The Country

It's our weekly request for NIWA's weather guy to turn off the tap! And it's falling on deaf ears. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's World Bee Day tomorrow and today we pay tribute to these wonderful little critters who are responsible for pollinating one out of every three mouthfuls of food. We pay tribute to them with the CEO of NatureBee. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's farmer panel have a very brief about what was in the Budget for farmers! Plus, we talk rugby and bull. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our political correspondent casts his eye over a "typical Labour election year Budget". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Farmside Footy Joey makes a heartfelt plea for males, and in particular the rugby fraternity, to look after their mental health following the tragic death of Billy Guyton. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Wayne Langford, Bruce Cameron, Vanessa Winning, Peter Newbold, and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Acting President of Federated Farmers comes up with his Budget wish list. Last week he said he wanted nothing. But everyone wants something! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Chairman of Zespri looks back on three extremely challenging seasons for the kiwifruit industry off the back of Covid and weather extremes. Plus, we look at how much it will cost you to buy a Kiwifruit Gold license.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Irrigation NZ knows what she wants from the Budget. More dams!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The GM of PGG Wrightson Real Estate takes his monthly look at the state of the rural market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent reflects on 50 years of the Sydney Opera House, Joe Biden's no-show, $12-50 for dairy farmers and the resumption of the live sheep trade to Saudi Arabia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Farmer Tom Martin, Robert Kempthorne, Mike Cronin, and Vítor Caçula Pistóia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is regenerative agriculture? Our UK farming correspondent, and poster boy for the cause, does his level best to explain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We continue our series on Old Young Farmers. Today we go back 20 years to the Grand Final winner from 2003 - and the man who reminded us that he moonlighted as a UK correspondent for us in 2001. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra’s Head of Co-op Affairs reviews the final GDT auction (down 0.9 per cent) of the dairy farming season, which could be best described as a “damp squib”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank’s Sydney-based Farm Inputs Analyst previews the bank’s latest fertiliser report, due out next week. The good news is prices are dropping. But will that continue? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Cameron Bagrie, Jane Smith, and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Minister of Agriculture and Trade talks about his recent Ag Minister talkfest on climate change in Washington DC. Plus, we ask whether he agrees that the Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti horticulture industries urgently need more Government direction and support if they are to recover to pre-cyclone levels of growth within the next decade.  And where are we at with He Waka Eke Noa? See omnystudio.co...

We ask an independent economist to peer review Westpac’s assertion that the OCR will go to 6 per cent and stay there until mid-2024. Plus, we question whether the Government has hung Hawke’s Bay horticulture out to dry, and will the downturn in the economy spell the end for Labour. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This North Otago farmer, and award-winning environmentalist, can now add author to her list of achievements. Plus, we talk about carbon farming and why the sheep and beef industry is important to New Zealand’s economy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A friend and benefactor of Farmstrong, tells us why he reckons dairy farming will be the economic saviour of New Zealand and why his robotic calf feeders can be at the forefront of helping the cause. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Someone turn off the tap! Monday’s resident weather expert has yet another rain on the way! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Bridget and Hayden Goble, Paul Paynter, Grant Dodson, Steve Wyn-Harris and Grant McCallum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the winners of the 2023 Share Farmer of the Year Award at the NZ Dairy Industry Awards. A Taranaki "power couple who are driven, genuine and focused dairy farmers".  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Yummy Fruit says Hawke's Bay is facing some real issues as the horticulture industry is in limbo and on the verge of crisis, as little has been done in the past three months since Cyclone Gabrielle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.