The Country

We catch up with a Kiwi cricketing legend to talk about getting NZ sheep meat into India and how beneficial an FTA would be with the world’s (soon-to-be) third largest economy and world’s fastest growing economy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Independent economist looks beyond tomorrow’s OCR announcement to comment on where neutral is for the Reserve Bank. Plus, is the economy officially suffering from Long Covid where strong economic growth alone won’t be enough to get the Govt’s finances back on track? So is the solution more spending cuts or increased taxes? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The former Minister of Agriculture and Trade comments on a “useless Government”. But which one is he talking about? Plus, we look at an FTA with India, the live export ban repeal being stuck in Cabinet limbo, and whether his former Labour government is in denial over the Covid spend up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday’s resident weather expert on a Tuesday reports on bitter wind chills, lower snow flurries, then frosts again.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Mark de Lautour, and Kevin "Smiley" Barrett.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Act Party leader talks beer, lefty haters, collateral damage, Dad Dancing and twerking, Grant Robertson's denial over Covid spend up, bike helmets and fiddling while Rome burns when there are bigger fish to fry.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The a2 Milk Company has inked a long-awaited deal to purchase Yashili’s New Zealand plant for $282 million and sold its stake in Mataura Valley Milk to Open Country Dairy. We ask the chief executive of OCD if he got a bargain basement buy? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He's not in Argentina watching his three boys play the Pumas. Today we find him calving on his Coastal Taranaki dairy farm.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Stacey Waaka, Winston Peters, Kate Acland, Wayne Langford, and Chris Hipkins.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Cam Eyre, George Dodson, Hugh Jackson, Philippa Wright, Barry Soper, and Chris Brandolino. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Taranaki-based forestry consultant takes issue with some of the comments made earlier in the week by forestry oracle and carbon farmer, Dennis Neilson, as he goes in to bat for the production forestry industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s farmer panel comprises the two most recent winners of the FMG Young Farmer of the Year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A queen of the Hawke’s Bay wool industry has sold her wool business in Waipukurau and is retiring after almost 50 years in the industry. Today, she looks back on 48 years working with wool and forward to a positive future for strong wool.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Country’s political correspondent wraps up another busy week in the Beehive.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Earth Sciences New Zealand's principal scientist, with a weather forecast for the weekend and beyond. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Wayne Langford, Chris Hipkins, Jen Corkran, John Duffy, and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Federated Farmers says a report back to Parliament on the so-called "ban on carbon forestry" doesn’t go far enough to stop the march of pines across New Zealand’s productive farmland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a mauling this morning from Mike Hosking Breakfast, Labour’s leader fronts up for the second time today on Newstalk ZB. On the agenda are the Covid Royal Commission public hearings and the prospect of a CGT or wealth tax.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with Rabobank’s Ag Analyst in Wagin where she’s participating in the bank’s Western Australia Sheep and Wool Tour. We also cast our eye over the August Agribusiness Monthly Report and the excellent prospects for beef and sheepmeats. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We take our monthly look at the livestock markets. Today it’s the turn of PGG Wrightson’s Otago Region Manager, a man who’s been in the game for 45 years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent talks about animal activists and the Great Australian Cattle Drive.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Pete Turner, Kate Acland, and Tracy Brown. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PM ponders Winston's response to the proposed sale of 65% of the Alliance Group to Irish-based Dawn Meats. Plus, we discuss high-vis vests, urgent economic action to protect exports, capital gains tax, wealth tax, and being the most unpopular PM since Jim Bolger. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We head to the coalface to yarn with a Southland sheep and beef farmer, who is also a large-scale Alliance Group shareholder, about the proposed sale of 65% of the co-op to Irish company Dawn Meats. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Following on from “Forestry Oracle” Dennis Neilson on yesterday’s show, the Beef + Lamb NZ chairwoman says the government has not gone far enough on carbon farming reforms. We also get her thoughts on the state of the red meat industry, in light of the proposed recapitalisation of the Alliance Group. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.