The Country

Jarden's head of derivatives reviews last night's GDT Auction and today's Government carbon auction. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Rabobank comments on the bank's latest Farmer Confidence Survey, the rural banking enquiry and Rabobank's Good Deeds Competition. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of AgriZeroNZ takes issue with the outspoken Jane Smith, saying his taxpayer and industry-funded body is not a "solution looking for a problem" nor a "Ponzi Scheme". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Todd McClay, Mark Leslie, Tom Martin, Jim Hopkins, and Greg Millar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the Minister of Agriculture and Trade live on the ground in Tokyo (when he eventually got there!) to talk about trade with Japan and last week's raft of announcements from the Government at Fieldays around the rural banking enquiry, HWEM and the ETS.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Pamu (Landcorp) makes a belated debut on The Country. But is the nations' largest farmer still relevant and is it providing the tax payer with a meaningful return on investment during these tough economic times? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our UK farming correspondent updates early summer on his arable farm plus we ponder the election, Euro 24, and Wimbledon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our resident rural raconteur talks about the Beatles, farming being out of the ETS and what do you with a problem like the Air Force 757s? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We missed him at Fieldays, and yesterday, but we always get our man, and today it's National Fundraising Manager for the IHC Calf and Rural Scheme. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Phil Duncan,  Jacinta Penn, Grant McCallum and Mark Patterson, and Dr Jacqueline Rowarth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday's resident weather expert sitting in for Todd McClay who's sitting on his Tod somewhere between PNG and Brisbane. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is the Director and Chief Researcher of FleeceGrow - winner of the Innovations Award at Fieldays - a company using wool to help grow plants! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's Farmer/Politician Panel talks planes, Fieldays and dress sense. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of our leading Primary Sector Academics talks about the value of cooperatives. Plus why did Larry get so upset? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Todd Clark, Hunter McGregor, Christopher Luxon, Stacey Waaka, and Ray Smith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Peter Nation, Chris Hipkins, Jo Luxton, Ray Smith, Emma Poole and Tim Dangen, Mike Casey, Wayne Langford, Bryce McKenzie and Laurie Patterson, Jason Te Brake, and Tim Ormrod. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Fieldays gives his impressions on how the big event is going so far, including a review of the impressive goings on at the Innovation Hub.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Labour’s agriculture spokeswoman reveals she has been dubbed “The Princess of the Provinces” by Federated Farmers and has decided to own the title. She talks about her conversations with farmers at Fieldays and her constructive discussions with Minister of Agriculture Todd McClay.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Labour leader says this year’s Fieldays is an opportunity to spend time listening to farmers, instead of being “whisked around” doing “Prime Ministerial things”. He said it was also a time to amend the “strained relationships” between the agricultural sector and his previous government. Plus, he talks about the Coalition Government’s decision to exclude agriculture from the Emissions Trading S...

The Director General of MPI looks over yesterday’s Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries report, which he remains positive about despite a forecast drop in export revenue. He also talks about meeting the Chinese Premier Li Qiang, and whether job losses at MPI will affect biosecurity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This brother and sister duo are also the 2023 and 2022 Young Farmers of the Year. “The Dangen Zone” meets Jamie Mackay face-to-face for the first time at Fieldays.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Central Otago zero-carbon cherry grower is at Fieldays with his electric tractor, which he says is the perfect tool for what he needs, and is keen for others to find out whether it would work for them too. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The president of Federated Farmers says he’s cautiously welcoming the government’s announcement of an independent inquiry into rural banking but still has a few questions about how “rural” it will be. He also talks about the Rural Advocacy Hub at Fieldays.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The co-founders of Groundswell join The Country at Fieldays to talk about how they got the farming advocacy group up and running, along with what they think about the rural banking inquiry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The new chief executive of Zespri talks about how his role is going so far and what he’s going to do about those mice that ruined over a million trays of kiwifruit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.