The Country

We catch Monday's resident weather expert a year on from the Canterbury floods and -  with severe weather warnings issued for parts of the upper and eastern North Island - we ask him if more bad weather is on the way.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rowena Duncum talks to Phil Duncan, Julia Jones, Phil Ropiha, Steve Wyn-Harris, Grant McCallum and Dan Clark. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Jane Smith, Professor Keith Woodford, Emma Higgins, Samuel Whitelock and Rod Oram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NIWA weather forecaster tells us what's in store for the weekend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The GM of PGG Wrightson Wool gives us an update on the market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's farmer panel comes to us from Christchurch where a clash of the colleges is bringing a lot of farmers to town. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Farmstrong's Ambassador talks about how he maintains his mental health, which in his case is getting on to the farm, but he encourages farmers to do the opposite and get off the farm! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the leading business commentator and MC at E Tipu 2002:The Boma Agri Summit, being held 21-22 June in Christchurch and virtually for attendees from around the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Rod Oram, Samuel Whitelock, Jeremy Rookes, Stu Loe, Grant Edwards and Chris Brandolino. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask our Australian correspondent what a Labour government could mean for farmers and what the rise of oat milk/juice could mean for the dairy industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The former chief executive of Zespri is now the "Thought Leaders Group Chair" of New Zealand's first Food and Fibre Sector Think Tank, which has been tasked with reframing food sector opportunities. But is it all just a woke talk-fest? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The vice president of Federated Farmers on the Fed’s Provincial AGM season. She also talks about a forum on Monday night that discussed the sobering thoughts and courageous comments from the Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Energy, who was live from Ukraine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra's chief executive comments on the co-op's opening forecast milk price (midpoint $9) for the 2022/23 season and why New Zealand's biggest company has suffered a 20 per cent fall in earnings for the first nine months of its financial year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Miles Hurrell, Karen Williams, Lain Jager and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Chair of Pork NZ (and former National MP/Deputy Speaker) says pig farmers are being shafted by Country of Origin labelling. We also pay tribute to a great Southlander. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Kiwi selling New Zealand venison in China is heading into his 58th day of lockdown in Shanghai - so he's not doing much of that at the moment! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In part two of our investigation, a leading farming academic questions the future of sheep farming, saying that despite the particularly strong long-term future of lamb meat, the spread of pine trees could spell the death knell for the industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today the North Otago sheep and beef farmer (and award-winning environmentalist) is part one of our two-part investigation where we ask whether sheep farmers are an endangered species. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Jane Smith, Professor Keith Woodford, Hunter McGregor and Eric Roy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The cold theme continues as Monday's weather expert has had to "cool" his heels until Tuesday, to talk about winter's first shot in anger. And frosts and big swells! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank's senior agricultural analyst says the macro-economic influences on the dairy sector are now far more uncertain than was the case last season. With global dairy production growth set to remain constrained and a "fog of uncertainty" clouding the demand outlook, Rabobank has announced a farmgate milk price forecast of $9.00kg/MS for the 2022/23 dairy season. In its recently-released New Zea...

It's National Lamb Day and the chief executive of Beef + Lamb NZ celebrates 140 years since the first shipment of frozen New Zealand lamb and mutton landed in London, 98 days after embarking from Port Chalmers on February 15, 1882, on the sailing ship Dunedin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Apples & Pears NZ comments on "the perfect storm" for the apple industry that’s playing out this season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the Minister of Trade and Agriculture in the Big Apple, where he's leading a trade including the likes of Silver Fern Farms, Fonterra, Zespri and Merino NZ. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Terry Meikle, Sam McIvor, Emma Higgins and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.