The Country

The winner of The Country’s Tiny Pub and Silver Fern Farms BBQ promotion talks about how Cyclone Gabrielle has affected their farm (and glamping business) and how the community has pitched in to help each other. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We return to Puketapu to catch up with the sales and marketing manager of Emerson’s for an update on what’s a popular drop in the Tiny Pub and how its North Island tour has been going. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We head to Kirwee and the South Island Agricultural Field Days for a yarn with the Farmstrong ambassador for Rural Wellbeing Week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Central Hawke’s Bay sheep farmer, and regular The Country correspondent, is helping out at the Tiny Pub promotion. He reflects on how Cyclone Gabrielle could be affecting the community’s mental health. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Silver Fern Farms’ regional livestock manager for the Eastern North Island outsourced barbecue duties at Puketapu to talk about how stock processing if faring after Cyclone Gabrielle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with a couple who lost their home and Farm Gear business and were rescued by jetski during Cyclone Gabrielle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Hipkins, Finn Ross, Junior Taulago, Ben Picton, and Ash-Leigh Campbell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today the Prime Minister talks Marama Davidson, Stuart Nash, education, being choked by woke and the threat of the cancel culture. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The founder of Carbonz, and co-chair of Future Farmers NZ, says it’s time for native forests to make a comeback if New Zealand wants to curb climate change. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Rural Wellness Week on The Country and today we head to heartland Hawke's Bay to Patoka, one of the farming districts most affected by Cyclone Gabrielle, to talk to an inspirational sheep and beef farmer with a great attitude and a wonderful back story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Sydney-based economic strategist for Rabobank discusses interest rates, weak recent New Zealand growth, and what it means for the New Zealand economy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the 2020 Dairy Woman of the Year and former chair of Young Farmers on a very chilly day one of the South Island Field Days at Kirwee. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Nathan Penny, David Skiffington, Lindy Nelson, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, and Peter Nation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Westpac's senior agri-economist says there are signs that the Chinese economy is rebounding after Covid-19, but dairy farmers may need to wait a little longer to reap the full benefits from their biggest market. He notes that after growing at a paltry 3.5 per cent over 2022, the Chinese economy should grow at around 6 per cent over 2023.    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 2008 Grand Final winner, who these days is a Manawatū builder and rural educator. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Rural Wellness Week here on The Country and today we talk to the chair of Safer Farms about how we view health, safety and wellbeing on our farms.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the primary sector's leading academics has some stunning stats about the threats to our food production and export income. Plus, she compares Kiwi farmers to the All Blacks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

'Tis the season for Field Days, and with the South Island Field Days getting underway in Kirwee tomorrow, we thought we'd catch up with the chief executive of the biggest Fieldays of all. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Grant Cochrane, Brett Jennings, Christopher Luxon, Te Radar, Matt Eggers, and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the chief executive officer and the strategic projects lead of Oritain - a Dunedin-based company that has become a global leader in applying forensic and data science to verify the origin of products and raw materials. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Rural Wellness Week, we ask National’s leader if we’re in a health crisis. Plus, we talk education, likeability, Posie Parker, the economy, and whether we need more unemployment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we Radar on Day 1 of the 2023 Rural Leaders Agribusiness Summit in Christchurch and fresh from Saturday’s Otago Southland regional final in Middlemarch for the FMG Young Farmer of the Year contest. This was won by Hugh Jackson from Thornbury Young Farmers, beating fellow Thornbury mates James Fox – 2nd and Cameron Smith – 3rd. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We kick off Rural Wellness Week with the chief executive of Goldpine, who is supporting the initiative all this week on The Country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday’s resident weather expert says the change from a La Nina to an El Nino weather pattern is good news for a lot of New Zealand that has been battered by cyclones and beaten up by drought. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Sophie Hurley, Damien O'Connor, Kate Scott, and Bryce McKenzie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.