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Jump on board the virtual climate bus tour

May 20, 2022

A series of Agriculture Victoria podcasts provide listeners with real examples of how farmers are managing climate change and variability.

Producers can now go on a virtual bus tour to speak with farmers and agricultural influencers who are looking at different ways to manage climate variability.

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Agriculture Victoria’s Darryl Pearl said that across the 10 podcasts, listeners would hear real examples of how farmers had managed climate change and variability across a range of locations around the state.

This season includes conversations with livestock producers who are using stock containment areas, agricultural business resilience experts, low and high rainfall zone growers who talk about their coping strategies, and farmers developing new skills through online learning.

“In one episode we talk to third-generation Millewa farmer Ian Arney who has experienced a huge amount of change in order to continue farming in a changing climate, arguably none more so than in the last 10 years with a move from cereal and grain cropping to focusing mainly on sheep,” Mr Pearl said.

“Everyone we talk to during this season has a focus on planning and understanding their business in order to help them through the tough years and make the most of the good ones.”

The 10 virtual climate bus tour episodes will run as part of season three of the AgVic Talk podcast channel, which began as a pilot in August 2020.

You can subscribe and listen to AgVic Talk wherever you get your podcasts.