to go and watch the rest of the singers. And they said, yeah, are you going to go in the VIP? I said, no, I'm going to go in with the, I said, why do I go in the VIP for? I'm going to go with everybody else. And they said, oh, we'll come with you. Now, I remember them singers. They're very famous thing. I'm not going to name them anybut they're very famous singers. And as I'm walking out, everyone's stopping me going, okay, can have a picture. Caleb PERSON, lovely to meet you. And I'm going on. All right, all, all right, all you're stopping me. Like, look, he's, he just won the Eurovision EVENT. Like, Sam Ryder PERSON. I was like, what's going on? Like, and that's when I really went, well, bloody how this is, this is unreal. So has it been good? Has it been a good experience for you?Has it changed your life?

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I mean, it's been amazing.

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I mean, the whole experience has been amazing.

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I really enjoy work in the TV industry. I do, I enjoy doing the radar. I mean, I taught for England GPE. I think you can probably see that.

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But yeah, no, it's, it's been, you know, it's been an honour and everyone's so friendly and so nice. And that's what I mean, I'm all about kindness. I think everyone should be kind. And then if you're kind of people, I think kindness can come back to you. So, and, you know, I want everyone to do well as well.

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And that's the, you know, that's the difference. And it's actually been interesting following say about the british NORP farming community and and mental health clearly is a big thing for you you're talking the other day about going to the pub with jeremy and saying how almost nearly everybody

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needs to do that right so they can so you can get things off their chest yeah i mean i think you're

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absolutely right talking's the main thing i think you've got to keep talking if you don't keep talking

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i think you get sucked up into these little thoughts that you may have or you're sat on a tractor or you're, you know, you're doing your day-to-day job on a farm because let's face it, majority of the farmers don't get off that farm ever. Because I get stuck in that way of going, I must farm every single day. I must, I've got jobs to do. Well, actually, sometimes it's really good to get away from the farm and just have a chat. But, no, I think it's been, I mean, it's been amazing to highlight these, these, these, these, these, these struggles at farmer's face.And I always said this to myself. And I think the reason why so many people are interested in farming nowadays is because, of course, the show's done great things for farming, the farming industry. But along the way, it doesn't matter what car you're driving. It doesn't matter what phone you've got in your pocket. It doesn't even matter what house you're living in. What matters the very most is what's coming across your table. Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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Food is the most important thing. So true. In terms of then your contribution to agriculture, you sold yourself short talking about music stars before because...

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Always in the street. Just the depth of ferries. I like counts when they're in the dairies. I like pigs and chickens and tipping corn in a heap, did I mention I can't stand sheep?

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You're a musician yourself now. Tell me about the rap I can't stand sheep.

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I can't stand sheep. I hate sheep with a passion.

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And I thought, you know what? I mean, a lot of people go out there and do these raps. Now, I thought to myself, how can I help in terms of the mental health? I thought, I know. I can go out there and do track to raffles and all this stuff and earn money. But what really matters, I think, is highlighting a problem.And therefore I highlighted, obviously, you know, the song highlighted the helpline. So therefore, I was highlighting the problem of mental health. So therefore, hopefully it will make people laugh at the same time. But more importantly, I wrap that number. And that number is the helpline. If anyone's feeling a little bit low, they can talk to anybody 24-7.

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0-800-188. Double-four, you've been great.

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And another thing, I think lots of people go out there and rap about other people. Now, I don't like to slandering other people off. You know what I mean? So therefore, I thought, I want to do a disc-w disrupt about sheep because they can't say anything back to me. They're not going to make a song, are they? No, they're not.

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I think you chose a good enemy there, didn't you? A really good, really good enemy. Let's talk a little bit about the show then, too, because it's interesting. Season 3, you wonder what can happen in a show to keep people interested in farming.But that's the beauty of farming, isn't it? Seasons are different.

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Types of food production is different.

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And with you, Mushrooms, why? Jeremy Clarkson always has a different idea, too.

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Hello, goats. Doesn't he?

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So does that make for an interesting show? I think every farmer has a different idea trying to how to make money to save the farm, maybe, or even just make sure things tick over. So therefore, the ideas are obviously amazing to keep highlight in and all these ideas.People may go, that actually worked. I'm going to trade out on my farm. And, of course, seasons change. You know, we've had an incredibly wet winter. I mean, we've had more rain here than anything. Anyone's ever seen before.I mean, I think it's to wet it's on record. And so, of course, you have all these different problems then. If it's wet in the autumn and the spring, you can't drill. So therefore, we're only just getting our spring barley and our spring crops in for this year. Well, we'reincredibly late. They should have gone in a month ago. So, of course, you've got them issues then to highlight as well. And I think, obviously, me and Jeremy PERSON, obviously, have all these ideas. And the majority of the ideas I have work, and the ideas that he has a total crap.Well, you're up for a promotion this season, aren't you? I saw that in the promo.

