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The Rural Quarter May 8

Posted May 08, 2015 10:14:30

On this episode: the future of beef production; Australian strawberry famers continue to use globally banned toxic chemicals and Queensland farmers still struggling in the aftermath of Cyclone Marcia.

Pip Courtney

Source: ABC News | Duration: 12min 59sec

Topics: rural, dairy-production, goat-production, beef-cattle, genetically-modified-food, agricultural-chemicals, agricultural-crops, storm-disaster, australia

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