The Country

Fonterra’s Head of Co-operative Affairs reviews the disappointing GDT auction overnight - down 3.3 per cent - with WMP down just 0.4 per cent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Tim Dangen, Jack Jordan, Karen Williams, and Craig Wiggins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the Minister of Agriculture and Trade, following his address to the PINZ Summit earlier this morning in Wellington. We ask about his sales pitch to the primary sector, the recent successful trade trip to China, and who’s left in the Labour caucus to help the PM? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We continue our series on “Old Young Farmers of the Year” with one of the youngest, the 2022 Grand Final winner (in Whangarei). We look back on his challenging year with the Cloak of Knowledge and profile the contestants in this year’s Grand Final coming up in Timaru from Thursday through Saturday - his sister Emma Poole, Lisa Kendall, Mac Williams, Patrick Crawshaw, Nick and Peter O’Connor and Hu...

King Country farmer and New Zealand’s top axemen. He recently won the STIHL Timbersports World Trophy – shattering the world record time in the process, beating a field of 16 of the best axemen on the planet to win the title for the second year in a row in Rotterdam, Netherlands. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wairarapa farmer, and former Vice President of Federated Farmers, wraps proceedings at the PINZ Summit and talks about the big wet down on the farm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of New Zealand’s leading rural sports commentators pays tribute to Jack Jordan, talks about SIDE in Southland, and his “Lean on a Gate, Talk to a Mate” rural mental health initiative. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Jessie Waite, Phil Duncan, and Steve Wyn-Harris. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Earlier this morning, ahead of his keynote address to the PINZ Summit, we caught up with National’s leader to discuss his sales pitch to the rural sector, the cost-of-living crisis, whether the second half of 2023 will be worse than the first six months, whether the Nats are in danger of getting no List MPs if Act polls well, and why can’t he fill the Dunedin Town Hall like Winston. See omnystudio...

The chair of New Zealand Young Farmers is wearing many hats on day one of the PINZ Summit and Awards conference in Wellington. We profile the contestants in the Grand final coming up in Timaru from Thursday through Saturday - Lisa Kendall, Emma Poole, Mac Williams, Patrick Crawshaw, Nick and Peter O’Connor and Hugh Jackson - plus we see what’s on offer for Agri-kids. See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

Monday’s resident weather expert confirms Mother Nature’s worst-kept secret - winter is definitely here! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We farewell one of our longest-serving correspondents/panellists, as he gives a solo valedictory, after a quarter of a century’s service. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Cameron Bagrie, Thomas Bailey, Winston Peters, and Jane Smith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Brandolino, Andrew Douglas, Dr Tim Mackle, Grant Edwards, and Barry Soper.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask NIWA’s weather guy if the cavalry, in the form of El Niño, is on its way! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Government has announced its long-awaited funding package for farmers and growers hit by cyclones and storms in the North Island. But some growers are calling it a “slap in the face” and it will result in long-established farming families walking off the land. We talk to a frustrated and disgruntled Hawkes Bay apple grower. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of DairyNZ does his “exit interview” looking back on 15 years at the helm of the industry-good body. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The GM of PGG Wrightson Wool takes his monthly look at the market and we take a trip down memory lane to 1986. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our political correspondent ponders wayward Labour MPs and an election that’s National’s to lose. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Thomas Bailey, James Shaw, Lindy Nelson, Chris Russell, and Ed Taylor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank’s Chicago-based senior consumer food analyst says that while the hype is over for disruptive food products, incremental innovation is back on. You can read all about it in a new report, Disruptive Food Products Prove to be More Hype than Bite. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask the Climate Change Minister about ag emissions from our major trading partners and whether that has any relevance (as per Act’s policy). Also, we ask who is left to run the country and whether the Prime Minister may have to second some more Greens to be Cabinet Ministers! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Safer Farms Chair launches a new health and safety campaign and strategy to help reduce injuries and fatalities on farms - the “Half Arsed Stops Here” campaign and the Farm Without Harm strategy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From Streaky Bay (SA), our Australian correspondent talks Tay Tay and the Ashes and a bit of farming to boot! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The general manager of Warbirds over Wānaka on next Easter’s event, the first in six years. It was last held in 2018, attracting some 55,000 visitors over three days and pumping $42 million into the regional economy. Tickets are on sale today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.