The Country

National’s Agriculture and Trade spokesman has his say on the EU FTA, the stupidity of winter grazing regulations in Southland, and what he’s seeing on the ground in cyclone-devastated Hawke’s Bay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask our weatherman the same thing we’ve been asking for six months. When is it going to stop raining? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Emma Poole, David Seymour, Pita Alexander, Todd Charteris, and Murray Deaker. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We yarn with the inspirational 2023 FMG Young Farmer of the Year, who has finally broken the grass ceiling, after 55 years! A vet, a dairy farmer, a mum and now the most celebrated farmer in the land. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Act Party leader talks law and order, locking up 17-year-olds and whether his party will drag back climate change progress 30 years (as claimed by James Shaw over the weekend). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A farm accountant with a pulse! A raconteur! And he reckons New Zealand has only two real-world-competitive industries - agriculture and tourism - and we reckon tourism is a double-edged sword! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Rabobank comments on the bank’s latest Rural Confidence Survey which sees farmer sentiment inching higher, but remaining deep in the mire, with net confidence reading rising from -57 per cent, from -58 per cent previously. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Deaks is back in a Country exclusive! Yours Murray! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Tim Dangen, Damien O'Connor, Ben Picton, and Tom O'Sullivan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Te Radar, Hamish Marr, Stu Loe, Stu Duncan, Grant Nisbett, and Barry Soper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The voice of the FMG Young Farmer of the Year joins us from Winchester on the practical day of the Grand Final. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the newly-appointed New Zealand Special Trade Envoy, a Methven mixed arable farmer who reckons he’s not afraid to get his hands dirty on the farm, or around the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask today’s farmer panel what they think about synthetic carpets in 600 rural schools. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Zealand’s most iconic rugby commentator comes off the bench, at late notice, to talk a bit of footy ahead of the first test of the World Cup season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our political correspondent ponders a career that even exceeds Grant Nisbett’s in duration! Plus, he talks about a government whose duration on the Treasury Benches looks tenuous. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Wayne Langford, Tom O'Sullivan, Ben Picton, and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the newly (officially) elected President of Federated Farmers. Is he heading to the Young Farmer Grand Final? And is Chippy completely out of touch with what’s happening down on the farm? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The GM Advocacy - Campaign For Wool (NZ) - says the decision to specify plastic carpets in 600 schools is utterly hypocritical to the environmental and climate change agenda the government is pushing. He also reckons it’s missed opportunity to support the rural community – one which has been heavily burdened with compliance and regulations to support the same said agenda. See omnystudio.com/listen...

We head to Rabobank’s Sydney Office where the bank’s Senior Strategist - Global Economics and Markets - elaborates on the three key themes from his presentation to the PINZ Summit earlier in the week in Wellington. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We track down our Australian correspondent somewhere on the Nullarbor Plain to talk about good milk prices across the Tasman and seaweed methane inhibitors to reduce GHG emissions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Hipkins, Professor Keith Woodford, Todd Clark, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, and Mike Cronin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We yarn to the Prime Minister about his successful trade trip to China, his sales pitch to the primary sector, the poor performance of some of his MPs and whether Labour will win any rural seats in the election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the winner of the Outstanding Contribution Award at the PINZ Summit and Awards in Wellington this week. He was recognised for his “long and meritorious” contribution to the NZ primary industries - spanning five decades. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We head to Lexington, Kentucky, to talk to our US farming correspondent about July the 4th, eating hot dogs, droughts, high beef prices and whether Joe Biden is just too old to be re-elected. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We head to Cork, Ireland, where one of our leading rural academics calls out those lecturing NZ farmers despite them having no affiliation with productive land and often no background in food production systems. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.