The Country

Jamie Mackay talks to Ray Smith, Peter Walsh, Don Carson, Tim Myers, Smiley Barrett and Barry Soper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent updates action from across the ditch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Southland farmer, speaker and children's book author is a passionate advocate of health and safety on farms, following the tragic loss of her partner in 2017 from a farm machinery accident. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Taranaki stock agent for NZ Farmers Livestock is also the father of sprinter Zoe Hobbs. He was in Birmingham this morning to witness his daughter finishing sixth in the 100 metres final. Tomorrow, we hope to catch up with Peter Walsh, the father of shot-putter Tom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We challenge the Minister of Agriculture and Trade about whether Shortland Street can save the failing health system. Plus, we talk carbon farming, pork imports, foot-and-mouth disease, geo-political tensions between the US and China, and the controversy around the Cost-of-Living payments. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Grant Hobbs, Harriet Bremner and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank's chief executive comments on a 5 per cent fall in the GDT, positive prospects for red meat and how to apply for the 2023 intake of the Rabobank Graduate Programme. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the Taranaki regional partner for Ospri who yesterday was announced as the new Chair of New Zealand Young Farmers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Shanghai-based Kiwi sells venison to the Chinese. Today we talk about continuing rolling Covid lockdowns, inflation in China and why we need to give the Chinese a reason to choose our products over local or other countries.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra's head of co-operative affairs comments on last night's GDT auction (down 5 per cent, WMP down 6.3 per cent, SMP down 5.1 per cent) and whether this will put any downward pressure on the co-op’s forecast farmgate milk price of $9.50. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask our man from NIWA if there's more heavy rain on the way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rowena Duncum and Jamie Mackay talk to Seth Carrier, Mike Cronin, Hunter McGregor, Jessie Waite and Todd Charteris. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask the chief executive of Beef + Lamb NZ if he's going to have a job in a few years as more and more pastoral farms fall to carbon farming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our US farming correspondent talks about deadly floods in his home state of Kentucky, a dry summer that's turned into a hot, wet one and the prospects for the 2024 US election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are these Central Otago farmers the poster couple for sustainable farming? Will their new TV show, currently being filmed, be like a "Celebrity Country Calendar"? We also ask Carlos about relative yields from organic and regenerative farming systems and Nadia offers some handy and healthy eating tips for farmers flat-out calving and lambing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The president of Federated Farmers is frustrated by plummeting farmer confidence. Of the 1200 farmers surveyed in July, a net 47.8 per cent of them considered current economic conditions to be bad, down 55.6 points from January when a net 7.8 per cent considered conditions to be good. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Andrew Hoggard, Nadia Lim, Carlos Bagrie, Todd Clark and Sam McIvor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We head to day two of the Red Meat Sector Conference in Christchurch with a South Canterbury sheep, beef and arable farmer, and director on the board of Beef + Lamb NZ. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's farming Twitter panel comprises a Taranaki rural professional and a Waikato farmer and mental wellbeing advocate - both big social media rural personalities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We caught up with the Act leader earlier this morning before he jetted off with Jacinda into the Samoan sunset on Airforce One. On the agenda was the cost-of-living handout, Te Puke-gate and the Greens leadership debacle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday's resident weather expert on Dry July. Hardly!v See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The former Labour Cabinet Minister and VC of Massey University comments on feeding a hungry world, climate change, carbon taxes, David Parker and who's going to win the 2023 election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Steve Maharey, Phil Duncan, David Seymour, Sam Owen, Grant Farquhar and Nicky Hyslop.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Dr Rod Carr, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Blake Holgate and Winston Peters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our political correspondent ponders Winston, Luxon, Mahuta and the loss of democracy. And is Three Waters rapidly going down the stormwater drain as Three becomes Two?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.