The Country

New Zealand’s greatest shearer comments on Erebus 43 years on, Fieldays and the results of the shearing and wool handling test against Australia in Bendigo, Victoria. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When it comes to agriculture, WTF can stand for Where’s the Finance and Where’s The Food - although its original meaning still applies, writes one of New Zealand’s leading farming academics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s panel features a Central Hawkes Bay sheep farmer and a Northland cow cocky. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Todd Charteris, Jane Smith, Winston Peters, Nadia Lim, and Carlos Bagrie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Paul Everest, Stu Loe, Stu Duncan, Bruce Cameron, Palle Petersen, and Barry Soper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ashburton father and son, Phillip and Paul Everest are the new National Ambassadors for Sustainable Farming and Growing and the recipients of the Gordon Stephenson Trophy.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s farmer panel ponders the issues of the day, including Covid and labour disruptions at the meat processing plants and the inaugural Emerson’s Country Open and worldwide premiere of the 2022 Mackaiser at Wedderburn on Dec 9. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chairman of Zespri says higher-than-estimated kiwifruit quality issue costs and ongoing challenges have squeezed some of the juice out of global marketer Zespri’s earnings and profit forecasts for this season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s a good news/bad news (mainly bad news for strong wool) scenario as we take our monthly look at the state of the wool market with the team from PGG Wrightson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our political correspondent questions the Prime Minister’s judgement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Dr Tom Sheahan, Nadia Lim, Carlos Bagrie, Tom Young, and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today’s feature interview, we catch up with an American academic and scientist who says methane and nitrous oxide are “the irrelevant greenhouse gases” and are not responsible for global warming. Is he a climate change denier or are New Zealand farmers being sold a pup by Jacinda and James? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We wrap the highly successful first season of Nadia’s Farm, ask if there’ll be a second, and celebrate the launch of a new fragrance (made from sheep dags) with all the proceeds going to the Rural Support Trust. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The National Livestock manager for Affco talks Fieldays, the challenge of staffing plants and the price prospects for lamb and beef for the coming season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent comments on a new “green” sailing ship for live export, lamb prices and tapping into the burgeoning Indian wine market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Winston Peters, Belinda Price, Greg Millar, Peter Nation, and Mike Barham. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Zealand’s longest-serving politician has his say on the voting age, whether Three Water is now Five Waters or even Six Waters, carbon tax, and working with David Seymour. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the 2021/22 Dairy Woman of the Year, a Taranaki dairy farmer, as nominations open for the 2023 Awards. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The National Fundraising Manager for the IHC updates the spring calf sales and it’s your last chance to join us at Tieke for the fundraising golf tournament. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seven sleeps to go! We continue the countdown to Fieldays 2022 with the chief executive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk to a very deflated frontman of the syndicate that was looking to buy Mangaohane Station and prevent it from going from pasture to pines. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Jane Smith, Jim van der Poel, and Hunter McGregor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Minister of Agriculture and Trade debates the voting age, whether HWEN submissions will be ignored just like Three Waters submissions (or is that now Five Waters?) and whether his posing in the pines was an ill-advised photo-op. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The outspoken North Otago farmer reckons the industry-good farming bodies are looking to re-write the "prenup" after the relationship with the government has soured and gone from "open marriage to a 70s swingers party". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chair of DairyNZ says no deal is better than a bad deal when it comes to pricing agricultural emissions.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.