The Country

Jamie Mackay talks to Steve Schmack, Emma Higgins, Blair McLean, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, and Peter Nation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Headlands managing director on his company's promising new research on how to reduce dairy farm emissions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our UK correspondent talks about former environment secretary George Eustice weighing in on the Australia free trade deal. He also discusses hanging out with Kiwi soil guru Nicole Masters and gives an update on his Farmer Time initiative. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Independent economist on how farm cost inflation is affecting food cost inflation, what the US dollar means for Kiwi exporters and his financial predictions for the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rowena Duncum talks to Cameron Bagrie, Farmer Tom, and Warren Morritt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday’s resident weather expert lets us know what’s in store for the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Open Country Dairy’s chief executive on his progression from one of the first employees at the company to his role today. He also talks about remaining competitive in the Waikato dairy market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s farmer panel is bursting with positivity after the Black Ferns’ epic victory over England at the Rugby World Cup final. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The director-general of MPI on a couple of programmes MPI will launch at Fieldays later this month. He also talks about the latest Biosecurity Awards winners and has his own biosecurity top tips for stopping pests such as the brown marmorated stink bug. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Country host and the general manager of Tieke Golf Estate take a break from the course to chat about the IHC Calf & Rural scheme fundraiser with Volkswagen NZ at Fieldays. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Scott Meiklejohn, Ray Smith, Steve Wyn-Harris, Grant McCallum, Steve Koekemoer, and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Mike Barham, Genevieve Steven, Damien O'Connor, and Doug Avery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Craig "Ferg" Ferguson and Craig "Wiggy" Wiggins: The old Rural Games commentary team is reunited with Ferg celebrating 30 years of radio in our Queenstown studios, while we find Wiggy commentating the gumboot throwing at the Canterbury (NZ) Agricultural Show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The so-called "disgraced former MP" has reinvented himself as a real estate mogul. He now looks inside the political tent from the outside. Plus what's happening in the real estate market?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Southland dairy farmer's daughter, political aspirant and self-confessed "crazy girl" from TV3's The Project. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What does a local celebrity hobby farmer, and manager of Closeburn Station, make of the sustainability argument?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The NZX Head of Analytics on the debate over sustainability (sparked yesterday by Fonterra) and whether we risk losing lucrative markets?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Julia Jones, Grant McMaster, Olivia Caldwell, Hamish Walker, Craig "Ferg" Ferguson and Craig "Wiggy" Wiggins.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For our PGG Wrightson Livestock monthly update, we're joined by the winner of the 11th annual Young Auctioneer competition. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent talks cricket, a kangaroo population explosion off the back of an ammunition shortage and the falling price of iron ore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim is a rural raconteur who's against ageism, biased media and the government's flawed thinking when it comes to climate change mitigation and carbon farming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Spring Sheep Milk Company chief operating officer previews tomorrow's annual farm open day in Taranaki and looks to the future of an industry offering good returns and a lower environmental footprint. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

National's newly-appointed Agriculture spokesperson promotes his party's GHG emissions tax position and says the government has dropped the ball in its response to the HWEN proposals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Todd Muller, Thomas Macdonald, Jim Hopkins, Chris Russell and Brook Cushion.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're counting the sleeps. Just three weeks to go. Our countdown continues with chief executive of Fieldays. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.