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I'm going to make you farm manager.

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Really? Yep. You're fired.

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Yeah, I mean, I don't, yeah, I'm apparently, I'm farm manager now.

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Now I've been thinking about it. Does that mean he lets you make decisions?

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Well, I've been thinking about this. And I'm sure I've been farm manager for the last five years. So therefore, this is a touchy subject, okay? But you know what? I'm not going to turn down a promotion.

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I'm not going to turn down a promotion, but come on.

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So that's the show.

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That's the farming community. Then there's what people see from something like this. And it's like you're talking about seasons before. Do you think it's good for the general public to see that, you know, crops fail, animals die, things cost money.

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Farming can be hard. Yeah, I mean, I think it's amazing. I think it's really good to highlight because one thing that we've got with this competition that we go in this year, because let's face it, if two good friends get together and someone goes, I don't know, why don't we make this competition? I'm going to look at Jeremy PERSON as a good friend and go, I'm going to win this competition. And of course, what's he going to say? He's going to say, I'm going to win this competition. So therefore, I think the one thing the competition really does in terms of help people is actually show people how much money and time and effort goes in to actually produce a loaf of bread or some wheat to eat.And therefore, when someone's eating that loaf of bread and they go, I don't want anymore, I'm going to leave it on my plate and throw it out, that waste, you know, all that time and effort and money gone into that. Do you see what I mean? So I think that's one good thing it highlights is a way in terms of how much money and the time and the effort.And of course, we lose money. And if we lose money, what we've got to do? It's not going to help us. So therefore, we've got to go out there and try and earn money back

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and try and cover that cost up we spent. What is that one of the most interesting things people come up and talk to you about the show that surprised you just before we go?

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They are, they normally say, oh, is it all real? And I go 100%. I don't know how you think it's not real. I'm not an actor. I don't go out there and act. I don't go out there and myself. And therefore, they go, well, you know, you're not, you know, you just, you're not just go out there and make ideas up and go out and do it. I said, no. And we just film my day-to-day life. And I think that's what it works, because, of course, you're showing real life then. That mind blows me saying, I mean, I'm honored to say, if you think I'm acting, I'm honored,you think that I'm an actor. I mean, I'll be the next, I don't know, I'll be the next deadpool or whatever. I don't know.

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Well, I actually think you need to take up yoga or meditation or something every time you look at Jeremy PERSON and he has a new idea. I think you, you handle it

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quite well, but it can't be good. My body is not designed for yoga. I said this other day, I said

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to this person, they said, I had to do a moup course, like a, you know, a mute course, basically like a cherry picker course. And I get up in the end, on 12 meters up in the end, and I said this other day, I said to this person, they said, I had to do a mute course, like a, you know, a mute course,

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basically like a cherry picker course. I'm like, get up in the end, on 12 metres up in the air now. Now, he said to me, Caleb PERSON, you know, you know, your celebrity, you're the most famous person I've had up on this thing.I said, yeah, well, fair enough. I said, look, can we get onto the ground now? He said, oh, no, it's funny, isn't it? You know, wobbling it. And I'm going, look, mate, does my body have wings? And he went, no.I said, therefore, my body is not designed to be up in the air. So therefore, take my body down to the ground, please. And he went, yeah, fair point, okay.

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Well, we hope to see you in Australia GPE sometime soon. I know you've got a lot of fans here. It'll be great to see you.

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Thanks, Gailin PERSON. Hopefully I want to get brave enough, get a passport and set up a contracting business on Australia GPE. That is a goal I have. Well, there'll be plenty of work waiting for you when you

