The Country

We catch up a 2018 Nuffield Scholar and a Central Otago-based Resource Management Planner who's encouraging all folk with a rural bent to apply for 2022 intake. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Winston Peters, Lloyd McCall, Leonie Guiney and Rowland Smith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Was Jacinda Ardern truly was an accidental Prime Minister? We ask the man who put her there. And was Roger Douglas a visionary or a villain? And did the Aussies get the economic reforms of the 1980s right, when we didn't? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with David Seymour, Kate Scott, Hunter McGregor, Jane Smith and Cameron Bagrie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Managing Director at agricultural consulting firm Perrin Ag tackles the controversial issue of self-shedding sheep. To shed or not to shed? To breed or not to breed? But he says doing nothing is not an option! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Dr William Rolleston, Lee Matheson, Steve Maharey, Steve Wyn-Harris and Grant McCallum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Doug Avery, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Graham Law, Jim Hopkins, Chris Russell and Graeme Williams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Graham Mourie, Santanu Deb-Choudrey, Stu Loe, Jeremy Rookes and Seth Carrier. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AgResearch has been studying how to cook the perfect steak and also using artificial intelligence to create recipes. We caught up with scientist Santanu Deb-Choudhury to find out how. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is a Taupō dairy farmer and a member of the Rabobank Upper North Island Client Council who recently attended the inaugural financial skills workshop in Taupō. Funded by the bank's Client Councils, the NZ workshops are also open to non-clients and there is no cost for participants to attend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Katie Milne, Stuart Anderson, Chris Russell, John McOviney and Graham Law. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk to M. bovis programme director Stuart Anderson about the latest TAG report which says New Zealand is on track to eradicate the cattle disease. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DairyNZ head of the South Island Tony Finch talks to The Country Sport Breakfast's Brian Kelly about recent flooding in the South Island and how farmers can access feed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra CEO of Asia Pacific Judith Swales talks to The Country Sport Breakfast's Brian Kelly about how the co-op is helping Malaysia with Covid-19 and New Zealand with the kōkako, See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We applauded the chief executive of DairyNZ for going in to bat for farmers on national television. Plus, we looked for solutions for the looming labour crisis in the primary sector. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Kieran McAnulty, Dr Tim Mackle, Andy Thompson, Craig Wiggins and Marc Rivers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra's CFO discussed another drop in the GDT auction overnight (down 2.9 per cent, WMP minus 3.8 per cent) but says an $8 payout is still on the cards for the 2021/22 season. Plus, we looked at the timeframe for co-op's controversial capital restructuring plans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to a 2021 Nuffield Scholar about how Covid-19 has changed the programme, and finds out how to apply for the 2022 intake. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Nathan Penny, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Blair McLean, Jim Hopkins and John Foley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of New Zealand's leading farming academics says, shock/horror, organic farming can be bad for consumers and the environment. Plus, she sheds a very public tear over the Groundswell protest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This East Coast farmer is also a bush poet. He has put pen to paper in a plea to Jacinda Ardern to look out for farmers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Damien O'Connor, Jamie Cleine, Doug Avery, Graeme Williams and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Tom Martin, David Seymour, Jane Smith, Justin Sherrard and Derek Daniell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Jamie Mackay, Laurie Paterson, Lewis Ferris, Emma Olsen, Dawn Duncum Will Taylor, Tim Myers, Kevin Smiley Barrett, Hayden Foster, Andy Thompson, Sir David Fagan, Barbara Kuriger, Nicola Wicksteed, Grant McCallum, and Tessa Prentice. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sponsored content: Fonterra's Managing Director for Co-operative Affairs, Mike Cronin tells The Country Sport Breakfast's Brian Kelly all about the co-op's Good Together tanker experience starting next week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.