April 10, 2025 • 14 mins
We speak to Grain Producers SA, the Minister for primary Industries, and a local bee keeper about how the drought is impacting both small and large scale business across SA. We also learn about all that comes with a new funding package to assist in this very dry time.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
iHeart Essays.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Hi, I'm Jackie Luam with iHeart Essay. This week we
deep dive into the dusty conditions around our regions and
investigate the impacts of drought for local primary producers and
small businesses. It's been a hot topic right across the
state over the last several weeks, months, even years, with
some farmers reporting their entering into their third year of drought.
(00:24):
Local members have been advocating for our primary producers in
Parliament and at a drought round table held in Adelaide
last week, Member for Flinders Sam Telfer had this to
say in Parliament, my question is to.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
The Treasurer how much and what further drought relief will
be provided by the state government to farmers following the
release of the federal budget. Will the Premier visit drought
stricken farming communities this week rather than expecting them to
travel ours to Adelaide. Social media posts from Livestock Essay
chair Gillian Fennel announced that the Premier had been invited
(00:55):
and I quote not for a photo op, but to
listen to look people in the I to understand that
without immediate and ongoing support, we risk losing more than
just stock. We risk losing our producers, our communities and
the culture of care and stewardship they represent.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
We've also been given some insight into ESSAYS drought round
table last week in Adelaide. The meeting was attended by
primary producers, farmers and state ministers from right across the grounds.
After calls for the fast tracking of government funding to
assist those worst effected by the record breaking conditions. An
eighteen million dollar package was unveiled back in November, but
(01:31):
many were left high and drive for up to ten
weeks after applying for the assistance package. Meantime, calls for
council rate relief eesl rebates and water carting subsidies have
been piling up. Grain producers, say CEO Brad Perry was
at the meeting and says the lack of timely support
has impacts right across communities.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
Look, we had an invite from the premiere ministers. Scriven,
the Primary Industries Minister and also the Treasurer was there
and there were a number of primary production, peak body
organizations and some farmers around the table for a meeting
on drought support. We've at GPSA have certainly been advocating
for further support. It's really looking dryer and dryer out there,
(02:16):
and things are really tough for farmers.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
At the moment.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Yeah, definitely. So the funding that has been committed, the
eighteen million dollars, there is reports that there's been delays
up to ten weeks of this actually being even being
approved if I'm correct, not even just receiving the funding.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
So was that discussed, Yeah, that certainly was, and that
was something that we all put forward to say, well,
we need to get some movement in those processing times
because ten weeks is certainly far too long for someone
to wait when they're needing an emergency assistance.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
So that was for the five million dollars that was
allocated for infrastructure grants on farm and so they've been
a big sway of grants coming and that could cause
some delays in processing, and we certainly pushed the point
that those need to be processed sooner and that funding
got out to growers on the ground. Some of the
(03:08):
farmers that we've spoken to it actually already had to
commit to buying that infrastructure and they're relying on getting
that grant money in so without that they may not
have made that commitment. So I think it's really important
that those sped up and that money gets to growers
on the ground as up.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
So as far as extra funding and extra help goes,
because I know that there are a few things that
maybe were being lined up. What was the outcome there?
What were we pushing for in that space?
Speaker 5 (03:37):
Oh, there was certainly a number of things that were
put forward by each of the commodities and areas, such
as support for fodder that was a key talking point.
But I think for us, you know, we put forth
things that were going to help you know, cash flow
at a time where a graying producer will spend hundreds
of thousands of dollars putting a crop in and last
(03:59):
season have got very minimal income back, so and that
could happen again this season, depending on the weather. So
we were pushing for things like council rate rebates or
emergency service levy rebates, or even some assistance on things
like vehicle registrations and others. Also, you know, looking for
(04:20):
general support for real financial counseling service which is completely
under the pump at the moment, and also things that
are going to help businesses get through this and restructure
as well. If they need to be going forward and
just become more resilient.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Stories from farmers, if there was any that were particularly poignant, Yeah,
what were people saying from around the.
Speaker 5 (04:39):
Grounds oh Oka. And we've just had Minister Scribbin the
promo and Shuism minister tour with us up to the
mid North, so we invited her up there and organized that.