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get getting around to us. Thanks, Caleb PERSON. Thank you so much. Thanks for having me. Caleb Cooper there. Promoted to farm manager at Didley Squat Farms at Clarkson PERSON's farm on the TV show, basically following Squat Farms at Clarkson PERSON's farm on the TV show, basically following British TV personality, Jeremy Clarkson's effort to make a profit from his farm. Season three of that show is being launched in Australia this week on the streaming service, Amazon Prime, but interesting to hear that journey itself from Caleb Cooper PERSON,someone who didn't spend much time at school at all, but created a bunch of different farming businesses without owning land. And that's obviously been his journey in agriculture to at 25 being quite literally one of the most famous farmers in the world. Do you watch Clarkson's Farm ORG? Do you think that is good for agriculture? I'm interested in your thoughts. Some of your texts, JP saysP. says, love the show was. Great personalities. Educational for the city slickers. But take a breath later, says J.B.Another one saying maybe Caleb could do a car show, a la Jeremy Clarkson, I suppose, in the world of agriculture. Artie says, yes, it's a good show. Sarah says, great show. Caleb's the best part of Clarkson PERSON's farm. I'm saying, I shouldn't have asked him how he got into farming. You didn't go to school. That's interesting all the same, though, to me, isn't it? How to find your way into agriculture.Yeah, really, really interesting. John at Skippton saying, let's get Caleb out to Australia GPE to promote agriculture in this country. What a great ambassador for farming, says John in Skipton GPE. Plenty of texts as well coming in. Do you watch Clarkson's Farm ORG really interested in your reviews coming in? You can get into this.Give us a text. Someone's not happy. O'Rourke PERSON, why do we have to listen to this? So-and-so, says that text, I suppose. Bill, in Newarkas GPE, says, I love sheep, especially in a rap. I'm not talking about that kind of rap, though, Bill PERSON, but thank you very much for that.A couple more texts before we move towards rural news. Lindell PERSON, great show. Funny ads, but does give some good insight into farming and what actually does go on. There certainly seems to be more red tape in England GPE, but it's probably coming our way soon. William says they showed UK GPE farming not only around the UK,but globally, the hardships, the red tape, etc. The way that a UK GPE farmer has to adapt, drawing new enterprises, valuating, that can be related to Australian NORP farming as well. Really interesting to watch. Kerry, Best Show WORK_OF_ART, absolutely loving it.Great to see the difference between Australian and English NORP farming. And Stephen PERSON says, yep, fantastic to connect city to country. Just for a little while describes it in very simple terms that non-farmers can understand. And Lisa, again, Caleb PERSON's why I watch the show. We watch it on streaming and I love it. Not keen on Clarkson PERSON throwing money at red tape. So I fast forward many of hisscenes. That's hilarious, Lisa PERSON. You're watching it for the young farmer in the show, not necessarily the main character in itself. You can keep text coming. It's really interesting to see your thoughts on this. And if you want to give us a call to talk about whether a show like Clarkson PERSON's farming is good for farming, good for agriculture, you can call 1,900-977-2-2-2-2-2, and you can text 0467-842-7-2. Many of you loving the rap, I can't stand sheep. Let's have a burst of that before we go into rural news. Here's one for you for all the non-sheet farmers out there. Whenever the weather gets you down

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And you think you might be better off in a town Wait for the morning in all its glory A new dick and bring a different story Blaming straight lines makes my heart beat Did I mention I can't stand cheap

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Just trying to think if that's the first rap song ever played on the Victorian NORP country. My mind might be just that. I hope you don't mind. It's interesting to talk about people in agriculture and some of the more famous ones around the world. Let's go to rural news right now. After that, weather and a dispute on a Victorian port with Tasmanian NORP farmers saying it's holding up much-needed droughtassistance for King Island LOC farmers. So we'll stay overseas, in a sense, on the country hour after the news and weather right now, though, rural news time. And Emma PERSON field, hi, Emma.

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Giday Warwick PERSON. We'll start rural news with some breaking news. Wholesale electricity provider for Eastern Victoria, Osnett, will pay $12 million over its failure to provide adequate information to 255,000 customers who lost power in February this year. The company'soutage tracker webpage crashed and was not fully restored for more than a week. Plus, customers who phoned OSNET ORG's helpline faced excessive wait times. The Essential Services Commission has accepted a $12 million court-enforceable undertaking from OSNET ORG,which will use some of the money to pay affected customers, and some of it will be used to improve community energy resilience for extreme weather events. To WA now, where the West Australian NORP government has announced an $8.6 million support package for agricultural industries and rural communities affected by drought conditions. Two million dollars will go towards hardship grants and $4 million in interest-free loans. It also includes funding for community water infrastructure, mental health and communitywell-being programs. State Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis PERSON says the package is not farmer-specific but target towards the community more broadly to reflect the impact of drought.

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When drought hits country towns, we know that it's not just farmers that suffer. We know that the whole economy tightens up in those country towns and we know that small businesses are already doing it tough. They're also facing significant costs of living pressures and so we want to make sure that regional communities are

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supported. One of the charities which will receive $150,000 in the package is Esperance GPE-based group which helps source fodder for dry communities. Farmers across borders, Haig from WA GPE, is a volunteer group of farmers and truckies from Western Australia GPE, aiming to help farmers affected by drought and other natural disasters. Charity founder Sam Stasovich PERSON says the donation has come just in the nick of time and is a pleasant surprise.

