The Country

Westpac's Rural Economist crunches the numbers on on-farm inflation (13.7 per cent) and remains bearish on his forecast milk price of $9.25. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We give the Chair of Beef + Lamb NZ a right of reply to Jane Smith. And is Groundswell being disruptive and inflammatory when it says He Waka Eke Noa is going to be scrapped in its present form?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This North Otago sheep and beef farmer, and former BFEA winner reckons Christopher Luxon has been badly briefed by industry leaders when it comes to He Waka Eke Noa and that she's been badly treated by the OIO when it comes to getting answers from the OIA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Jane Smith, Andrew Morrison, Nathan Penny and Doug Avery. 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.

The GM of PGG Wrightson Real Estate takes his monthly look at a rural market that is being underpinned by good demand from investors and forestry/carbon farming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask Monday’s resident weather expert how a metre of rain can fall in the space of four days. And when will rain-sodden New Zealanders get a break in the weather?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

National's leader comments on a Hayden Munro's opinion piece about him, why the economy is in trouble rather than recovery mode, and why he supports He Waka Eke Noa.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Nelson dairy and horticulture farmer was also the former Chair of Horticulture NZ. He updates the terrible flooding in his region and comments on the loss of farmland to houses. He also talks about how we treat RSE workers (following the Sunday Programme). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Julian Raine, Christopher Luxon, Phil Duncan, Peter Newbold, Steve Wyn-Harris and Grant McCallum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Winston Peters, Emma Higgins, Chris Russell, Professor Keith Woodford and Jim Hopkins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today our political editor ponders whether the Sharma drama is salvageable for Labour after it set out to be “the most transparent Government”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've got one half of the Norwood panel today as the chief executive talks a bit of farming, footy and Ian Foster. He also talks about the official opening of a new Mosgiel store next Wednesday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The former president of Federated Farmers is also a West Coast farmer and has been through a few floods in her time. She offers her insight on how to deal with the big clean-up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with a Rai Valley dairy farmer who is busy figuring out how to milk his cows after floodwaters inundated his paddocks and dairy shed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our NIWA forecaster takes time out of his busy schedule to tell us about the wild weather. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rowena Duncum talks to Chris Brandolino, Steven Leov, Katie Milne, Tim Myers and Barry Soper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The climate change theme continues as our long-standing Australian correspondent ponders whether we "can have our cake and 'heat' it too?" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The rural raconteur doesn't spare the "Rod" when it comes to Dr Carr, the chair of the Climate Change Commission. He also has a swipe at the double standards surrounding food production and tourism when it comes to fighting climate change. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A former Lincoln University academic says, worryingly, nothing matches carbon-farming economics on sheep and beef land. This is after spending two days last week at the NZ Carbon Forestry Conference in Rotorua.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The vice president of Federated Farmers updates the horrendous Nelson region flooding from his Golden Bay dairy farm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Wayne Langford, Professor Keith Woodford, Jim Hopkins and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chair of NZPork (and former Deputy Speaker of the House) says pig farmers have made a series of proposed changes to the way pigs are farmed, as an alternative to plans proposed by the NAWAC, which could devastate the sector. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We drill down further into the GDT auction result (down 2.9 per cent, WMP -3.5 per cent. SMP +0.1 per cent) and ask Rabobank's senior animal proteins analyst whether red meat is now a better bet than dairy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our China-based correspondent warns of an economy on the decline and the ramifications for New Zealand. We also look forward to NZ Venison BBQ on Saturday, September 10. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.