And I think the big thing is that, as I mentioned,
were spending so much money, is so expensive now to
put a crop in with all of the input costs fertilizer, chemicals, fuel,
(05:01):
et cetera. You know, and when you don't get any rain,
you just don't get an income. So, you know, grain
producers in some areas are facing multiple years and have
had multiple years of dry now and that income has
been stifled, so they really need support to even get
a crop in potentially for this season.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
As far as small businesses go as well, you know,
it's not just grain producers that are being affected. It's
small businesses as well, with nurseries around the place and
all sorts of different small businesses that are very much
affected by the drought. Was there any sort of representation
for people like them and their businesses at this discussion.
Speaker 5 (05:40):
It was mostly primary production, but certainly from a primary
producer's viewpoint, we need those those businesses that in those
regional communities. I think it's tough and understay with just
how important it is to keep these regional communities going,
and when grain producers are doing it tough that money
is not flowing through the communities, and these small businesses
(06:00):
do feel the impacts for more than just that one
or two years of drought. You know, this is a
this is a longer term impact of reduced income and
take some time to recover. So we were certainly very
pushy on having further assistance for small businesses. You know,
there are examples in previous droughts where there's been assistance
that's been injected into some of these communities through spending
(06:24):
at some of some of these smaller businesses, and we'd
like to see that happen again. In fact, I think
we need to see that happen again or we're going
to have an exodus of businesses following these few years
of dry.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Small businesses are adapting with the current conditions because obviously,
you know, some have had been forced to fold, but
others are adapting and moving on. Do you have any
insight into how they're you know, pushing on in this
in the drought.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
I think it's it's really tough, you know, and it
always is. And it's not just the drought we've had,
you know, years we've had COVID as well. We've had
other things that have really restricted you know, business income
in these small regional communities with population exodus and also
just the general cost of living. So I think this
is just another thing that adds to the challenges for
(07:11):
these small to medium businesses in regional communities. But we
need to see them survive and we need to see
them prosper as a state. So I'd really like to
see a lot of support go into helping these regional
communities survive in what's a very very tough time.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Were coming up after the.
Speaker 6 (07:28):
Break, I heard essays, I heard essays.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Welcome back. We just heard from Member for Flinders Zam
Telfer and Grain Producers SA CEO Brad Perry about the
dire conditions in our very own backyards. And we'll now
speak to a local farmer for an account of exactly
how bad things are getting on the Air Peninsula. Even
in industries we may have never considered our journo brooks
Seychell spoke to local beekeeper Reuben Turner about how it's
(07:58):
affecting local business.
Speaker 7 (08:00):
There's been no significant nectar flow out of any resources
across their peninsula and pretty much the state, resulting in
depressed honey production to the point where some people, including myself,
are down between eighty and ninety a typical year, I
would expect maybe three boxes of honey per hive. This year,
(08:24):
I haven't even got one.
Speaker 8 (08:25):
Is there any resources or support available for smaller local
producers like yourself?
Speaker 7 (08:31):
Not that aware of.
Speaker 8 (08:32):
What measures have you had to put in place instead
then to combat the drought.
Speaker 7 (08:36):
Ultimately it's artificial feeding that's both carbohydrates and protein and
a lot of of course have been very hard on
the water.
Speaker 8 (08:46):
What can you expect moving forward as well?
Speaker 7 (08:48):
So moving forward, we'd love some rain, of course, and
that would be a short term, short term reprieve and
hopefully encourage some nectar flow out of some of the
flowers that are gonna poply, but it's not going to
solve a longer term problem of just a significant amount
of stress placed on the native veg We're seeing trees
(09:13):
that are not supposed to flower yet flowering simply because
as a result of wester stress and they've got to reproduce,
so they start flowering and there's nothing in them. The
bees go there and there's maybe a bit of dry
pollen that's just dust and no nectar at all. And
we've seen it before. It's happened years and years ago,
and it usually takes two years for the trees to
(09:35):
recover and settled back to a normal cycle and for
the honey production to return to what would be an
average season.
Speaker 8 (09:44):
It's just devastating, isn't it.
