The Country

The NZ Forest Owners Association president says the Ministerial Inquiry into land use in Tarāwhiti has a core of practical recommendations but has not addressed some more difficult and fundamental issues. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s panel features a Central Hawke's Bay sheep farmer and a Northland cow cocky. But are they batting for opposition teams? One, a government appointee for the independent panel to oversee the decisions made on the Severe Weather Emergency Recovery Legislation Act , and the other National's Northland candidate.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Andrew Hoggard, Michael Harvey, Sir John Key, Grant Cochrane, and Jim Hopkins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Richie McCaw, Chris Brandolino, Chris Russell, Tim Myers, and Joe Wheeler. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the Former All Blacks captain, and Westpac ambassador, who has hit the road from Queenstown to Invercargill, along with Mils Muliaina and Jimmy Cowan, for the annual 250km Westpac Chopper Appeal Bike Ride. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 NIWA weather guy says (hopefully) goodbye to atmospheric rivers for 2023. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent talks about the Budget surplus and why Beijing has reversed its position on Aussie imports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Norwood's chief executive says the company is in good heart despite losing the New Holland franchise. And he says 2023 will be a challenging year for farmers and farm machinery dealers alike. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Farmside Footy on The Country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Wayne Langford, Shane Jones, Jim Hopkins, Grant Nordstrom, and Jimmy Cowan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The new (and acting) president of Federated Farmers presents the farmer advocacy group’s Budget wish list and all he wants is for the Government to stop weighing down farmers with unworkable regulations and let them get on with what they do best - farming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Prince of the Provinces kicks off the “War on Woke” on The Country, saying the Budget should be about work not woke. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Rural Raconteur endorses Shane Jones’ war on woke and says it’s time this Government recognised farming for the major contributor it is to the economy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Canterbury/West Coast PGG Wrightson Livestock Manager on the positive outlook for beef. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three All Blacks legends are hitting the road from Queenstown to Invercargill to raise money for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. Former All Blacks captain and Westpac ambassador Richie McCaw will join fellow 2011 World Cup winners Mils Muliaina and Jimmy Cowan on the annual 250km Westpac Chopper Appeal Bike Ride on Friday, May 12.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Hipkins, Katie Milne, Michael Lilley, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, and Michael Harvey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PM ponders the King’s Coronation, sausage rolls, bonding with Richie, a “Coalition of Chaos”, and whether the Government has deserted Hawke’s Bay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is another former president of Federated Farmers going to throw their hat into the political ring? We ask a farming leader who these days is involved in farmer politics as a director of Westland Milk Products. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We continue our series on Old Young Farmers, and today it's the turn of 2012 Young Farmer of the Year, who's still a vet 11 years on from taking the out the Grand Final.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we find our regular correspondent in Ashburton, where she’s got the conference double of yesterday’s DairyNZ Farmers’ Forum and today’s Deer Industry Conference. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with Rabobank’s Melbourne-based senior dairy analyst in the Lucky Country after Australia announced a $4.2 billion Surplus yesterday. We also ask why are Aussie dairy farmers getting paid more than ours. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Andrew Hoggard, Sir John Key, Grant Cochrane, and Sam McIvor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two former money-trading counterparts and competitors wander into the studio. But these days they are chairman and chief executive respectively of global tech company Oritain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask a former National PM to gaze into his crystal ball and pick this year’s election. And what does he think of Christopher Luxon, David Seymour Winston Peters and the Māori Party? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief executive says new research has found New Zealand’s policy of allowing fossil fuel emitters to offset all their greenhouse gas emissions by planting trees is at odds with the rest of the world, and it’s having a damaging impact on the agricultural sector and rural communities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.