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Canola continues to steal the limelight as Dennis reports on the Ukraine / Black Sea constraints, Canadian growing conditions and the recent export ban from Indonesian palm oil feeding into demand for cooking oils and biofuel supply

Matt talks about international demand for Australian meat and movements on the local markets as processors and buyers return from interrupted trading weeks.

Stepping down from his Victorian Legislative Council role for the Liberal Democrats to run for the Senate, David Limbrick talks about how free trade is good for farmers, the need to further lower the fuel excise and restoring freedoms after Victoria was hit hard by COVID-19 related restrictions.

Funding for drug and alcohol rehabilitation, local aviation history, the Wycheproof wetlands and more are in the discussion with the independent member for Mildura Ali Cupper as the Victorian Labor government handed down its pre-election budget on Tuesday 3 May 2022

Kate McCulloch has been a long-time One Nation supporter and is standing at the top of their NSW senate ticket in the 21 May election. As a dryland farmer from Corowa in southern NSW, the catering businessperson and mother talks about attracting young people into apprenticeships and employment and One Nation's policies on freedom, vaccination, abortion and the Murray-Darling Basin Plan

Over $13 million for a walking trail at Mildura and $800,000 for child care in Murtoa are two pledges Dr Webster hopes the ALP will match - or she can deliver if re-elected for a second term for the north-western Victorian federal seat of Mallee on 21 May

Hawkesbury councillor and apiarist Shane Djuric tells Flow listeners in southern NSW the Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party has been delivering in regional electorates and the major parties' conduct is driving voters in the SFF's direction. He expresses concern about indiscriminate use of 1080 poison in regional baiting programs.

Ian Markos says he feels most at home at the Liberal Democrats as a party that supports deregulation and small government, and tells Flow listeners he remains concerned that emergency powers are still in force in South Australia in early May 2022 despite restrictions easing. He reflects on the SA Liberals' comprehensive state election loss and why the major parties are not effectively representing...

The southern NSW Liberal MP talks with Flow about recent funding that enabled sporting facilities at Holbrook and Urana in his electorate and the Fischer Leadership program running sessions in the electorate in May to promote future leaders

... and reflects on her daughter's win of One Nation's first seat in the SA Parliament, Sarah Game, and what it could signal for her second tilt at a SA senate seat which would also be a first in SA

The former housing giant fell from politics and business alike but says not only can he stand back and not have a shot at representing those aspiring for a job and a home - he says part of Labor's plan on housing affordability is like putting the arsonists in charge of fire prevention. Disclosure: interviewer Rikki Lambert was Bob Day's chief of staff during 2014-2016

Fresh off a crack at the South East SA state seat of Mackillop on March 18, Mark Braes says he's 'match fit' for a crack at Liberal incumbent Tony Pasin in the overlapping federal seat of Barker in the 21 May poll. Labor's candidate says Mr Pasin's estimation of 32 gigalitres to exit South Australian irrigation under the 450GL recovery target is a distraction, and SA farmers had given up enough al...

Bakery owner turned state political candidate Liz Habermann speaks with regional SA FlowFM listeners about why she's running for Grey and her key policy commitments after a long era of the Liberals holding the seat through Rowan Ramsey MP

As if there wasn't already enough heat in the canola market, two more drivers fed into the current and futures market this week - Market Check's Tess Walch updates Flow listeners on the latest and reviews the current wheat sector also

A fall in the Australian dollar was a boon for wool sellers this week, but not so flash for exporters and processors in the post-ANZAC Day auctions

Australian cattle prices remain strong and amid this chat with Flow, Angus looks at what the changing consumer demand among cost-of-living pressures for mince instead of premium cuts could mean for cattle producers

In mid-late April Russian spokespeople and the Ukraine president talked about nuclear war - will it happen? and what does a former major general who served in the Solomon Islands think of China's activity in the region? During the federal election campaign Jim Molan says he'd like to see the Coalition spend more than its baseline pledge on defence spending, and criticises Labor's record in that ar...

In a wide-ranging conversation about Tony Pasin's representation of Barker since 2013 at Flow's Roseworthy broadcast centre, the member for Barker speaks about the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, the Coalition's 450,000 regional jobs pledge and SA Liberal colleague Alex Antic's campaign to define women amid the hot debate early in the federal election campaign on the place for transgender children and...

Value-adding Australia's agricultural and mining products on-shore is part of the strategy including regional manufacturing to take Australia towards 450,000 more regional-based jobs over 5 years, the Liberal MP for Grey tells Flow listeners on Wednesday 27 April 2022 leading up to the 21 May federal election.

The new shadow minister for primary industries and water and leader of the opposition in the Legislative Council, Riverlander Nicola Centofanti spoke with FlowFM about the River Murray and horticulture industries needing labour and biosecurity protections

Stuart King is a Swan Hill councillor and business owner who decided to stand for the United Australia Party in the hotly contested seat of Mallee against the incumbent Nationals MP, Anne Webster.

Following the work of Tasmanian Liberal senator Claire Chandler to seek to ensure those born biologically female are the sole participants in girls' and womens' sport in Australia, Senator Antic has asked questions in Canberra of bureaucrats of 'what is a woman', drawing convoluted responses. Senator Antic continues to advocate for those that have lost employment or other benefits from their perso...

Fresh off a March tilt at the south east SA seat of Mackillop for the Nationals, the SA Nationals party president is having a crack at the federal seat of Barker, taking on the Liberals' Tony Pasin

Andrew stirred the pot in late April with an article at www.thomaseldermarkets.com.au looking at the fallout from Sri Lanka's mandate to go all-organic, which is where Friday 22 April 2022's discussion on Country Viewpoint begins before analysing the latest grain and canola market action for Australian growers - and what farmers are planting this season