The Country

The company director of Landpro recently won the 2023 Rabobank Emerging Leader Award. Landpro is a company which provides aerial surveying, resource management, and environmental and technical services for farmers and growers across New Zealand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Geoffrey Young, Kate Scott, Joe Wheeler, Tim Sanson, Chris Brandolino, and Barry Soper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Southland sheep and beef farmer has been elected to the Beef + Lamb New Zealand board as southern South Island director. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Farmside Footy with Joey Wheeler as we preview this week’s Super Rugby - “show me the money!” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Canterbury farmer was brought to tears, watching a regional council contractor use a digger to bury thousands of eels that had been stranded on his land. The fish had become stranded on his property, near Lake Ellesmere, after high winds and tides broke the bank. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NIWA’s weather forecaster warns of a cold blast coming our way next week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our political correspondent ponders Todd McClay and consultants. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Katie Milne, Todd McClay, Jeremy Rookes, and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The former President of Federated Farmers (and West Coast dairy farmer) talks about a good result for Westland Milk, the fractious nature of farming politics, and whether she’s dipping her own toes into the political waters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask National’s new agriculture spokesman what ties (if any) he has to farming - and is he better qualified to do the job than say, Nicola Grigg or Penny Simmonds? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The former sheep and beef farmer is our lifestyle block spokesperson these days. He’s outside the tent looking in, when it comes to the state of the industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent comments on methane reduction for ruminants, kangaroo hides, and millions of dead fish in the Darling River. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Bryce McKenzie, Winston Peters, Fraser Whineray, Vanessa Winning, and Dr David Burger. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s World Water Day, so we talk to a West Otago farmer who knows a thing or two about water quality in his capacity as a co-founder of the Pomahaka Water Care Group. He also just happens to be the Groundswell co-founder. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The NZ First leader says we’ve got to get the economy back to basics, says what his party would do when it comes to taxing farmers for GHG emissions, and says bugger the polls. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra’s departing chief operating officer reviews another disappointing GDT auction overnight (down 2.6 per cent) and tells us why he’s taking up the challenge of reducing methane emissions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On World Water Day, we find the chief executive of Irrigation NZ in Mid Canterbury where she’s talking about her version of Three Waters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DairyNZ’s general manager of sustainable dairy on World Water Day and DairyNZ’s Dairy Environment Leaders (DEL) forum, which kicked off in Wellington today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Cameron Bagrie, Hunter McGregor and Nigel Woodhead.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Following on from the Greens' State of the Planet address, in an extended interview, the Minister of Agriculture does his State of the Farming Nation address. Topics include Field Days season, cyclone recovery, Nanaia Mahuta visiting China for trade talks, the Nats sticking with stale-pale-middle-aged-male farmers in the provinces, the future of sheep and beef farming, the collapsing carbon market...

The independent economist quantifies the cost of Cyclone Gabrielle, plus comments on the security of our banking system and the likelihood of more OCR rises. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask our Shanghai-based correspondent if Nanaia Mahuta visiting Beijing is a big deal, and who's doing well in China as the economy opens up after the Covid lockdowns. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We begin our series on catching up with "Old Young Farmers of the Year" as we head toward the 2023 Grand Final in Timaru. Today it's the turn of the 2017 winner - a South Otago sheep and beef farmer who no longer has any need for this week's scheduled "Drought Shout".  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Sophie Hurley, David Seymour, Adam Thompson and Grant McCallum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hunterville sheep and beef farmer and founder of Honest Wolf, has used the wool accessories company's social media platform to raise over $90k for East Coast farmers affected by Cyclone Gabrielle. As a member of the farming community, Honest Wolf felt hopeless seeing the devastation affecting their peers on the East Coast. Unable to find a place to donate, founder Sophie Hurley took action int...