The Country

Interviews are with Shane McManaway, Rhys Roberts, Dr Tim Mackle, Sam McIvor, Tim Myers, Smiley Barrett and Barry Soper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The founder and patron of the Zanda McDonald Awards announces the 2022 winner from an outstanding field of four young leaders in NZ agriculture - Katie Vickers, Olivia Weatherburn, Adam Thompson and Rhys Roberts. And the winner is....Rhys Roberts! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Country Sport Breakfast: BK catches up with Managing Director of Co-operative Affairs at Fonterra, Mike Cronin, to find out how the co-op celebrates Lunar New Year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The president of Federated Farmers rips into the Government's proposed unemployment insurance scheme and the flaws he sees in James Shaw's thinking around reducing our on-farm GHG emissions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This East Coast farmer is leading the charge against carbon foresters taking over some of our best pastoral farmland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The senior analyst is also the co-author of the Rabobank Agribusiness Outlook 2022 report, which is predicting a sixth consecutive year of general profitability for the country's ag sector. However, Higgins warns that while we're experiencing record returns, headwinds are gathering strength. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Andrew Hoggard, Emma Higgins, Graeme Williams, Chris Russell and Chris Brandolino. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra's CFO comments on another great GDT auction overnight - up 4.1 per cent, WMP 5.8 per cent - and the prospects of a $10 payout as world dairy commodity prices enter uncharted territory. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A spat has developed between Federated Farmers and the Forest Owners Association over carbon farming. We ask a man who has worked for both organisations to mediate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with David Surveyor, Don Carson, Penny Simmonds, Kieran McAnulty, Marc Rivers and Bruce Cameron. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Phil Duncan, Stuart Nash, Nathan Penny and Farmer Tom Martin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Forestry Minister gives us his take on carbon farming with a balanced op-ed - "Right tree, right place, right reasons - changes underway in farm forestry". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Act Party leader comments on Jacinda's negative Covid test, the latest political poll, a four day week for the government, a dubious doubling of ICU beds and whether his party is a one-man-band. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with David Seymour, Ben Russell, Anthea Prentice, John McOviney, Steve Wyn-Harris and Grant McCallum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The North Otago farmer and award-winning environmentalist reckoned "every politician should have an expiry date". Plus, we asked if things are getting dry down on the farm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Tom Walsh, Damien O'Connor, Jane Smith, Craig Little, Genevieve Steven and Christopher Luxon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The South Island Procurement Manager of PGG Wrightson Wool takes his monthly look at the state of a market becalmed in the doldrums. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In his first appearance on The Country for the new year the new National leader comments on the latest One News poll, inflation, and where he intends to attack the Labour government in 2022. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Christopher Luxon, Warrick Catto, Jeremy Rookes, Stu Loe, Rob Cochrane and Chris Brandolino. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Country Sport Breakfast: BK catches up with managing director of co-operative affairs at Fonterra Mike Cronin, to talk about the co-op's forecast farmgate milk price rise to a midpoint of $9.20. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Cameron Bagrie, Karen Williams, Bruce Wills, Chris Russell and Rowland Smith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Country Sport Breakfast: BK talks to DairyNZ chief executive Dr Tim Mackle about the importance of having a plan on-farm in case of Omicron. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Wairoa mayor doesn't buy into the Minister of Agriculture's rhetoric around "right tree, right place" saying carbon farming (and to a lesser degree, production forestry) is destroying communities on the east coast of the North Island. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank's animal proteins (sheep and beef) analyst comments on good red meat prices, and how the industry is planning to cope with Covid. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Damien O'Connor, Craig Little, Jane Smith, Hunter McGregor and Genevieve Steven. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.