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We've still got a couple hundred bales left, so that will allow us to deliver the rest of the bails, but it also means that we've got money now to bail this season because we have used up all of our supplies and haven't got anything left. So, you know, we like to try and bail a few thousand bails every year because you never know when it's going to be needed.

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A Werribee Farm has been fined almost $160,000 for underpaying two foreign workers for falsifying records to hide the underpayment and making unlawful deductions. On Friday, the Federal Circuit Court ORG imposed penalties of $130,806 against tomato and cucumber producer Lotus Farm Proportity Limited ORG, with an additional $287 against company director Son Tai PERSON. The business admitted to the court between June 2017 and September 2020, one worker wasunderpaid more than $22,000 and the other about $6,000. Mr. Tai PERSON conceded he was involved in the underpayments. In sentencing, Judge Pritia McCurry PERSON says failing to provide pay slips to staff and giving false pay slips to employment regulator was a deliberate act and particularly serious.A significant shortage of olive oil around the world has seen prices rise sharply this year in Australia GPE and around the world. In the past year, prices have jumped more than 70% in Europe LOC, which produces more than 60% of the world's olive oil. Australian olives chief executive, Michael Salvin PERSON, says it's made the Australian NORP product more competitive.

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The interesting thing, though, is that the imported olive oils, which are often have been cheaper than the Australian NORP product, in many cases now are more expensive than the Australian NORP product if they're available at all. We're lucky because we do produce our own olive oil in Australia GPE, although not enough to meet all of the demand, we haven't had the full impact of the price increases.

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And Chicago Wheat Futures, which have a significant influence on local prices, jumped 16% for the week ending on Friday. Market analyst Dennis Vosniewski PERSON says it's due to ongoing dry condition in the world's main growing regions and rising tensions in the Middle East LOC.

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It's drier in Russia, it's drier in eastern Ukraine. The USDA ORG came out recently and said the US winter wheat acreage under drought has increased by 6% only in the span of a week. You have drier conditions in the western prairies of Canada GPE heading into planting dry conditions in Western Australia and South Australia GPE. And on the other hand, you also have expectations towards the end of this year that central banks are going to start cutting interest rates and increasing the demand for wheat. So that should, in theory, be quite supportive of pricing. We were just expecting that price support to come later in the

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year. And that wraps up rural news. Thank you very much for that. Emma Field PERSON there with rural

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news, Warwick GPE, along with you for the country hour. Lynn in sales says, hi Warwick. Brilliant interview with Caleb from Clarkson's Farm ORG. It's a great series, so important in highlighting what it takes for farmers to feed us emotionally, physically and financially. Thank you. Sue, not happy, though, given Jeremy Clarkson, the main protagonist in the show, not the person we interviewed, but some of his previous comments about women and not happy at all about that being platformed.Well, we weren't platforming those comments, but I'll take your comments and your thoughts all the same, too. Thanks for sending them through. Kevin says Clarkson PERSON's farms, hilarious, cross between yes, Minister, the ridiculous, and landline, the serious. Great viewing in city speak language rationale that shows just how tough farming is. You can keep your reviews coming in. Interested in your thoughts, 1390977-2-2-2-2-2-2. Talk about getting feed to drought-stricken King Island in just a moment, though. Let's check in on theweather though. It hasn't rained much in Victoria lately. Stephanie Meison PERSON can tell us if there's any on the forecast, senior forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology. Gettoy, how are you? Yeah, good. How's it looking today?

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Yeah, look, I mean, at the moment, we've still got that cold front that's crossing us state. It's just kind of north of about Chalton in the northwest and then extending down to about sail at the moment in our southeast. But you're right, look, there hasn't been all that much rainfall that's come through with it. The highest we've got is about five to six mills on those places in the southwest on the coast around Portland, and a little bit further inland in Hamilton GPE as well.But, I mean, look, it's going to continue moving eastwards throughout the state today over those eastern parts and then clear by about this afternoon. But unfortunately, really not that much continuing in terms of rainfall, probably only a couple more mills coming through with it, particularly over that Gippsland GPE area. But yeah, look, after that, we've kind of got, again, once, you know, there's, sorry,once again, we've got some more settled conditions coming in behind the front. So for tomorrow, our next ridge extends over us. It means we're in more of a subtly airflow, and that those showers will be mostly on and south of the ranges, but after this one that goes through today, really not expecting all that much in terms of rainfall, even though we'll have those showers will be mostly on and south of the ranges, but after this one that goes through today,really not expecting all that much in terms of rainfall, even though we'll have those showers lingering. But then by Wednesday, we've still got our south-east alleys, and nothing really changes from Wednesday through to the weekend, really was. There's a bit of a signal for some instability in our northwestern parts of the states.So on Thursday and Friday there is a chance that you could get a couple of lightning strikes in those far north places in the Wimmer LOCa out there, but look, other than that, it's relatively settled across the state. So on Thursday and Friday there is a chance that you could get a couple of lightning strikes in those far north places in the Wimmer are out there. But look other than that, it's relatively settled across the state. Now, temperatures are remaining quite similar, so in those high teams to the low 20s for the rest of the week.

