The Country

In response to a Jane Clifton column in The Listener, the NZ First leader vehemently denies he's forming a political unholy alliance with Bishop Brian Tamaki. Plus, he shares his thoughts on China's power plays in the Pacific and the unlikely prospects of an FTA with the EU. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Winston Peters, Dr Scott Knowles, Darryl Oldham, Chris Russell and Jeremy Rookes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the absence of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who's doing the hard yards in Europe campaigning for an FTA with the EU, we talk to the Minister of Forestry about progress on preventing carbon foresters from taking over good pastoral country and basically taking the money and running if their carbon forests go up in a puff of smoke. And is his government anti-farming? See omnystudio.com/listener...

We ask Affco's National Livestock Manager if his meat company is going down the zero-carbon, regenerative agriculture track? Plus, we look at the international markets and whether a very difficult and elongated processing season is showing any signs of coming to a successful conclusion? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every man and his/her dog is having their say about Country Calendar, so what's one more? Our resident rural raconteur also has some strong words for the government in terms of giving farmers their fair dues immediately. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is he an anti-farming climate activist or is he just trying to save the planet? Today we catch up with an old adversary and agree to agree that if farmers are to be taxed for their carbon emissions, they also need to be credited for all forms of carbon storage. And are we setting ourselves up for a fiery fall, if we put all our carbon storage eggs in a pine basket? See omnystudio.com/listener for...

Jamie Mackay talks to Angus Robson, Jim Hopkins, Tom Young and Stuart Nash. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with our Kentucky-based USA farming correspondent in the "Divided States of America" as the nation is split down the middle over abortion law reform. Plus, we talk about farming in a hot, dry summer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We track our viticulture correspondent down in Adelaide where he's attending the Wine Tech conference. Top of mind is a wine glut, off the back of the China trade war, crippling Australia's $45 billion wine industry.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A leading farming academic comments on that controversial Country Calendar programme featuring regenerative agriculture and a "Woke Woolshed". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Government is giving a North Island sheep milk company nearly $8 million to help boost production. We talk to the chief operating officer the Spring Sheep Milk Company, which has multiple farms in the central North Island and has announced a $20m programme to take the dairy sheep industry from the piloting phase through to an established primary industry.  See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

The executive director of the NZ International Business Forum says an FTA with the EU is coming down to the wire and he urges the Government and its negotiators to hold out for a commercially meaningful deal, especially for dairy and red meat. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Stephen Jacobi, Thomas McDonald, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Blair McLean and Todd Clark. 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.

Our man from Weatherwatch.co.nz with what to expect as we move further into the depths of winter.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We kick off week three of our Future of Farming series - Innovation and Technology with Greg Peyroux from OmniEye.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Former Nat and Minister for Agriculture today's been announced as the new chair of the Meat Industry Association, after last month picking up chair of Apiculture NZ.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The National Party Leader talks about abortion, Matariki, recession and a clean-out at the top of the National Party. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Nathan Guy, Greg Peyroux, Phil Duncan, Steve Wyn-Harris and Grant McCallum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Damien O'Connor, Jane Smith, Todd Charteris, Deborah Manning and David Downs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

National's agriculture spokeswoman talks about her recent Parliamentary trip to Europe, and whether other similar countries (such as Ireland) are following New Zealand's lead by imposing a carbon tax on agriculture. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent comments on soaring rural land values, a silver lining from the Ukrainian War and the prospect of another mouse plague. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The GM of PGG Wrightson Real Estate takes his monthly look at the state of the rural market, as demand heats up for forestry, sheep and beef, dairy and horticulture land. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We continue our Future of Farming series, this week focusing on the markets, with the celebrated chief executive of The New Zealand Story - an ambitious government-funded organisation marketing NZ to the world. We hear about his recent trade trip to the US with Silver Fern Farms (and Jacinda Ardern) plus, the sought-after celebrity speaker has a heart-warming tale about why he's got a soft spot fo...

Jamie Mackay talks to David Downs, Todd Charteris, Deborah Manning, Peter Newbold, Chris Russell and Barbara Kuriger. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.