The Country

The Country's Rowena Duncum is back with a second series of the Farmstrong Live Well, Farm Well podcast. In episode 1, Ro is joined by Junior Taulago - an inspirational convert to the primary sector, who's gone from hip-hop dance instructor to Hawke's Bay sheep and beef farmer at the epicentre of Cyclone Gabrielle.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rowena Duncum and Jamie Mackay talk to Steve Wyn-Harris, Neil Beaumont, Isabelle Crawshaw, Mike Petersen, Emma Higgins, Elisha Milmine, and Regan Loach. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Semi-retired sheep farmer has recovered from yesterday’s round of golf at Wairakei with The Country’s host, where the pair helped to raise $80,000 for Farmstrong. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra’s chief financial officer on what’s behind yet another rise in the Global Dairy Trade auction. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patoka sheep and beef farmer reflects on the tidy-up after Cyclone Gabrielle, where the community banded together and “people came out of the woodwork” to help.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former special agricultural trade envoy and chairman of Beef + Lamb New Zealand is the current chairman of Scales. He was in China with ANZCO Foods last week and says the reality is its economy is going to be “sticky” for another 12 months. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank senior dairy analyst takes a closer look at the fourth positive GDT result in a row and remains “cautiously optimistic” whilst keeping an eye on China. She also comments on whether the Israel-Hamas war will affect New Zealand agriculture. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The general manager of the Hawke’s Bay A&P Society comments on the effort behind the scenes to get the Show back up and running. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The president of the Hawke’s Bay A&P Society is also an accountant. He takes a financial look at the future of the region’s rural sector after the “humungous kick in the teeth” that was Cyclone Gabrielle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rowena Duncum talks to Jamie Mackay, Steve Wyn-Harris, Cameron Bagrie, Richard Burke, and Steve Hollander. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Country host reports live from his “bloody awful” performance at the Norwood Golf Tournament at Wairakei which is raising funds for Farmstrong. Meanwhile, semi-retired sheep farmer Wyn-Harris reveals the pressure of playing with the “intensely competitive” Mackay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Independent economist takes a closer look at the latest consumer price index (CPI) released this morning - up 1.8 per cent in the September quarter, for an annual rate of 5.6 per cent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leaderbrand’s chief executive gives an update on how Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti growers are faring seven months on from Cyclone Gabrielle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The four-time four-time WMX Motocross World Champion joins Rowena in the studio to talk about one of her “best seasons to date” and how special it was to have her mum watch her at the final race for the first time ever. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Founder and Trustee of the New Zealand Rural Games and the New Zealand Rural Sports Awards updates us on both events coming up next year. He also pays tribute to the 2023 Lifetime Legacy award winner, and wood-chopping great, the late Jason Wynyard. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Stewart Mitchell, Enda Hawe, Phil Duncan, Stu Loe and Stu Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a clean sweep of the provinces we ask the incoming PM what that means for farmers. Just how farmer-friendly is the new government going to be? Will Todd McClay be the next Minister of Agriculture and Trade? And is he (Luxon) claiming glory for the All Blacks’ victory on day one of his new job? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

‘Tis the season for A&P Shows, with Poverty Bay last week and Hawkes Bay this week. But the Mother of all A&P Shows is Canterbury - The NZ Agricultural Show. Today we yarn to the Chair of the Canterbury A&P Association about the challenges facing the country’s biggest animal show after Covid cancellations in two of the past three years. We also talked a bit of footy with the former Cha...

We yarn to an Irishman who won the NZ Sharemilker of the Year title back in 2012 and offer our condolences. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday’s weather expert confirming nature’s worst-kept secret. We’re heading for a windy spring and summer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s farmer panel talks about farming, footy, politics and wind. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Dan Steele, Doug Avery, Farmer Tom Martin, Bruce Weir, and Sir Don McKinnon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Brandolino, Sir Don McKinnon, Emma Poole, Tim Dangen, and Kevin "Smiley" Barrett. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our NIWA weather guy comes up with a windy election day forecast plus a forecast for the footy in Paris on Saturday night. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk to an iconic Kiwi who's been one of the driving forces behind the launch of the NZ Liberation Museum - Te Arawhata - in Le Quesnoy, France. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.