The Country

The 2021 Zanda McDonald Award winner is on tour in New Zealand after presenting to Ian Proudfoot and Julia Jones this morning in a Dragon’s Den at KPMG. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PGG Wrightson's Livestock National Genetics manager talks bull sales and the country coming to town in Feilding. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's farmer panel features a couple of Canterbury cockies who are all over He Waka Eka Noa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The former National MP (and Speaker of the House) and Northland farmer has some very strong views on the politicising of GHG ruminant emissions, saying instead the debate needs to be driven by science. And he takes no prisoners when it comes to Trevor Mallard and James Shaw! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Sir Lockwood Smith, Jeremy Rookes, Stu Loe, Callum Stewart, Rozzie McKenna and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Rabobank explains why the bank has partnered with Silver Fern Farms on a sustainability-linked financing facility, plus we talk He Waka Eke Noa recommendations and the SOPI (Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries) report. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do farmers need to learn to farm with less fertiliser to reduce their GHG emissions? We ask a Hamilton-based soil scientist. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask the Vice President of Federated Farmers why she's departing from the role, talk about hosting the EPA on her Wairarapa farm, and sing the praises of Katie Milne, who has been elected Vice President of the World Farmers Organisation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our resident rural raconteur on his beloved and historic hometown of Oamaru hosting the SIDE conference and why he has a "beef" with the accounting around ruminant GHG emissions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Director-General of MPI comments on the latest Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries report, which shows New Zealand's food and fibre sector is expected to reach a record $52.2 billion in the year to June 30, 2022. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Ray Smith, Jim Hopkins, Karen Williams, Dr Doug Edmeades and Todd Charteris. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Shanghai-based correspondent is free after 65 days in lockdown, but is he a free man? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra's chief executive comments on a good GDT auction overnight (plus 1.5 per cent), the rationale behind the Co-op's share buyback, and whether HWEN gets the Fonterra tick of approval. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We get a farmer's response to the HWEN partnership's recommendations and it would be an understatement to say this North Otago award-winning environmentalist is far from impressed! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Minister of Agriculture is isolating at home with Covid but it doesn't prevent him from commenting on HWEN.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Jane Smith, Miles Hurrell and Hunter McGregor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shock, horror, snow in Southland in June! We get the real story behind the headlines. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He's the 27-year-old founder and CEO of Agri-tech company Halter, who cut his engineering and entrepreneurial teeth working for Peter Beck at Rocket Lab. Today we preview the Dairy 2032 field day coming up in Canterbury on Friday, June 17, highlighted by an on-farm panel discussion for Kiwi farmers keen to shape the future of dairy farming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Taranaki sheep and beef farmer (and unofficial Mayor of Tarata) was recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to agriculture and the rural community. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He's a fair dinkum TV celebrity and Central Otago hobby farmer who's just been appointed the inaugural Ambassador for the Rural Support Trust. And we reckon his "earthy" honesty and humour are a perfect fit for the role. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Matt Chisholm, Bryan Hocken, Craig Piggott and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Winston Peters, Genevieve Steven, Don Carson and Chris Luxon.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Sir Colin Meads' birthday and we go back to the 1970s to discuss the origins of the 'No. 5 Club'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PR Guy for the New Zealand Forest Owners Association says worldwide demand for wood (as opposed to timber) is set to increase four-fold by 2050, plus we look at how carbon farming and pastoral farming could live together in harmony in the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s Norwood panel morphs into the Silver Lake panel, as we ponder a good deal for NZ Rugby.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.