The Country

Our UK correspondent shares his Covid experience plus we yarn about a kind start to spring for arable farmers and how the UK economy is faring in the face of the Ukraine crisis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Following on from the IPCC Report's "now or never" scenario for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels, we find a Victoria University academic who says the solution for the IPCC's target of reducing methane emissions by 30 per cent lies with a prebiotic for ruminants. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The President of Federated Farmers says he's playing Switzerland in Groundswell's spat with DairyNZ as the warring farmer groups battle to get the ear of the Prime Minister. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's World Health Day and we kick off The Country with National's health spokesman who confirms (or denies) yesterday's challenge that the PM might have been telling "porkies" over nursing numbers post-pandemic. Plus why is he out and about today knocking on farmers' doors in Waipu? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Dr Shane Reti, Andrew Hoggard, Dr Graeme Coles, Farmer Tom Martin and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The new GM of the New Zealand Agricultural (Canterbury A&P) Show, announces the new dates for the big event - November 9-11, 2022. In 2021 the show was forced to cancel for the second consecutive year because of Covid. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The former NZ Special Agricultural Trade Envoy and former Beef + Lamb chair is a Hawke’s Bay sheep and beef farmer and an "ethical carbon farmer" these days. Today we talk carbon farming and FTAs and why Australia has 26 to our 16? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank senior analyst on the latest GDT auction result, down 1.0 per cent across the board, WMP down 1.5 per cent, SMP up 1.0 per cent; and SMP ($4599) overtaking WMP ($4532) by $67/MT. We ask if current prices are as good as it's going to get? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Southland farmer is also a social media star (Deep South Sheep & Beef on YouTube). He talks about the extended drought in the region plus the joys of farming with Covid (both personally and in the meat processing works he's trying to get livestock into). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PM ponders meeting with Groundswell, the IPCC Report, whether it's time for stronger rhetoric and action around Russia and Putin, the traffic light system and why she defends the health system. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Jacinda Ardern, Ben Dooley, Emma Higgins, Mike Petersen and Tracy Ahern. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Westpac's Rural Economist talks tonight's GDT auction, rising interest rates, rampant inflation and is he of the one million kiwi parents being the "Bank of Mum and Dad" for their adult kids? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A leading farming academic confirms what many of us already know. Milk is a superfood and a cheese sandwich is the best value food for money on the market when it comes to dietary requirements. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The managing director of Origin Capital Partners, a kiwifruit property syndicate, comments on the harvest season thus far - which is 30 per cent completed (ahead of this time last year) despite a bigger crop, labour issues and Covid. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PR Man for the NZ Forest Owners Association responds to Ian Kirkpatrick's comments on carbon farming and pays tribute to the late Rob McLagan, who served as chief executive of both Federated Farmers and the Forest Owners Association. McLagan was CEO of Federated Farmers between 1979 and 1993. He then went on to become CEO of the Forest Owners Association for eight years between 1997 and his re...

An All Blacks legend talks about carbon farming and a pine tree he loves, the flood recovery on the East Coast, walking the Milford Track and getting Covid. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Ian Kirkpatrick, Don Carson, Dom Jones, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Nathan Penny. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chief executive of Silver Fern Farms - despite record returns there's a perfect storm brewing around Covid, processing capacity and a brutal drought in the south. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WeatherWatch - when will it rain in Southland? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's farmer panel on whether Groundswell has declared war on DairyNZ, B+LNZ and Fed Farmers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Rabobank on why record commodity prices are not being reflected in the bank's latest farmer confidence survey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The National Party leader talks traffic lights, a drinking water crisis, is Seymour doing a Winston over co-governance (and are the Nats distancing themselves from Act) and did he do a Jacinda and wear his gumboots to work this morning? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Todd Charteris, Steve Wyn-Harris, Grant McCallum, Phil Duncan and Simon Limmer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Graeme Williams, Hunter McGregor, Winston Peters, Genevieve Steven, Jane Smith, Rhonda Wilcox and Glynn Meads. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our political correspondent ponders the possible return of the protestors to Parliament and whether Winnie and Matua Shane have found a political itch to scratch to get them back to Wellington. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.