The Country

Our flooded Mid Canterbury farmer panel features the 2006 Young Farmer of the Year and arable farmer, and a former National Board member for Federated Farmers for 12 years, farming a sheep, beef and cropping property. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Southland farmer is also the co-founder of farmer protest group Groundswell, which is calling for its supporters to boycott supermarket giant Countdown, who they reckon is unfairly targeted farmers and growers over their emissions profile. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s second farmer panel features the Resilient Farmer and a Northland cow cocky, with his sights set on the Beehive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday’s resident weather expert. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Shane Jones, Richard Barge, Farmer Tom Martin, Emma Higgins, and Chris Hipkins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Hunter McGregor, Myles Allen, Justin Kidd, Chris Brandolino, and Stu Duncan and Stu Loe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome our China-based correspondent into the studio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today’s key note interview - an Oxford University academic and international expert on climate issues, who’s in NZ for a speaking tour. Today we tell you everything you ever needed to know about methane v carbon dioxide GHGs, why planting trees is not the answer to saving the planet, and why farmers and their ruminant livestock are not villains. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

The 2013 Dairy Woman of the year is now with Beef + Lamb NZ. She believes farmers have now got some clarity from the Government’s recently announced cyclone relief package and says they now know what support is and isn’t in the pipeline for them. She says the package is about debt support, which will see farmers coming to arrangements with their banks and may involve a reduced interest rate. Unfor...

NIWA’s weather guy talks about flooding and winds, yet again, for the North Island. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s panel talks farming and footy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Wayne Langford, Peter Newbold, John McOviney, Jim Hopkins, and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The President of Federated Farmers comments on Fonterra moving from burning coal, a morning with the bank manager and maintaining good mental health. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We take our monthly look at the rural market with the GM of PGG Wrightson Real Estate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

King Country farmer (20,000 stock units), and the chief executive of Steelfort, has just returned from two months in Italy. Today we talk wokeness and wetness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The rural raconteur will be in full voice at the Oamaru Opera House on Saturday night in a big fundraising debate for the IHC. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask our Australian correspondent why they’re cutting our lunch in China. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Hipkins, David Foote, Emma Higgins, Ele Ludemann, and Neil Beaumont. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In what sounds somewhat like a man in denial, the Prime Minister talks about his “Captain’s Call” on a wealth tax, a misfire from Christopher Luxon and his suitability for the top job, the FTA with the EU, the cost of speed bumps, and whether Labour has crashed the carbon market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Chairman of Cattle Australia comments on falling global beef prices, why the Aussies don’t like the cut of our FTA with the EU and, of course, the Bledisloe Cup. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank’s senior agricultural analyst explains plummeting red meat returns and we ask whether an $8 milk price is now under threat. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra’s Chief Financial Officer comments on last night’s GDT auction (down 1 per cent) with WMP down 1.5 per cent. We also ask him if the $8 milk price is now under threat. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

North Otago farmer is one of the organisers behind a big fundraising debate for the IHC on Saturday night at the Oamaru Opera House.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Shane Jones, Richard Barge, Farmer Tom Martin, and Dr Jacqueline Rowarth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask the self-titled Prince of the Provinces whether Winston and NZ First are heading down a conspiratorial rabbit hole in a desperate bid to win votes. Plus, he has plenty to say about the Greens, Chris Hipkins, Christopher Luxon and “that ankle biter”, David Seymour. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.