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Tuesday, June 16, 2020
The farmers of Argentina could supply the world with hand sanitiser... but they're struggling to cope with one of the longest COVID-19 lockdowns in the world.
As part of the "Landline to the World" series of online interviews examining the effect of COVID-19 across the globe, Argentinian agricultural journalist Addy Rossi speaks with Australian based ABC Television Landline reporter Prue Adams about the situation in Argentina.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020
With COVID-19 causing a major health crisis in the United Kingdom, labour and supply chains are being severely disrupted. The question on everyone's minds is, "how will farmers in the UK cope?"
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
With COVID-19 drastically impacting agricultural production and marketing around the world, Canada has not been exempt from the negative effects of the pandemic.
The production of maple syrup may appear to be an unusual agricultural enterprise to many, however in Canada it can be a core enterprise on some farms. Ontario dairy farmer Justin Williams relies on a second enterprise, maple syrup production to sustain his farm business.
However Mr Williams now finds that COVID-19 has made it hard to sell this iconic Canadian staple.
As part of an insightful series of snapshots examining how COVID-19 is affecting agriculture around the world, Landline reporter Prue Adams talks with Justin Williams about the situation in Canada.
Click here to view Prue Adams' ABC Landline interview with Justin Williams
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020
COVID-19 has disrupted agriculture around the world. One of the major international rural powerhouses is the USA and this country is finding the pandemic-influenced broken agricultural product supply chain is not easy to fix.
Oregon based agricultural journalist, Steve Werblow says the USA is currently experiencing an unusual combination of consumers having to pay high prices for agricultural products, while at the same time farmers are placed in a situation of receiving low prices.
As part of a series of snapshots of agriculture around the globe, Steve Werblow explains the upsetting situation in the USA to ABC Landline's Prue Adams.
Click here to view Prue Adams' ABC Landline interview with Steve Werblow
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Friday, May 08, 2020
How is COVID-19 affecting agricultural industries in Austria?
Austria's a small country, but it produces so much! So how has it handled the pandemic that has crippled much of Europe?
Observing the ultimate in social distancing protocol during the COVID-19 lockdown period, ABC Landline reporter Prue Adams speaks to Austrian agricultural consultant, Markus Habisch.
Click here to view Prue Adams' ABC Landline interview with Markus Habisch...
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Thursday, April 02, 2020
Due to the current international health crisis, RMSA has not surprisingly had to cancel our planned function with the President of the National Farmers Federation on May 21st. We will endeavour to secure a new date for Fiona Simson to address us, once things have returned to normal.
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Monday, March 09, 2020
Advertiser photographer, Matt Turner’s iconic group photograph of winemakers has been named the best Australian rural photograph for 2019.
Aptly-titled ‘Pick of the Bunch’, Matt Turners winning photo was originally published in the Advertiser’s SA Weekend supplement last April. It subsequently featured in a winning portfolio of photos that saw Matt named RMSA’s SA & NT Rural Photographer of the Year for 2019.
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Saturday, December 14, 2019
From a near record number of outstanding entries, Advertiser rural affairs editor Paula Thompson and photographer, Matt Turner took out the major prizes at the 2019 RMSA South Australian and Northern Territory Rural Media Awards.
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Tuesday, September 03, 2019
Entries are now open for the 2019 SA & NT Rural Media Awards for Rural Journalists and Photographers.
These prestigious annual awards carry significant peer recognition and in 2019, offer a total of $7,500 in prize money plus trophies.
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