The Country

The PR Man for the New Zealand Forest Owners Association goes in to bat for the industry and, in an annual tradition, names his Ag Person of the Year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s "Jezza’s Razzies” as our resident hobby farmer hands out his rural gongs for 2023. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The East Coast Bush Poet offers a poetic end to 2023 as he tries to get to the bottom of Grant’s fiscal hole. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Todd Charteris, James Shaw, Mark de Lautour, Chris Russell, and Campbell Parker. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Rabobank comments on Federated Farmers’ latest banking survey which sees more than a quarter of all farmers feeling they are coming under undue pressure from their bank. Plus, we also give you the opportunity to win the final “Countdown to Christmas” prize - $1000 to the charity of your choice. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Green Party co-leader joins us for the final time in 2023. We discuss life on the Opposition benches, Cop28, the future of bipartisan farm emissions pricing and whether dress and conduct standards are dropping in Parliament. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have our final catch-up of the year with the chief executive of Open Country Dairy and on the agenda is the prospect of an $8 payout and what the Suez Canal conflict means for New Zealand dairy farmers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent reviews the year that was from across the ditch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The new chief executive of DairyNZ wraps the 2023 farming year and we get his thoughts on the state of the industry less than three months into his new job. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Shane McManaway, Doug Avery, Karen Williams, Judith Swales, David Stevens, and Scott Duggan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Act Party leader comments on the Mini Budget this afternoon, Christopher Luxon in Australia (yes the Airforce 757 actually made it), Todd McClay in India, Winston Peters in a scrap over te reo names and his Ag Person of the Year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s farmer panel features two of our most favourite and long-standing correspondents who nominate their Politician and Ag Person of the Year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wearing her FMG-supporting Safer Farms hard hat, the former vice president of Federated Farmers laments yet another tragic and needless quad bike death. There have been five since November 25. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra’s chief executive of global markets reviews yet another positive GDT auction overnight (up 2.3 per cent, WMP plus 2.9 per cent). We ask if an $8 milk price is on the horizon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s the end of an era, and the end of an institution, on the New Zealand deer farming calendar, as one of the country’s leading velveting sire stag breeders signs off after 37 years in the industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Country's Rowena Duncum talks to PGG Wrightson GM of Wool Grant Edwards about the state of the market.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The national sales manager for Volkswagen NZ on what the scrapping of the Ute Tax means for consumers in 2024. Plus, he has a super deal on the award-winning Amarok. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Krista Franklin, Kate Acland, Richard Burke, and Jane Smith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We wrap the year with a man who started as Minister for Agriculture, Trade, Biosecurity and Land Information and finished it as opposition spokesperson for trade. Today we talk about an FTA with India, the ease (or lack of) of doing business in New Zealand, life after having your feet under the Treasury benches, and living with Grant’s huge fiscal hole. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

This month’s Farmstrong farmers are Northland kūmara growers Krista and James Franklin, who got whacked by Cyclone Gabrielle. Krista shares the story of how the family got through it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chair of Beef + Lamb NZ wraps a very testing year for the red meat industry, especially for sheep farmers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Gisborne-based LeaderBrand chief executive looks back on an unbelievably challenging 2023 for salad and vegetable growers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The straight-talking North Otago farmer, and award-winning environmentalist, gets stuck into woke regulations being foisted upon farmers. Plus, we get her Christmas wishlist and Ag Person of the Year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Richard McIntyre, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, and Greg Mirams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Making his final appearance for 2023 on The Country, the Prime Minister ponders the past year in politics, the Mini Budget and tax cuts, the prospect for farming in 2024, Micheal Buble and Love, Actually. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.