The Country

Jamie Mackay talks to Greg Menzies, Richard McIntyre, Mike Firth, Tony Neilson, Tyla Toheriri, Stu Duncan, and Ben Dooley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Emerson’s Brewery sales and marketing manager reveals why the Mackaiser is a “bit more punchy” this year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Makaiser launch winners have travelled all the way from the Wairarapa. Mike Firth is a Martinborough sheep and beef farmer and Tony Neilson is a Dannivirke sheep and beef farmer who also has a dairy farm at Ōpunake. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The unofficial mayor of Wedderburn, and owner of the golf course, pops into the Tiny Pub to talk about how tourism is helping his community. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with a graduate of Silver Fern Farms’ inaugural livestock talent programme to find out how she’s “learning lots with lots more to learn”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Southland farmer and social media guru joins us all the way from Wyndham. He reveals being popular on YouTube may not provide a supplementary on-farm income but he has gained a lot of UK and US fans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Wayne Langford, Kevin Mortensen, and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The outgoing Minister of Agriculture reflects on the past six years in the job, the highs and the lows, turning down several OIO requests for forestry conversion on his way out the door, and whether he has any regrets about the tsunami of regulations he foisted upon farmers.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The President of Federated Farmers is "cautiously optimistic" about where  Fonterra has landed with its long-awaited on-farm emissions reduction target. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We take our monthly look at the state of the rural livestock market, particularly the sheep industry, which is struggling through a downturn. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent talks about the Big Show, biting crocodiles, drought, and falling lamb prices. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Country's Rowena Duncum is back with a second series of the Farmstrong Live Well, Farm Well podcast. In episode 4, Ro is joined by Slade McDonald, who in just 24 years has dealt with more challenges than most people do in a lifetime. Moving continents (twice), losing both his parents before he'd finished high school and eventually finding a healthier path to deal with loss, burnout and depress...

Jamie Mackay talks to Dame Lynda Topp, Richard Bruke, Emma Parsons, Hunter McGregor, and Ele Ludemann. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fish & Game New Zealand has launched a public awareness campaign to hook New Zealanders on the experience of freshwater fishing and hunting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask the chief executive of Leaderbrand about the inclement East Coast weather, the prospect of lower vege prices, and who's going to play fullback for the Crusaders next year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We reviewed last night's GDT Auction (down 0.7 per cent, WMP - 2.7 per cent) with Fonterra's managing director of strategy and optimisation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our China-based correspondent in Shanghai says there are few "green shoots" for the world's second-biggest economy but he tempers that saying things can change very quickly in China. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the absence of the Minister for Agriculture, Damien O'Connor, we ask a true-blue North Otago farmer to fill the breach. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Guy Lennox, Nathan Penny, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, and Peter Flannery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Waverley sheep and beef farmer, (and a rugby, racing and beer aficionado), relives a magical moment 40 years ago for his hometown, Snow Lupton, Jimmy Cassidy and a horse called Kiwi. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Westpac’s rural economist comments on the worrying fall in lamb prices, a potential drop in tonight’s GDT auction, whether we can expect a change in the OCR on November 29, and why rising unemployment is a good thing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of our leading farming academics, and someone who has spent a lifetime in learning, agrees that education is very much the ambulance at the top of the cliff, but also that an academic qualification should qualify you for something! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Southland-based farm consultant, specialising in business coaching and governance, who has written an excellent paper on “The Current Farming Profitability Squeeze”, particularly focusing on the downturn in sheep farming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Steven Joyce, Graeme Williams, Humphrey O'Leary, and Blake Holgate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The former "Mr Fixit" and "Minister for Everything" in the last National Government is quite happy to not be around the negotiation table this time round with Winston Peters, but he’s nonetheless confident Christopher Luxon can form a stable government. But what job will Winnie get? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.