The Country

Interviews are with Chris Brandolino, Sir John Key, Don Carson, Greg Menzies and Barry Soper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask our former PM about the prospects of the world plunging into another GFC and where NZ's future lies as a food-producing nation? We also look at the future of alternative proteins and how they could play a complementary role alongside traditional livestock farming? And is he coming back for 2023? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Country Sport Breakfast: BK talks to Fonterra's chief executive for the Asia-Pacific region Judith Swales about an exciting new partnership with US company VitaKey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

National's leader says she'll be attending Groundswell's "Mother of all Protests" because she reckons the Government has forgotten about farmers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Andrew Hoggard, Judith Collins, Chris Russell and Deane Carson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With news yesterday of the covid-related postponement of the Zanda McDonald Award until February 2022, we talk to our fourth and final New Zealand finalist. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra's chief financial officer comments on another rip-snorting GDT auction (up 4.3 per cent) with cheese leading the charge at a very tasty 14.1 per cent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week the outspoken North Otago farmer and award-winning environmentalist says The Country's host might have got it wrong over his comments around the timing of the Groundswell protest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Marc Rivers, Jane Smith, Winston Peters, Genevieve Steven and Rhys Roberts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Country Sport Breakfast: DairyNZ's chief executive Dr Tim Mackle says dairy's world-leading climate story must continue at COP26. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Minister of Agriculture, fresh out of MIQ, is disappointed with DairyNZ and is not prepared to meet with protest group Groundswell (who he's accused of being anti-vaccine). We ask him why? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of DairyNZ has put pen to paper to explain the top 10 ways the Government could back our dairy farmers. And number one is to "slow down the speed and scale of regulatory change farmers are facing". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Damien O'Connor, Guy Lennox, Sarah von Dadelszen, Dr Tim Mackle and Hunter McGregor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask the Act Party leader about joining our Movember team, about the prospects of reducing GHG by 50 per cent by 2030, and about unshackling the lockdown chains in Auckland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The co-founder of Groundswell says the "Mother of all Protests", scheduled for November 21, is not a tone-deaf exercise by entitled farmers. He also denies the protest group has been hi-jacked by the Tamakis and other extremists. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with David Seymour, Bryce McKenzie, Shane McManaway, Bruce Cameron, Graeme Smith and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Jacinda Ardern, Barbara Kuriger, Todd Clark, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Chris Russell and Michael Every. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We take our monthly look at the state of the wool market with the GM of PGG Wrightson Wool. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Tony Laker, Jeremy Rookes, Stu Loe, Chris Brandolino, Grant Edwards and Barry Soper. 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 talk about the co-op's increase in its 2021/22 forecast Farmgate Milk Price. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We continue our series profiling the four Kiwi finalists for the Zanda McDonald Award - recognising excellence in young leaders in the primary sector in Australasia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank's Singapore-based Global Strategist comments on the island state's much-lauded Covid response. Plus, we look at the burgeoning price of food worldwide and the spiralling cost of inputs such as fertiliser and feed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of New Zealand's leading farming academics says new alternative proteins will not save the planet and fake meat and milk are worse for your health than the real stuff. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Michael Every, Karen Williams, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Katie Vickers and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Jacinda Ardern, Tom Young, Barbara Kuriger and Todd Clark. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.