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Well, there we go. I suppose it's something and we can only talk about what's on the forecast, right? Seth PERSON, no major warnings we need to be aware of right now?

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No, none at the moment. And not really much happening for the rest of the week. There is probably a little bit of fog around in the early mornings on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday and a little bit of frost, too, if we get some clear skies, but nothing on terms of warnings.

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Brilliant. Thanks very much, Stephanie. Thanks, Warwick. I enjoy your day.

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Stephanie, Miles, their senior forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology ORG.

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It's a couple of good texts. You know, you're getting this one read out. I love Clarkson's farm work, but not half as much as the country hour. Thank you very much for that text. Andrew from Glengarry says Caleb PERSON would love the banjo. Paterson ORG's pole.And he's got a line here. I'm not aware of this one, Andrew PERSON. For years, I've meditated and in deep and would have come to the conclusion that the road to hell is sheep. Thank you very much for sending that through. That's a far cry from sheep go to heaven. Goats go to hell, I must say.And Rob PERSON says, I know a bloke, a city boy got trampled by a mob of sheep. He can't stand them either. I'm going to have to play him that song. You can play him the full interview. Rob, remember the Victorian Country Hour is podcast.If you look up episodes of Victorian Country Hour by about 2 o'clock, the full episode of today's program should be up there for you to be able to share or in the ABC ORG, listen app or wherever you get your podcasts. Let's step away from, well, people in agriculture and famous farmers and talk about issues affecting farmers in Victoria GPE and, indeed, on islands close by.Lobby group Taz Farmers has accused a Victorian NORP council of blocking and delaying donated feed from reaching desperate farmers on drought-stricken King Island LOC. 500 tonnes of donated fodder is sitting at Swan Hill in Victoria GPE on the border, ready for shipping to the Tasmanian NORP island. Ian Sauer, president of Tas Farmers, told Fiona Brin that the only hold-up is the port of Otway GPE, which is not allowing the delivery to get to the island in any fast fashion.

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The rain keeps avoiding King Island LOC for some terrible reason, and they have had some small amounts, which is good, and that's sort of greening up a little bit. But, you know, the weather's now getting colder, so it's just getting more desperate than the high, a very, very high need for feed now for fodder.

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Now we know that feed is being gathered in Victoria for these King Island LOC farmers. What's your version of what's happening there?

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Look, my version is that need for feed, which is part of the Lions Club in Victoria GPE, have sourced 500 plus tonnes of fodder to come to King Island LOC. And in fact, if you remember the devastating bushfires in Victoria GPE, King Island donated huge amounts of fodder to go to Victoria GPE. And this is sort of repaying that, not a debt, but repaying that goodwill. The easiest, cheapest, most efficient way to get that fodder to King Island LOC is through PortOtway, which is managed by the Coalacutway Shire LOC and the port, and they've said no.

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So that's Apollo Bay LOC, isn't it?

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Yes, yes. Well, they're actually saying that they haven't said no. So that's Apollo Bay LOC, isn't it? Yes, yes.

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Well, they're actually saying that they haven't said no, but I can sort of tell that they're not keen by the sounds of it.

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Well, look, rubbish and crocodile tears. I mean, this is not a normal business day. These are desperate times. The farmers on King Island LOC are really facing a tough time and, you know, we need to be all working together to make this work. And I find it quite extraordinary that we've got everyone, we've got the Premier, we've got the Ag Minister, we've got NRE ORG, we've got need for feed, we've got truckdrivers, we've got farmers, we've got the Bastrate shipping in. Everyone is doing it for nothing or at cost. The only hold-up is the Port of Otway FAC. And now they should have said last week, yes, we will do it. We understand what the farmers are going through. We will do it. yes, we will do it. We understand what the farmers are going through. We will do it. I understand that there is a dispute going on with Port Otway FAC about carting cattle out of Port Otway. They don't want that for whatever reason. But this is a different matter. This is fodder. I mean, fodder doesn't make noise. It doesn't defecate. It doesn't make a mess. It is benign.There is no reason why a good, solid working port can't take that fodder through to King Island LOC.

