The Country

The President of Federated Farmers unveils a shocking new survey of 1000 dairy, sheep, beef and arable farmers which sees confidence at historic lows (81 per cent of respondents considered current economic conditions to be bad, with only one per cent considering them to be good). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

National’s Agriculture and Trade spokesman comments on wasteful and lavish Government spending, plummeting farmer confidence and tax take, and banks making super profits. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask the chief executive of Beef + Lamb NZ if carbon farming is still a thing, still a threat to pastoral farming, or whether he’s “barking at cars” using old and outdated figures. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DairyNZ’s GM of Farm Performance offers some advice for farmers under the financial pump of a tumbling forecast milk price. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We take our monthly look at the market with the Area Livestock Manager, South Auckland for PGG Wrightson Livestock. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent talks combine harvesters, rice growing and the Matildas in the FIFA World Cup. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Shane Jones, Jane Smith, Craig Hickman, and Tom Martin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Prince of the Provinces pulls no punches in attacking wokeism and Māori dependency on the welfare state while staunchly defending his glorious leader, Winston, the great unifier! Who knew? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask a leading farmer and environmentalist whether we’ll starve before we burn, with 13 nations agreeing to vastly limit livestock farming in order to save the planet (with Joe Biden’s “Climate Czar” John Kerry leading the charge). And is the US really going to fund and empower female climate change activists in "the patriarchal society of Northern Kenya"? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Mid-Canterbury dairy farmer, and high-profile social media scribe, reckons the sound reverberating around the country last Friday was farmers slamming their wallets shut as they read the news that Fonterra had reduced the farmgate milk price by 12.5 per cent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our UK correspondent talks about a typical British summer and a slow grain harvest, a BBC film crew on his farm, poor-performing politicians, and the Lionesses in the FIFA Women’s World Cup performing much better. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Emma Higgins, Kate Acland, Nick White, Colin Wright, and Nigel Beckford. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk to the Minister of Agriculture about the loneliness of being the Trade Minister. We also discuss an FTA with India, his debate with Todd McClay, the polls, tax, and whether one of the world’s largest investment companies BlackRock (which has committed $2 billion to a fund focused on making New Zealand the first country in the world with 100 per cent renewable energy), is greenwashing? See...

“It’s always darkest before dawn”. So says Rabobank’s senior ag analyst about the current state of the New Zealand dairy industry as we face tumbling prices off the back of China being awash with milk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Chair of Beef + Lamb NZ reflects on a very successful Red Meat Sector Conference, comments on the challenges of an FTA with India, and the challenges facing sheep and beef farmers down on the farm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We offer some much-needed cheer to farmers and growers courtesy of Luxury Trail Tours and Farmstrong. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Derek Daniell, Sirma Karapeeva, Grant McCallum, and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Act Party leader wants to “stop wasteful spending on day one”. We also ask how big is Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s fiscal hole and whether Winston Peters and Seymour can be in the same room. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is climate change a hoax? Are farmers climate scapegoats? Or is this leading Wairarapa sheep and beef farmer a climate change denier? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of the Meat Industry Association brings us all the action from the Red Meat Sector Conference currently underway at Sky City in Auckland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Northland cow cocky is looking for some good off-farm income by standing for National in the Northland electorate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday’s resident weather expert. 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.

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Mike Casey, Adam Thompson, Rhys Roberts, Dennis Voznesenski, and Chris Hipkins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Miles Hurrell, Max Spence, Tim Myers, Smiley Barrett, and Murray Deaker. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.