The Country

Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Brandolino, Luke Kane, Tim Dangen and Emma Poole, and Gerard Rushton.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 NIWA's Weather Guy updates the flooding, including the wettest day in a century in Dunedin!   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The president of Otago Federated Farmers takes time out from his flooded West Otago farm to update a shocker for southern farmers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's farmer panel features the 2022 and 2023, respectively, Young Farmers of the Year. Emma talks about mating underway in the Waikato, concerns for her southern counterparts, and Fonterra road show reporting results and farmers' reactions. Tim discusses Young Farmers districts entries open, the Zanda McDonald entries also open and an update from his Murawai beef farm.  See omnystudio.com/liste...

Mr. Heartland Rugby himself joins us today to promote a big day for the Meningitis Foundation in Ashburton tomorrow. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Richard McIntyre, Shane Jones, Todd Charteris, James Hamilton, Chris Russell, and Phil Duncan.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Federated Farmers dairy chair and banking spokesperson says more than one in five Kiwi farmers say their bank isn’t allowing them to structure their debt in the most interest-efficient way.  That’s a key finding put forward by Federated Farmers in its recent submission to Parliament’s banking inquiry. 2/ Shane Jones: The Prince of the Provinces, Matua Shane, is on the warpath on the West Coast aga...

The Prince of the Provinces, Matua Shane, is on the warpath on the West Coast against Greenpeace and dim-witted creatures who dare stand in his way, and in the way of progress! He also has his say on the "mood of the boardroom" survey, the Dunedin hospital and we find out the cowboy origins of his name. But does that make him a cowboy? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we find the chief executive of Rabobank at the Te Mata Tennis Club (near Raglan) for the working bee for the winners of the 2024 Rabobank Good Deeds Competition. We also pick his brain about next week's OCR announcement - 25 or 50 point cut? And does he have any comments on Fed Farmers banking inquiry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brandt's branch manager at Waipukurau joins us to celebrate the 2024 Ross Shield rugby tournament on his home patch.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent previews an NRL Final for the ages, plus talks wool levies, record rains and making flies into animal feed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We wrap the show with rain watch from WeatherWatch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Richard Allen, Mike Peterson, and Craig Wiggins.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PM kicks off The Country and we kick off about the Dunedin Hospital. Plus we also talk about the Q4 Action Plan, the UAE trade deal and next week's OCR announcement. And with Jimmy Carter turning 100, we ask our PM who was the best US President of his lifetime?   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra's Chicago-based President Global Ingredients comments on another very good GDT auction (up 1.2%, WMP + 3%) and talks about the new strategy message he's giving Fonterra farmers on the current road show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is a Hawkes Bay farmer, former NZ Trade Envoy and former Chair of Beef + Lamb NZ who reckons that rather than beating up forestry and trees, land use change is an ongoing trend. He doesn't buy into the over dramatization of sheep number decline and says it's been happening since 1985.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The founder of Lean on a Gate, Talk to a Mate and the Whatever with Wiggy Charitable Trust salutes his new patron Barbara Kuriger, who along with Slade McFarland was supporting farmers and locals at the King Country Rams rugby home game at Te Kuiti last weekend. The Lean on a Gate, Talk to a Mate campaign will be hitting Kaitaia, Whangārei, Dargaville and Kerikeri on the 21st to 24th October. See...

Jamie Mackay talks to Kate Acland, Farmer Tom Martin, Blair Drysdale, Jim Hopkins, and Shane McManaway and Dean Rabbidge. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Beef + Lamb New Zealand chair says it's been a "challenging time" for farmers and processing companies "due to the significant decrease in sheepmeat prices in the last few years, and spiralling costs on farm and along the supply chain".   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask a Southland arable farmer if growing rice is his best option at the moment, after the wettest September on record.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our UK farming correspondent comments on the spread of Bluetongue Virus, the potential removal of inheritance tax exemptions, a wet September and why gene editing is a good thing when it comes to plant breeding.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is a rural raconteur and local body politician who has his say on the Smithfield plant closure, the future of food production and Trump v Harris. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The hunt is on for the next generation of trailblazers in agriculture as applications open for the 2025 Zanda McDonald Award. This esteemed trans-Tasman award, recognised as one of the most coveted prizes in Australasian agribusiness, seeks to identify and support young leaders who are making significant strides in the sector. The Zanda McDonald Award is open to Australian and New Zealand resident...

Jamie Mackay talks to Phil Duncan, Jo Luxton, Kylie Leonard, Grant McCallum and Jeremy Rookes, and Rowena Duncum.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we find our Monday Weather Man in Queenstown, lapping up the sunshine, on the last day of September. But what does October have in store for us?  We only want good news! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.