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So they're saying it hasn't been ruled out. The fodder is probably five or six hours away by truck, so they have other options of other ports. It's pretty much what they're saying.

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Well, you know, let's not mince our words. Clearly, they're not saying we would like to be involved in a positive way. We would like to help the farmers on King Island bring that fodder to Port Hotway FAC. What they're saying is there are other ports. Yes, there are other ports, but there are 12 hours away. It's a 12-hour steam to get from Port Whirlspool FAC.It's probably similar from Portland. Port Hotway is fantastic because it's six hours away. It means you can do two trips a day. And the bulk of that trip is in sheltered waters because you're running down the lee of the island. So I don't understand what they don't know.There must be something quite peculiar there, but you just can't palm it off to another port like that. I mean, my view is this is some of the most atrocious corporate behaviour you just can't palm it off to another port like that. I mean, my view is this is some of the most atrocious corporate behaviour that I've seen, and TAS ORG farmers will not sit back and have its farmers trampled over,

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but an organisation that doesn't want to play good corporate behaviour and help those farmers.

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Sounds like it might be caught up, as you say, in this dispute over sending cattle

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to and from King Island via Port Otway FAC. They really don't want that in Apollo Bay LOC by the sounds of it.

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No, and look, that's a completely different argument. And I mean, you know, I made that comment to the mayor is that, you know, that the carting of cattle out of Port Otway FAC is a different issue. This is chalk and cheese. But even so, this, as I keep saying, this isn't a normal business.The farmers need feed, full stop. And this is the quickest and easiest way to get to the island. My view is that when GBEs ORG or corporates are unwilling for a reasonnot to help in a times of an emergency, then the state or the common will should take over the control of that port and allow that feed to go through. And then when the feed's done, it can revert back. It's not fair. It's un-Australian NORP.I don't get it. And neither do any other farmers that I've spoken to, understand what's going on.

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Obviously, you say Tasmanian NORP government's aware of this issue. Have you contacted the Victorian NORP government or are you going higher up?

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The Tasmanian NORP government for the Premier and the minister have been terrific with the Department of NRE. They're talking to their counterparts in Victoria GPE, well above my pay grade to talk to the ministers in Victoria GPE. My understanding is that the Victoria GPE government are looking into, and I say looking into at this stage, subsidising the cost of the feed to an alternative port.

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That is Ian Sauer, President of Taz Farmers, not impressed with the port of Otway GPE, which is run by the Colac Otway Council ORG, did not mince his words in terms of how he was feeling about their hold-up of shipping of donated feed from Need for Feed ORG, which is currently sitting at Swan Hill LOC. They want it to go through that portand get to King Island LOC as soon as possible. I did reach out to the Colac Otwayai Shire for comments. No one available today. To be honest, I only really got in contact with them about two hours ago. Hopefully someone will be available tomorrow. They did send through a statement thoughand I'll read some of it to you and I quote, the fodder is not sitting at Apollo Bay with a port to be used still to be determined. Council's working with Tasmania GPE's Department of State Growth and they have been in talks with the Victorian NORP Government on the best way to assist with the transport of hay.Need for Feed in Australia ORG is a registered charity and also a national project of Lions Club's Australia GPE. They've received approval to bring hay out of Victoria GPE to King Island and have been able to purchase 500 tonnes or about 770 bales of current season Oaten Hay near Swan Hill LOC. The hay can be shipped from a number of ports across Victoria GPE,including Portland, Geelong and Welshpool GPE. You can hear from farmers and Kieland Farmers wanting to use Port of Otway ORG, the council which runs at port saying there are other options still at play. We'll try and find out more and bring that to you as information becomes available on the text line. Robert PERSON, on weather reports saying,Hi, Warwick, rainfall in Huntley GPE, which is just outside of Bendigo GPE. Remember playing the Hawks back in the day? He says rainfall in Huntley today amounts to three millimeters of light rain, enough to wet the path, not enough to register, says Robert PERSON. We are at that stage, Robert PERSON, of rainfall reporting,isn't it, where we start to, well, start counting the points of a millimeter, don't we? You know, point two, point three of a millimeter? It's pretty bad. And on the subject of sheep, did you get a bad rap, takes to Caleb's rap. Stephen PERSON says, I love sheep, especially with roast potatoes and gravy. We are at that level of joke on our text line. And you know, I still enjoy that. 0467-8427-2.If you want to send us a text here on the country. Let's keep moving. There's been an international flavour, an overseas flavour of our problem. We've spoken to a UK farmer to start the show today. We've been speaking about trying to ship feedfrom Victoria to King Island LOC, overseas, technically, but it's true. Let's go to Germany GPE right now on the program and catch up with someone we met at the Future Ag Summit well, a bit over a week ago on the Victorian NORP country. Our German NORP farmers are anxious about the futureas their industry goes through a period of change. That's according to Byrne Pavlovik, who's an agriculture reporter from Northern Germany LOC. Burnd edits an ag magazine, Ayl Buter, and has been on the first visit to Australia GPE he's ever had, which he says is so much bigger than he could have ever imagined. He spoke to Fiona Broom about why German NORP farmers have been protesting in the streets of late.

