The Country

The chief executive of Fonterra has good news and bad news. The good news is the profit is up, the dividend is up, and the proposed capital return has been brought forward. The bad news is the milk price for this season and next, is down. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Prime Minister ponders polls, power, tax cuts, the OCR and whether his Government is going down the 2008 nanny-state rabbit hole of lecturing the great unwashed about showers and shower heads. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We update the South Island and New Zealand Dog Trial Champs from Warepa in South Otago. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank’s Sydney-based Macroeconomic Strategist comments on Wednesday’s OCR announcement (interest rates higher for longer?) and he provides a global economic update. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Open Country Dairy on how the second biggest dairy company in New Zealand compares to the biggest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Simon Limmer, Nathan Penny, Sandra Matthews, Kate Acland, and Hunter McGregor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s National Lamb Day so we kick off the show with the chief executive of Silver Fern Farms, who is over in Shanghai for the company’s first board meeting in four years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Westpac’s rural economist remains bullish on the milk price but bearish on interest rates. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chair of Rural Women NZ is also an East Coast farmer, so we get an update on how the cyclone recovery is going.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

National Lamb Day celebrations continue with the chair of Beef + Lamb NZ. We chat about falling livestock numbers and ask what’s going on with He Waka Eke Noa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We head to Shanghai again to catch up with a Kiwi selling New Zealand venison there. He says the Chinese economy is currently “a bit hit and miss”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Greg Millar, Winston Peters, James Robertson, Innes Moffat, and Hamish Carswell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The National Fundraising Manager for the IHC Calf and Rural Scheme joins us in studio to update how this year's push for support is going. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is the NZ First leader still dining out on past glories, namely the Provincial Growth Fund? Was it a good idea? Was the billion trees programme a good idea? Was putting Jacinda in a good idea? And is his War on Woke a good idea? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We continue our series on Old Young Farmers of the Year. Today it's the turn of the 2019 Grand Final winner, these days domiciled in Shanghai working for Fonterra. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The northern Otago farmer reckons we're in danger of running out of wood as the competition for a limited resource continues to grow. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DINZ's chief executive says the future is bright for the deer industry if only there weren't so many governmental reforms coming its way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Phil Ropiha, Phil Duncan, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, and Peter Nation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask National’s leader for his Budget reaction, whether he’s Captain Cliché, his pick for the OCR on Wednesday, and - is it corporate welfare and virtue signalling at NZ Steel or are we saving the planet? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s STIHL Chainsaw Safety Awareness Week and we’re giving you the chance to win $3300 of prizes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk wet weather and weather wars with Monday’s resident weatherman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of New Zealand’s leading farming academics comments on the demise of Sri Lankan agriculture and what our science can offer the sub-continent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The countdown is on. It’s now less than four weeks to Fieldays. Today we talk No. 8 wire art with the chief executive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Hayden and Bridget Goble, Paul Paynter, Jane Smith, Damien O'Connor, and Farmer Tom Martin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Brandolino, Keren Cook, Stu Loe, Stu Duncan, Barry Soper, and Joe Wheeler. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.