Hear from Rebecca and Denis as they go through stories featured in The Land this week.
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00:02 - Hi, and welcome to another episode of Getting the Apple
00:12 and where we give you a rundown on stories
00:14 making news this week.
00:15 I'm senior journalist, Dennis Howard.
00:17 - And I'm livestock editor, Rebecca Nudge.
00:19 Dennis, it's been quite a busy week actually.
00:21 You've been up at AgQuip.
00:22 I've been at the Merino Nationals in Dubbo.
00:25 - Yeah, it has been busy back.
00:26 And tell me how does it feel about you bringing
00:28 the IQ level down at the show?
00:31 - Probably about the same as how everyone
00:33 at AgQuip felt about you.
00:35 - Okay, moving on.
00:37 Stories this week include one where I speak
00:39 to a producer at Wellington and he's having issues
00:41 with renewable energy projects surrounding his farm.
00:44 - It's one of those issues that doesn't seem to go away,
00:46 does it?
00:47 - No, that's all right, Bec.
00:48 We also look at a story from Simon Chamberlain
00:50 on the use of sesame seeds as an alternative
00:52 to cotton in crop rotations.
00:55 Sesame has been targeted as a high growth industry.
00:59 - Over in livestock, I deal with a scientist
01:01 who's calling for the red meat industry
01:03 to have a more united front when it comes
01:05 to addressing misinformation about climate change
01:08 and human nutrition.
01:09 Dr. Rod Polkinghorne gave his talk as part
01:12 of an open day at Royella Shorthorns in Yeovil.
01:15 And he spoke about his involvement
01:16 at the Dublin Summit last year,
01:18 which led to a declaration by 1,100 scientists
01:21 talking about the benefits of red meat to human nutrition.
01:25 - Yeah, Bec, there seems to be a bit of a disconnect
01:27 between science and messaging in red meat industry.
01:31 - Absolutely, he actually called this a coordinated attack
01:34 at a global level, which I thought was an interesting point.
01:37 We've also got a story about the number
01:39 of people attending bull sales in person,
01:41 rather than bidding online.
01:43 A few buyers have said they've actually purchased bulls
01:46 after seeing them in the flesh,
01:47 despite being a little bit on the fence about it.
01:50 And people are really enjoying the social aspect
01:52 after the COVID years.
01:54 - There's also a story from Jameson Murphy
01:56 on Labor's call to ban land clearing
01:59 before the next election and scrapping that idea.
02:02 It was put before delegates at the Labor conference
02:05 in Brisbane last weekend.
02:07 - Keep an eye out too,
02:08 we've had some impressive bull sale results.
02:10 K.O. Angus in Gundagai sold a bull for six figures
02:13 and Burramukha Angus managed to clear 246 bulls,
02:17 which was nearly the whole catalogue.
02:18 - That's great clearance.
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02:30 - See you next week.
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