Speaker 7 (09:46):
It makes it very hard to make any plans moving forward,
particularly with the uncertainty in the industry around Varoa and
also the imported the cheap imported honey that's available. Won't
see us have any wholesale increase in the honey market
anytime soon.
Speaker 8 (10:03):
Looking forward, what do you think needs to change to
help local beekeepers manage these sort of conditions because we
know it's probably going to happen again.
Speaker 7 (10:13):
It will definitely happen again. It's all cycles within cycles,
and we had an eclipse about twelve months ago and
that has been part of that cycle is a dry
period for about twelve months so there's a whole range
of factors that culminating in a drier cycle at the moment.
As far as moving forward and what needs to be
(10:35):
put into place, I think limiting or eliminating imported honey
would then see an increase in the wholesale price of honey.
They would also see that as an increase a reason
to increase the retail price of honey because the middleman
never want to miss out. It's a bit of a challenge.
Everyone likes honey and they would like to get it
for as cheap as they can. It's hard to compete
(10:56):
with honey from Asia and places for around to goal
with a KO.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Following that drought round table and after hearing pleas for
help and a rather lengthy wish list, the Malanowskas government
has stepped up with another fifty five million dollars in funding.
The package has been designed in direct consultation with farmers
and primary producers. Assistance measures in the new funding stream
include immediate financial relief by providing rebates for emergency services
(11:21):
levies and commercial vehicle registration fees. Two and a half
million dollars will go towards an immediate and comprehensive strategy
to boost mental health and resilience in drought areas, and
three and a half million dollars in additional supports for
rural small businesses. Our reporter Manique Crichton spoke to Primary
Industries Minister Claire Scriven about the new package.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
So, for much of South Australia, this is the worst
drout that they have seen. We've got the lowest rainfall
on record for many of the areas in our state,
including areas that usually have very reliable rainfall. So that
means that the farmers has been struggling hugely. For some
areas actually entering the third year of drought, others it's
the first year, but it's the worst drout that they've
(12:02):
seen in that time. So this is a fifty five
million dollar package to assist both with immediate assistance to
get help get them through as well as providing assistance
for longer term solutions that means that they'll be able
to deal better with future droughts. So it includes fifty
five million dollars in additional funds, building on the eighteen
million dollars that was announced in November last year, and
(12:25):
it includes things for farmers directly, such as extending the
on farmed drought infrastructure, grants, assistance for charities with hay runs,
immediate financial relief for farmers so rebates on things like
the emergency services levy and commercial vehicle registration, as well
as boosts for mental health and rural financial counseling. So
(12:46):
there's a very comprehensive package. It's been designed in consultation
with farmers and with peak bodies over quite a period
of time, including the roundtable that Premier hosted last week.
Speaker 6 (12:57):
Yes, we spoke to the grain producers who are on
that roundtable and it sounds like you have listened.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Yes, we need to design these things with farmers and
that's what we've been able to do. So looking at
this very comprehensive package which takes into account the needs
of farms directly, the needs of regional communities who are
also impacted by big reductions in income as well as
in local activities such as local sports and events, is
(13:25):
also really important so that we can help our fellow
South Australians get through this very very severe drought.
Speaker 6 (13:30):
And so how quickly can the support be implemented. I
know a lot of it is council rate relief, that
sort of thing. But how quickly can the money get through?
Speaker 1 (13:39):
So the programs that we announced back in November are
still open and so people can still apply for those,
and then these additional programs will be rolled out in
the coming weeks, so some can go quite quickly. Others
will be working of course with councils, for example to
upgrade regional waterstawmpipes, but assistance to sports clubs and others
(13:59):
in regional communities will be a mixture. But clearly we
want to get this out to farmers as soon as possible,
and I would encourage them to reach out to the
Rural Business Services and they'll be able to find out
more information.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
So while we wait for that new funding stream, Premier
Pete Malinowskis and Crow's legend Tony Godra Madra set to
headline a Drought Resilient street party in Peterborough on Monday.
The free event will give farmers, businesses and community members
a chance to come together for a few cold West
End drafts as they continue to come to terms with
one of the worst droughts in Essays history. That's it
(14:35):
for this week. Don't forget you can hear iHeart Essay
in the iHeart app or wherever you get your podcasts.
