The Country

Interviews are with Neil Fagan, Miles Hurrell, Cameron Bagrie, Hunter McGregor, Doug Edmeades and Karen Williams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Damien O'Connor, Ross Hyland, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Dr Tim Mackle and John McOviney. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of New Zealand's leading farming academics says we should count our blessings because we live in a beautiful country, albeit one with a considerable number of methane-emitting ruminants. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Roger Dickie, Tom Young, Steve Wyn-Harris, Grant McCallum, Ray Smith and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with James Shaw, Warrick Catto, Andrew Morrison, Don Carson, Barry Soper and Chris Brandolino. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Winston Peters, Jane Smith, Todd Charteris, Kerry Worsnop, Andrew Hoggard and Christopher Luxon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Country Sport Breakfast: Miles Davis catches up with Managing Director for Co-operative Affairs at Fonterra, Mike Cronin, to wrap up a challenging, yet successful 2021 for the co-op. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Courtesy of PGG Wrightson, we take our monthly look at the state of the wool market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Andrew Hoggard, Christopher Luxon, Shane McManaway, Doug Avery, Palle Petersen and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

National's new leader talks humour in the House, Three Waters, carbon farming and who he'd have in his team from the government. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Country Sport Breakfast: Miles Davis talks to DairyNZ strategy and investment leader farm performance Nick Robinson about how the labour shortage is affecting farmers' stress levels. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We take a look at the findings from the Social Impact Report on freshwater reforms commissioned by the Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust. Unsurprisingly, the research suggests increasingly adverse impacts on farmers and their families. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank's chief executive comments on the bank's fourth and final Rural Confidence Survey for 2021. And despite the unchanged overall reading, there were significant shifts in farmer sentiment within the key sector groups, with dairy farmers now significantly more positive about the agri-economy and dry stock farmers and horticulturalists significantly more pessimistic. See omnystudio.com/listene...

The Minister of Agriculture and Trade takes credit for forecast primary sector exports to surge to $50.8 billion (up 6 per cent in the past 12 months) but will he take responsibility for carbon farming decimating East Coast farming communities? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Gisborne District Councillor and East Coast farmer responds to the Minister on behalf of her region, as more sheep and beef farms are converted to forestry/carbon farming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Damien O'Connor, Kerry Worsnop, Cole Groves and Winston Peters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The outspoken North Otago farmer and award-winning environmentalist takes no prisoners in her annual Smasher Smith Awards. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Simon Limmer, Jane Smith, Blair McLean, Jane Hunter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with David Seymour, Andrew Olsen, Julian Raine, Todd Clark and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Country Sport Breakfast: BK talks to Fonterra Senior Nutrition Research Scientist, Dr Caroline Gunn about a study that links more dairy consumption to fewer falls in older people. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Steve Maharey, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Emma Higgins, Jacinda Ardern and Jim Hopkins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Andrew Hoggard, Jeremy Rookes, Stu Loe, Barry Fox, Chris Brandolino and Barry Soper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Country Sport Breakfast: BK catches up with Chairman at Fonterra, Peter McBride, who wanted to thank everyone involved in the voting process. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Country Sport Breakfast: BK chats to DairyNZ’s principal economist Dr Graeme Doole about how Kiwi farmers are producing more milk from fewer cows. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We take our monthly look at the state of the rural market with the GM of PGG Wrightson Real Estate plus we preview a special day in Temuka tomorrow for the IHC Calf and Rural Scheme. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.