The Country

Interviews are with Dan Henry, Marc Gascoigne, Chris Russell and Jamie Cunninghame. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Country Sport Breakfast: DairyNZ’s strategy and investment leader – responsible dairy, Dr David Burger tells BK that new winter grazing rules need to be workable on-farm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank's senior dairy analyst explains why her bank is dragging the chain with its $7-80 milk price forecast - now trailing the front runner by 70c per kgMS. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews today with Jacinda Ardern, Blair Drysdale, Tom Martin, Emma Higgins and Ray Smith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is Saturday's vaxathon nifty or naff? Or just a good John Key idea? We also look at why rural New Zealand is lagging behind in the vaccination stakes, why there's continuing disquiet over Three Waters and what can we do about a problem like Bishop Brian. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of New Zealand's leading business entrepreneurs on #151 Off The Bench - his business travel trial that uses private MIQ. He will take a quick visit to the US in November, just time for a meeting about golf with Fox Sport in LA and another with Major League Baseball in San Francisco. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Sir Ian Taylor, Pita Alexander, Blair McLean, Mikela Dennison and Dr Jacqueline Rowarth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of New Zealand's leading farming academics doubles down on regenerative agriculture saying the world is suffering from (to quote Lewis Carroll) the Snark Syndrome aka the Illusory Truth Effect. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yesterday was World Mental Health Day. This week (Oct 10-16) is Ag Mental Health Week. Today we head to Cork, Ireland, to catch up with the Irish dairy farmer who founded it in 2020 after realising the UK and Ireland lost more farmers to suicide than farm accidents. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Winston Peters, Grant McCallum, Steve Wynn-Harris, Peter Hynes and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's hard to say who's more outraged about the Covid lockdown in Northland. The Country's host or arguably Northland's most infamous and long-standing citizen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The North Otago farmer is also an award-winning environmentalist. She's outraged (alongside The Country's host) about a children's book - Wildlife of Aotearoa - that she reckons throws farmers and farming under the bus. Plus, she says farmer industry groups need to be courageous, not subservient. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with David Seymour, Jane Smith, Sam Cane, Miles Hurrell, Helen Beattie and Judith Collins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the first of four Kiwi finalists in the Zanda McDonald Award, recognising excellence in our young leaders in the primary sector in Australasia. Today it's the turn of a Southland-based National Extension Programme Manager for Beef + Lamb NZ. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Chris Brandolino, Don Carson, Olivia Weatherburn, Time Myers and Smiley Barrett, Barry Soper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Country Sport Breakfast: Asia-Pacific CEO for Fonterra, Judith Swales tells BK how the co-op plans to lead in dairy innovation, science and sustainability. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Country Sport Breakfast: DairyNZ board chair Jim van der Poel tells BK all about the upcoming Board of Directors election and AGM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief officer for the NZ Veterinary Association laments the difficulty of getting the allocated 50 general practice vets (with a border exemption) into the country, with only two thus far getting through the MIQ system. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Stewart Mitchell, Helen Beattie, Judith Collins, Chris Russell and Andrew Hoggard. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Canterbury A and P Board chair talks to The Country about how the New Zealand Agricultural Show has been cancelled for the second consecutive time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Eureka-based Head of Insight for NZX explains that when it comes to agriculture - "regenerative" is not a dirty word. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hamilton-based soil scientist is no fan of regenerative agriculture ... but what does he think of Overseer? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We missed him yesterday, but we always get our man here on The Country. So today we chat to the All Blacks captain about Saturday's debut for the King Country Rams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Beef + Lamb NZ's GM Market Development talks about why the industry-good body is looking at the opportunities regenerative agriculture presents for sheep and beef farmers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Sam Cane, Miles Hurrell, Nick Beeby, Dr Doug Edmeades and Katie Milne. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.