I'm Jackie Limb. Join us again next week for more
of the stories you want to hear. I Heart Essay.
The Voice of South Australia
Speaker 4 (14:48):
I Heart Essay,
iHeart Essays.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Hi, I'm Jackie Luam with iHeart Essay. This week we
deep dive into the dusty conditions around our regions and
investigate the impacts of drought for local primary producers and
small businesses. It's been a hot topic right across the
state over the last several weeks, months, even years, with
some farmers reporting their entering into their third year of drought.
(00:24):
Local members have been advocating for our primary producers in
Parliament and at a drought round table held in Adelaide
last week, Member for Flinders Sam Telfer had this to
say in Parliament, my question is to.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
The Treasurer how much and what further drought relief will
be provided by the state government to farmers following the
release of the federal budget. Will the Premier visit drought
stricken farming communities this week rather than expecting them to
travel ours to Adelaide. Social media posts from Livestock Essay
chair Gillian Fennel announced that the Premier had been invited
(00:55):
and I quote not for a photo op, but to
listen to look people in the I to understand that
without immediate and ongoing support, we risk losing more than
just stock. We risk losing our producers, our communities and
the culture of care and stewardship they represent.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
We've also been given some insight into ESSAYS drought round
table last week in Adelaide. The meeting was attended by
primary producers, farmers and state ministers from right across the grounds.
After calls for the fast tracking of government funding to
assist those worst effected by the record breaking conditions. An
eighteen million dollar package was unveiled back in November, but
(01:31):
many were left high and drive for up to ten
weeks after applying for the assistance package. Meantime, calls for
council rate relief eesl rebates and water carting subsidies have
been piling up. Grain producers, say CEO Brad Perry was
at the meeting and says the lack of timely support
has impacts right across communities.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
Look, we had an invite from the premiere ministers. Scriven,
the Primary Industries Minister and also the Treasurer was there
and there were a number of primary production, peak body
organizations and some farmers around the table for a meeting
on drought support. We've at GPSA have certainly been advocating
for further support. It's really looking dryer and dryer out there,
(02:16):
and things are really tough for farmers.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
At the moment.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Yeah, definitely. So the funding that has been committed, the
eighteen million dollars, there is reports that there's been delays
up to ten weeks of this actually being even being
approved if I'm correct, not even just receiving the funding.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
So was that discussed, Yeah, that certainly was, and that
was something that we all put forward to say, well,
we need to get some movement in those processing times
because ten weeks is certainly far too long for someone
to wait when they're needing an emergency assistance.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
So that was for the five million dollars that was
allocated for infrastructure grants on farm and so they've been
a big sway of grants coming and that could cause
some delays in processing, and we certainly pushed the point
that those need to be processed sooner and that funding
got out to growers on the ground. Some of the
(03:08):
farmers that we've spoken to it actually already had to
commit to buying that infrastructure and they're relying on getting
that grant money in so without that they may not
have made that commitment. So I think it's really important
that those sped up and that money gets to growers
on the ground as up.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
So as far as extra funding and extra help goes,
because I know that there are a few things that
maybe were being lined up. What was the outcome there?
What were we pushing for in that space?
Speaker 5 (03:37):
Oh, there was certainly a number of things that were
put forward by each of the commodities and areas, such
as support for fodder that was a key talking point.
But I think for us, you know, we put forth
things that were going to help you know, cash flow
at a time where a graying producer will spend hundreds
of thousands of dollars putting a crop in and last
(03:59):
season have got very minimal income back, so and that
could happen again this season, depending on the weather. So
we were pushing for things like council rate rebates or
emergency service levy rebates, or even some assistance on things
like vehicle registrations and others. Also, you know, looking for
(04:20):
general support for real financial counseling service which is completely
under the pump at the moment, and also things that
are going to help businesses get through this and restructure
as well. If they need to be going forward and
just become more resilient.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Stories from farmers, if there was any that were particularly poignant, Yeah,
what were people saying from around the.
Speaker 5 (04:39):
Grounds oh Oka. And we've just had Minister Scribbin the
promo and Shuism minister tour with us up to the
mid North, so we invited her up there and organized that.