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German farmers are very angry about the regulations in the EU ORG. We have a lot of strikes about subsidies and shortage of subsidiaries in diesel and a lot of regulations. And farmers are getting rid of these regulations and getting angry more and more because the politics is very short-term and it's very hard for them to calculate new stables, investments in machinery.

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How organized are those protests in Germany GPE?

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We have a farmers union and they try to organize these protests and they have big tractor convoys to Berlin in our capital. We had a strike on the roads and in the big cities. It's been a few months now those protests,

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right?

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Yes, in wintertime, German NORP farmers have time. And now they have to start planting and seeding. They're not on the streets anymore. But the German protest is very civil compared to the French NORP farmers. The French NORP farmers, they're really angry and really dangerous.

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The French NORP do know how to protest, don't they? Yes.

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And so you said the public reaction was initially supportive of the farmers' protests,

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but now that support is waning a bit?

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Yeah, for people, for normal people, it's hard to understand all the details farmers are faced with, but they know through Corona PRODUCT, they learned that producing groceries and food is a very, very valuable job. And so the image of the farmer, I think, is quite high in Germany GPE. It's erased.

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What's something exciting that's happening in German NORP agriculture right now? What are people looking forwards to? What are they excited about?

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Oh, the farmers, they're very unsure about the future. I'm not a farmer. I don't want to change. I don't want to like to be a farmer because you are faced with so many unsure regulations you don't know. And the prices are very volatile.

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What are German NORP farming systems like? Are farms quite large scale and people are producing a single commodity or are farms more mixed?

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As you know, Germany GPE was divided in the eastern part and in the western part. And the eastern part has the socialist structures. We have a lot of big scale farms. Big scale means it for German 2,000 hectares or more than 1,000 hectares. In the western part of Germany GPE we have a mixed structure and the farms getting smaller from the north to the south. How much is known in Germany GPE about

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Australian NORP agriculture? Is there a view, an impression of Australian food production?

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I think the Australian big machinery is well known in Germany GPE when I see the farmer community. The farmer community, they see the big road trucks and the steigers and the big tractors and machinery. This is very, very known. And on the other hand, we know these pictures with the helicopters chasing the cattle because Germany is so small compared to Australia GPE. So it's very

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hard for us to believe. And you were talking with some sugar cane producers. What have you

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learnt about Australian NORP agriculture while you've been here? Yes, I learned that this climate change is a big, big, big challenge for all the farmers here. Getting out more from less is the second challenge. But I learned that Australian NORP people are relaxed. I think No Worry's Made was the first idiom I heard here. I think that will be a good message for us in Germany GPE because we are always in a hurry and we are always sorrowed and not so positive.

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You forget something like no worries, mate, it's a term that people don't hear in other parts of the world. That's German agricultural journalists, Bernd Parvatic PERSON, there. He was speaking with Fiona Broom on his first visit to Australia looking at a lot of production systems on farm,but also spending time at major agricultural conferences as well. Really interesting to hear that perspective from a different part of the world. Interesting to hear your rainfall figures too, because I think I was a bit mean saying there wasn't much rain around. You know, we've got an unknown amount that amounted to three minutes of light drizzle at Huntley GPE. Anthony at Cold Rain's ORG joined in too.So, Gidea, Warwick. very welcome 7mm in cold rain last night, a nice soaking rain. I need a lot more. Anthony PERSON, too right, but very interesting to hear that as much as 7 milfell anyway. Keep the text coming, 0467, 842, 7-2. We're about to head to markets,so it'll be interesting to check in on the Bendigo GPE market, particularly in light of what's been going on in the bag lamb trade. That information coming up for you and a whole lot more here on the country. Our market's time now. 64. $7.50.$60. Thank you.

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To market to market, let's start today with the cattle.

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We'll make your wait for the sheep today. We'll go to Packingham GPE.

