The Country

The general manager of RaboResearch Australia and New Zealand says trade logistics are set to once again become increasingly challenging for New Zealand’s agriculture sector with the escalating tensions in the Red Sea and Suez Canal disrupting global trade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with “shearing’s royal family” as they await all the shearing sports action at Waimumu, including a team relay where eight-hour world record holders Jack Fagan and Megan Whitehead will take on ... their dads. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NZ First’s minister for rural communities and associate agriculture minister responsible for wool. He says he’s keen to tackle the “wool conundrum” with a series of woolshed tours with Agriculture Minister Todd McClay to show farmers “we’re going to get out of Wellington”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PGG Wrightson’s general manager of PGG Wrightson Real Estate says farm succession is having a positive impact on the market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chair of Zespri has a quick comment on how strong export growth is expected across all fruit varieties this year, with about 193 million trays expected to be shipped around the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Rowena Duncum, Emma Poole, Jon Pemberton, Richard Burke, Todd Charteris, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s day two (of three) of the Southern Field Days at Waimumu and we kick it off with the 2023 FMG Young Farmer of the Year and one of the leading lights behind Ag Proud’s National Lamb Day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of the country’s biggest vegetable and salad grower, Leaderbrand, reflects on tough 12 months for the industry and, in particular, his Gisborne region. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the chief executive of Rabobank at the Southern Field Days, where he’s been attending a client breakfast this morning and we discuss the Federated Farmers/ Rabobank Farm Remuneration survey which will open in the coming days. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with one of the primary sector’s leading academics at her old stomping ground, Massey University, where she’s been attending a soil science conference that dates back to the 1980s. But has it been a talkfest? And should the government be investing more in R&D for the ag sector? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent talks about plane-spotting Tay Tay, unloading the stranded live animal export ship in WA, and an anthrax outbreak in Victoria. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Winston Peters, Paul Paynter, Sandra Faulkner, Dave Martin, and Nadine Tunley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the absence of the Prime Minister, who’s at day one of the Southern Field Days, we yarn to the Deputy Prime Minister about Cyclone Gabrielle, the wicked waste surrounding the Job Seekers Benefit and Three Waters, whether he’s still driving one of Jacinda’s EVs, and is there ageism in politics? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Yummy Fruit (and Hawke’s Bay apple grower) is just back from a trade trip to Berlin. One year on from Cyclone Gabrielle, he says on the face of it, the corporate industry looks like it is recovering well but at an individual level many growers are wiped out or critically wounded. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with East Coast farmer, and the event director of the East Coast Farming Expo (happening Feb 21-22 at the Wairoa Racecourse), one year on from Cyclone Gabrielle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We find the chief executive of Horticulture NZ in Spain to talk about Cyclone Gabrielle and the good prospects for the industry off the back of our wonderful natural resources. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Wayne Langford, Jane Smith, Damien O'Connor, Tom Young, and Patrick Crawshaw. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The president of Federated Farmers has "been everywhere man". He spent yesterday visiting cyclone-affected farms in Gisborne, is in Wellington today and will spend tomorrow at the Southern Field Days just outside of Gore.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The straight-talking and award-winning North Otago farmer takes time off the handpiece crutching lambs to have a crack at the Waitaki District Council over property rights. She also sounds a sobering warning for farmers across the country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We book in for an argument with the Opposition's spokesman on trade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We take a look at the state of the red meat industry with the national livestock manager of Affco – and someone not a mile away from the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patoka sheep and beef farmer whose trip off-farm post-cyclone “for a change of scene and a bit of a break” was to win the East Coast Regional title for the Young Farmer of the Year contest. He looks back on a very challenging 12 months. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Sandra Matthews, David Seymour, Phil Duncan, Te Radar, and Cole Groves. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One year on from Cyclone Gabrielle the Rural Women NZ chair is one of the rural leaders and resiliency experts behind the Checking-in project. Funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries as part of the North Island Weather Event response, the project is run by Agri-Women’s Development Trust, Rural Women New Zealand and Farmstrong, with support from the Rural Support Trust. See omnystudio.com/lis...

The Act Party leader is buoyed by the latest Curia poll, which appears to show voter support for his Treaty Principles debate/discussion. We also discuss the prospect of rising interest rates and whether the Government is doing enough to aid in the recovery of Cyclone Gabrielle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.