And I think the big thing is that, as I mentioned,
were spending so much money, is so expensive now to
put a crop in with all of the input costs fertilizer, chemicals, fuel,
(05:01):
et cetera. You know, and when you don't get any rain,
you just don't get an income. So, you know, grain
producers in some areas are facing multiple years and have
had multiple years of dry now and that income has
been stifled, so they really need support to even get
a crop in potentially for this season.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
As far as small businesses go as well, you know,
it's not just grain producers that are being affected. It's
small businesses as well, with nurseries around the place and
all sorts of different small businesses that are very much
affected by the drought. Was there any sort of representation
for people like them and their businesses at this discussion.
Speaker 5 (05:40):
It was mostly primary production, but certainly from a primary
producer's viewpoint, we need those those businesses that in those
regional communities. I think it's tough and understay with just
how important it is to keep these regional communities going,
and when grain producers are doing it tough that money
is not flowing through the communities, and these small businesses
(06:00):
do feel the impacts for more than just that one
or two years of drought. You know, this is a
this is a longer term impact of reduced income and
take some time to recover. So we were certainly very
pushy on having further assistance for small businesses. You know,
there are examples in previous droughts where there's been assistance
that's been injected into some of these communities through spending
(06:24):
at some of some of these smaller businesses, and we'd
like to see that happen again. In fact, I think
we need to see that happen again or we're going
to have an exodus of businesses following these few years
of dry.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Small businesses are adapting with the current conditions because obviously,
you know, some have had been forced to fold, but
others are adapting and moving on. Do you have any
insight into how they're you know, pushing on in this
in the drought.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
I think it's it's really tough, you know, and it
always is. And it's not just the drought we've had,
you know, years we've had COVID as well. We've had
other things that have really restricted you know, business income
in these small regional communities with population exodus and also
just the general cost of living. So I think this
is just another thing that adds to the challenges for
(07:11):
these small to medium businesses in regional communities. But we
need to see them survive and we need to see
them prosper as a state. So I'd really like to
see a lot of support go into helping these regional
communities survive in what's a very very tough time.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Were coming up after the.
Speaker 6 (07:28):
Break, I heard essays, I heard essays.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Welcome back. We just heard from Member for Flinders Zam
Telfer and Grain Producers SA CEO Brad Perry about the
dire conditions in our very own backyards. And we'll now
speak to a local farmer for an account of exactly
how bad things are getting on the Air Peninsula. Even
in industries we may have never considered our journo brooks
Seychell spoke to local beekeeper Reuben Turner about how it's
(07:58):
affecting local business.
Speaker 7 (08:00):
There's been no significant nectar flow out of any resources
across their peninsula and pretty much the state, resulting in
depressed honey production to the point where some people, including myself,
are down between eighty and ninety a typical year, I
would expect maybe three boxes of honey per hive. This year,
(08:24):
I haven't even got one.
Speaker 8 (08:25):
Is there any resources or support available for smaller local
producers like yourself?
Speaker 7 (08:31):
Not that aware of.
Speaker 8 (08:32):
What measures have you had to put in place instead
then to combat the drought.
Speaker 7 (08:36):
Ultimately it's artificial feeding that's both carbohydrates and protein and
a lot of of course have been very hard on
the water.
Speaker 8 (08:46):
What can you expect moving forward as well?
Speaker 7 (08:48):
So moving forward, we'd love some rain, of course, and
that would be a short term, short term reprieve and
hopefully encourage some nectar flow out of some of the
flowers that are gonna poply, but it's not going to
solve a longer term problem of just a significant amount
of stress placed on the native veg We're seeing trees
(09:13):
that are not supposed to flower yet flowering simply because
as a result of wester stress and they've got to reproduce,
so they start flowering and there's nothing in them. The
bees go there and there's maybe a bit of dry
pollen that's just dust and no nectar at all. And
we've seen it before. It's happened years and years ago,
and it usually takes two years for the trees to
(09:35):
recover and settled back to a normal cycle and for
the honey production to return to what would be an
average season.
Speaker 8 (09:44):
It's just devastating, isn't it.