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Gettoyt to Brendan Fletcher PERSON. Ghetto Warek numbers decreased to 750. That's 70 fewer, with all of the usual buyers operating in Adira LOC market in places. Quality was limited with secondary cattle well supplied. Young cattle were cheaper on some sales due to quality, while restocker demand increased Grown steers and bullocks sold firm. Manufacturing steers lifted 20. Cows improved 20 to 25 cents with processes loading cows for an estimated 384 to 49 cents a kilogram carcass weightheavy bulls gained 10. Veal is sold from 234 to 346, yearling trade steers 290 to 330 after a top of 400 cents, the heifer portion, 254 to 290. Grown steers, 250 to 315, Bullocks 310 to 330. Heavy version manufacturing steers, 226 to 244,crossbreds 218 to 315. Most light and medium weight cows, 120 to 220, heavy weights 180 to 264, heavy bulls, 218 to 256. This is Brendan Fletcher reporting for MLA ORG.

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Thanks very much for that, Brendan PERSON. Let's go to Mortlake FAC in the cattle market there. Chris Agnew PERSON can tell us. Take it away, Chris PERSON.

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Thanks, Warwick GPE. Numbers rose to 1298 head at Mortlake, up by some 298 on last week's offering. There was a very big improvement in quality in comparison to last week's offering. Most of the regular processes were present as well as a good restocker interest in a market that was stronger over most categoriesby 20 to 30 cents and more in places. Cows gain 20 to 40 cents and more so for the beef cows and the bulls gained 40 to 50 cents. Trade steers and heifers making between 290 and 360 cents. Grown cattle topped out at 330 cents and the manufacturing steers,they sold up to 255 cents a kilo. Heavy beef cows making from 220 to 270 and the medium weights 175 to 210. The well-covered dairy cows generally selling between 175 and 213 cents with the grown beef bills up to a top of 250. At Mortlake, this is Chris Agnew reporting for MLA ORG.

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Thanks very much for that, Chris PERSON.

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Last in our cattle run today means we're off to Wogger and Leanne Dax. Good afternoon. Numbers declined by 1600 with agents yarding 34. There was stronger buyer interest across export categories this week, which is attributed to the full trading week. Within the trade market, meeting weight steers suitable for the trade did jump 20 to 30 cents, fetching $3 to $3.60, while the heifer portions surged $0.25, selling at 288 to 324. Mediumweight feeder steers, 245 to 376. The mediumweight feet of heifers jumped 25, 280 to 324. Lightweight weiner steers destined for the paddock, trade at 304 to 360 while lightweight heifersjumped 34 cents to backgrounders averaging $697. In the export market, bullocks and heavy steers saw improvements of 30 to 40 cents with heavy steers and bullocks selling at 286 to 316. Similarly, heavy heifers experienced a 40 cent height, 255 to 316. Cows are up 20 to 25 cents, 2.30 to 256, while the leader grades trade at 155 to 225. I'm Leanne Ducks for MLA ORG.

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Thank you very much for that, Leanne PERSON. Lucky last, let's go off to the sheep and lamb market report. Jenny Kelly PERSON has that information for you. Take it away, Jenny.

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Good afternoon. Lamb numbers lifted to 11,385 head and the makeup of the yard in was fed lambs with weight, very few good trade types, and then planer and lighter lambs. It influenced results with some much dearer sales of any neat trade lambs, which went well over 700 cents a kilo at times, but there wasn't enough of these higher sales to really boost the overall trend, as some of the planar lambs were no dearer.The overall quote for good processing lambs was $2 to $8 a head stronger, at cost averages of 660 to $6.95 a carcass weight. Heavy 26 to 30 kilo lambs, 170 to 218, and this category had some of the bigger price bikes. General trade lambs, 120 to $160 depending on quality. Light lambs dearer, with reports air freight to the Middle East LOC, has reopened up. Heavy sheep cheaper by $8 to $12, better merino trade use though were firm,most sheep sort of $2.30 to $2.80 or $70 to a top of $117 for extra heavy sheep. Jenny, Kelly, for MLA ORG.

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Thank you very much for that. Jenny, that's about all the time we have for you on the country hour today. There is a great text here, though. That I think is a lovely way to finish. Just pretty much talking about our program today. We had Caleb Cooper from Clarkson's Farm on earlier. And it says, I'm going to download the ABC Listen app, just to listen to that interview again with the Clarkson Farm ORG Manager.Thank you very much for that text. You can certainly do that, and I'd love you to do that. Just ABC Listen app for your phone, and if you find that difficult, wherever you can get a podcast or even just Google Victorian Country Hour ORG, you'll see a button there. You can click on episodes, episodes of the Country Hourwhen they go to air. On that day, in that afternoon, are uploaded there for your listening pleasure. So should we go to the news with a little bit more wrap and I can't stand sheep? I think so.Have a good day.

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