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Data emerging from the northern hemisphere as crops roll in - and movements of food out of Russia and Ukraine - have hit wheat and canola prices, Market Check's Andrew Retallick discusses with Flow listeners for Friday's Country Viewpoint program

Cattle prices have taken a dive from record highs but are still healthy, as Thomas Elder Markets' ( www.thomaseldermarkets.com.au ) Matt Dalgleish chats with Flow listeners for Friday's Country Viewpoint program

A volume of wool not seen for around 3 years is coming on the market this week after a downturn in prices for sellers in the opening auctions of the 2022/23 trading year - and Michell Wool will be at the Bendigo Sheep Show, perhaps with some footballing talent in the lineup

Newly appointed assistant shadow minister in the Dutton shadow ministry speaks with Flow listeners about his focus in the roads, rail, ports, airports and other infrastructure portfolios as the federal Liberal Party's spokesperson, touching on the Murray Basin and Inland Rail projects and upgrading the Dukes and Sturt Highways in South Australia

The shadow minister says birthing services' suspension at Gawler Hospital highlights the challenges faced in regional health and the inequity between country and city people's access to health services, in a discussion about the Barossa Hospital promised by the Liberals in 2001 and Labor's pledges on Limestone Coast health in the south east of South Australia before the March 2022 state election

The member for Riverina and former Nationals leader talks about the importance of domestic bipartisanship when it comes to international relations, the challenges presented to local farmers and councils from a wetter-than-usual season on the land - and some commentary on Hume football including his unique interest in the MCUE Goannas

The member for Flinders covering western South Australia including the Eyre Peninsula and West Coast talks about water security for his electorate and growing regional population through improved access to housing and childcare services.

The Liberal party leader in South Australia talks about Eyre Peninsula's water security, the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and a new independent commissioner plan from SA Labor, and his open door to conservative-leaning country independents holding 3 regional South Australian seats.

With the Varroa Mite threat to introduced bees essential for farm pollination now detected 400km from the Port of Newcastle at Narrabri - and Foot & Mouth disease now identified in the popular Australian tourist destination of Bali in Indonesia, the NSW Farmers president talks through the extent of biosecurity threats, and encourages Australians to work in agriculture and for policymakers not only...

Irrigators are unhappy with general security allocations being as low as they are, acknowledging that carryover requires headspace in storages upstream to be managed to maintain farmers' entitlements. The NSW Irrigators Council CEO speaks with Flow listeners about the challenge of returning 450GL to South Australia in the current Murray Darling Basin Plan due date of 2024 when, among other things,...

Fresh from visits to Ceduna in western South Australia and Kununurra in the Western Australian Kimberley region, the new social services minister outlines why the Albanese government is dismantling the Coalition's cashless debit card by year's end, and what it will replace it with by way of programs and other initiatives on a voluntary basis, not using a private operator to handle social services...

... and the local MP in the western Victorian seat of Lowan addresses the Friday 1 July announcement of a Monitor appointed for the Horsham Rural City Council after recent controversy.

The Nationals leader and deputy opposition leader David Littleproud makes the case for modern nuclear energy generation to be included in Australia's future energy mix, doubles down on his concerns about the Australian Workers Union's role in the challenges faced by the Agriculture Visa the former government created - and talks about a cost-recovery model in biosecurity to permanently resource eff...

After successfully moving a motion in state parliament about the rural doctor shortage, the independent MP for Narungga Fraser Ellis speaks about his interest in having a dedicated Regional Health ministerial portfolio and department, a proposal advanced in NSW by surgeon and independent MP for Wagga Wagga Joe McGirr. He responds to the proposal by federal overlapping MP for Grey Rowan Ramsey's id...

The Nationals candidate for the state seat of Mildura at the November state election says its important to work with whoever is in federal government, and the next state government, to see the long-awaited delivery of the promised Murray Basin Rail project as the region sits on a potentially massive harvest that will, again, have to reach ports via stressed road networks

... and the National Director of Politics for the Australian Christian Lobby talks about the Australian implications - if any - of the overturning of the Roe v Wade law in the USA regarding abortion / termination of pregnancy

The SA Liberal senator disagrees with Labor minister Jason Clare's assertion that the Liberal and Labor parties are of the same mind on abortion in Australia, as he discusses the convoluted response he received from health officials to the definition of 'what is a woman'

Another strong week for Australia's wool sellers and some great overall figures as the 2021/22 wool trading year winds down, a big plus for Australia's wool producers as Andrew Partridge walks Flow listeners through the lowdown from another trading week.

Will China allow barley back in without punitive tariffs? How significant is India's grain export ban in the global market? Will the grain in Ukraine remain in Ukraine? How good are Australia's crop estimates compared to the US Department of Agriculture? Big questions like these and plenty more in this discussion with Rabobank's Cheryl Kalisch-Gordon

The local MP in federal parliament says the Labor government's plans to remove the mandatory cashless debit card and make it voluntary will have a likely negative effect on west coast and indigenous communities in his electorate.

RLA director James Tierney ( https://www.riverinaagents.com.au/consultant/10/james-tierney) speaks with Flow listeners about how the cattle and sheep sales have gone this week at one of the nation's largest saleyards at Wagga Wagga - and emerging concerns from cattle buyers about foot and mouth disease

The South Australian senator talks about the rural doctor shortage, Labor's plans to enable doctors into outer metropolitan areas, the Prime Minister's new health deal with states and territories - and whether more federal funds will be unconditional or not on state / territory health spending - and the lack of opportunity to scrutinise a rare October budget due to limited federal parliamentary si...

The former Marshall Liberal government had planned to launch a South Australian government trade office in Paris, but the new Malinauskas Labor government has decided to cancel those plans, with trade minister Nick Champion saying the Liberals hadn't done much to progress it, trade efforts could be enabled through the UK - and the saving was worth 6 frontline nurses

... the Energy crisis may require more 'nationalisation' measures such as that which AEMO took recently to suspend private trade on energy to ensure supply, but the NSW senator criticised state governments for refusing to bring or continue gas supplies onto the national energy market.

With a state election approaching in November, first-term independent MP Ali Cupper is looking to turn up the heat on the rail debate for both passenger and freight rail improvements in north-western Victoria as more young families and others relocate to Mildura and the region