Speaker 7 (09:46):
It makes it very hard to make any plans moving forward,
particularly with the uncertainty in the industry around Varoa and
also the imported the cheap imported honey that's available. Won't
see us have any wholesale increase in the honey market
anytime soon.
Speaker 8 (10:03):
Looking forward, what do you think needs to change to
help local beekeepers manage these sort of conditions because we
know it's probably going to happen again.
Speaker 7 (10:13):
It will definitely happen again. It's all cycles within cycles,
and we had an eclipse about twelve months ago and
that has been part of that cycle is a dry
period for about twelve months so there's a whole range
of factors that culminating in a drier cycle at the moment.
As far as moving forward and what needs to be
(10:35):
put into place, I think limiting or eliminating imported honey
would then see an increase in the wholesale price of honey.
They would also see that as an increase a reason
to increase the retail price of honey because the middleman
never want to miss out. It's a bit of a challenge.
Everyone likes honey and they would like to get it
for as cheap as they can. It's hard to compete
(10:56):
with honey from Asia and places for around to goal
with a KO.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Following that drought round table and after hearing pleas for
help and a rather lengthy wish list, the Malanowskas government
has stepped up with another fifty five million dollars in funding.
The package has been designed in direct consultation with farmers
and primary producers. Assistance measures in the new funding stream
include immediate financial relief by providing rebates for emergency services
(11:21):
levies and commercial vehicle registration fees. Two and a half
million dollars will go towards an immediate and comprehensive strategy
to boost mental health and resilience in drought areas, and
three and a half million dollars in additional supports for
rural small businesses. Our reporter Manique Crichton spoke to Primary
Industries Minister Claire Scriven about the new package.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
So, for much of South Australia, this is the worst
drout that they have seen. We've got the lowest rainfall
on record for many of the areas in our state,
including areas that usually have very reliable rainfall. So that
means that the farmers has been struggling hugely. For some
areas actually entering the third year of drought, others it's
the first year, but it's the worst drout that they've
(12:02):
seen in that time. So this is a fifty five
million dollar package to assist both with immediate assistance to
get help get them through as well as providing assistance
for longer term solutions that means that they'll be able
to deal better with future droughts. So it includes fifty
five million dollars in additional funds, building on the eighteen
million dollars that was announced in November last year, and
(12:25):
it includes things for farmers directly, such as extending the
on farmed drought infrastructure, grants, assistance for charities with hay runs,
immediate financial relief for farmers so rebates on things like
the emergency services levy and commercial vehicle registration, as well
as boosts for mental health and rural financial counseling. So
(12:46):
there's a very comprehensive package. It's been designed in consultation
with farmers and with peak bodies over quite a period
of time, including the roundtable that Premier hosted last week.
Speaker 6 (12:57):
Yes, we spoke to the grain producers who are on
that roundtable and it sounds like you have listened.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Yes, we need to design these things with farmers and
that's what we've been able to do. So looking at
this very comprehensive package which takes into account the needs
of farms directly, the needs of regional communities who are
also impacted by big reductions in income as well as
in local activities such as local sports and events, is
(13:25):
also really important so that we can help our fellow
South Australians get through this very very severe drought.
Speaker 6 (13:30):
And so how quickly can the support be implemented. I
know a lot of it is council rate relief, that
sort of thing. But how quickly can the money get through?
Speaker 1 (13:39):
So the programs that we announced back in November are
still open and so people can still apply for those,
and then these additional programs will be rolled out in
the coming weeks, so some can go quite quickly. Others
will be working of course with councils, for example to
upgrade regional waterstawmpipes, but assistance to sports clubs and others
(13:59):
in regional communities will be a mixture. But clearly we
want to get this out to farmers as soon as possible,
and I would encourage them to reach out to the
Rural Business Services and they'll be able to find out
more information.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
So while we wait for that new funding stream, Premier
Pete Malinowskis and Crow's legend Tony Godra Madra set to
headline a Drought Resilient street party in Peterborough on Monday.
The free event will give farmers, businesses and community members
a chance to come together for a few cold West
End drafts as they continue to come to terms with
one of the worst droughts in Essays history. That's it
(14:35):
for this week. Don't forget you can hear iHeart Essay
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I'm Jackie Limb. Join us again next week for more
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