The Country

The Minister of Agriculture and Trade makes his first appearance for 2022. He defends the government's policies around carbon farming and claims a doubling of ICU bed capacity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Miles Hurrell, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Te Radar, Peter Newbold and Phil Duncan. 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 where forestry investment and carbon farming is shutting some sheep and beef farmers out of the market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Futurists say New Zealand could be a world leader in natural infrastructure, clean hydrogen energy, engineered wood and high-quality low-emissions food within the next 20 years. But what the hell is a "natural infrastructure"? We ask Dr Jacqueline Rowarth to explain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Fonterra announces another lift in the forecast milk price (for the 21/22 season) to a record mid-point of $9.20/kgMS. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Peter Nation, Jessie Chan, Steve Maharey, Steve Hollander and Tom Walsh. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Mid-Canterbury farming leader (and RuralCo Chair) was recognised in the New Year Honours List as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to dairy and agriculture. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Andrew Olsen, Miles Hurrell, Sirma Karapeeva, Jared Manihera, Emma Higgins and Lynda Coppersmith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Andrew Hoggard, Lynda Coppersmith, Tim Myers, Smiley Barrett, Jason Walls and Matt Heath. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Country Sport Breakfast: Fonterra's Chief Operating Officer tells BK how the co-op intends to work towards its long-term goals in 2022. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PGG Wrightson's national deer and velvet manager gives us an update on the industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DairyNZ chair talks about the labour shortage, as well as the He Waka Eke Noa roadshow, which is going out to the regions in February. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Sirma Karapeeva, Tony Cochrane, Seth Carrier, Jim van der Poel and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of the Meat Industry Association on the challenges facing the red meat sector including a shortage of halal butchers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PGG Wrightson Otago wool representative is also the organiser of the Shear 4 Blair 24hr Shearathon which will raise money for the Southland Charity Hospital this Waitangi weekend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Miles Hurrell, Katie Milne, Jared Manihera, Emma Higgins and Chris Macbeth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank's senior agriculture analyst takes a look at last night's GDT auction and the reasons behind such a positive result. She also encourages everyone to have a listen to the latest "Black Heels and Tractor Wheels" podcast featuring North Otago farmer Ele Ludemann. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra's chief executive celebrated an impressive GDT auction result, where overnight prices jumped 4.6 per cent across the board, with a 5.6 per cent increase in whole milk powder and a 5 per cent jump in skim milk powder. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Waikato dairy farmer is captaining the New Zealand team for Run1000, raising funds for Farmstrong, in the hope of also raising awareness of mental health and its importance in the agricultural and rural industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Phil Duncan, Andrew Olsen, Sam Owen, Julia Jones and Steve Hollander. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Southland-based deer farming correspondent talks about selling a velvet sire stag for a whopping $135,000. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Shane McManaway, Al McKnight, David Seymour, David Stevens, Steve Wyn-Harris and Grant McCallum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Rabobank announces the winner of "The Country's Countdown to Christmas" final prize - $1000 to the charity of your choice. And by popular acclaim, the winner is the Southland Charity Hospital. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We wrap 2021 on a poetic note with a man who held three of the top ten spots in our top interviews of the year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Tim Myers, Todd Charteris, Jack Fagan, J Rookes, Stu Loe, Chris Russell and Graeme Williams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.