The Country

We talk a bit of footy with the father of three All Blacks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Time to catch up with BusinessDesk senior journalist and Jamie Mackay's Fieldays housemate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The national livestock manager for Affco on the red meat bonanza and the best lunch at Fieldays. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NZ First leader on shaking things up with Shane Jones at Fieldays. Plus, he talks about the state of farming, a recent positive poll, and superannuation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DairyNZ's chief executive is at Fieldays. He talks about farmer advocacy, cost pressures on the sector, and where DairyNZ's farmer levy is spent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Farmlands’ chief executive and our host for Fieldays wraps the week. She discusses Farmlands’ partnership with the Rural Support Trust and digital wellbeing platform Ignite to deliver a free online mental health and wellbeing service for farmers and growers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Time for a chat with another footy dad; the national sales manager at Donaghys Ltd, whose son Sam is an All Black lock. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Hipkins, Ray Smith, Shane Jones, Rowland Smith, Ingrid Smith, Mike Casey, Kate Acland and Kate Scott. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Labour’s leader discusses the latest Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries report (SOPI) and the current Government’s comments on carbon credits. He also defended his party’s public transport policy, which Mackay described as “underwhelming”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the Director General of MPI, who proudly presented the Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries report this morning at Fieldays. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Prince of the Provinces holds court at Fieldays. He was on the receiving end of the best burn last night at the Rural Support Trust debate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with New Zealand’s power farming couple - the world champion shearer and "The Made Up Farmer”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Rewiring Aotearoa is all fired up about solar and battery-powered farming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chairwoman of Beef + Lamb NZ on the great red meat numbers from the SOPI report - meat and wool up 14% to $14.1 billion. Plus, the chief executive of Horticulture NZ on how the sector has grown 7.5% to $9 billion, leaving forestry in its wake. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Watt talks to Chris Kane, Fonterra’s Director of New Zealand Manufacturing, about the winners at this year's Best Site Cup. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fieldays day one: Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Todd McClay, Todd Charteris, Lawrence Meredith, Tim Ewing-Jarvie, Sam Whitelock, Mark de Lautour, and Dominic Jones. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Country catches up with the Prime Minister by phone and the Minister of Agriculture in person at Fieldays. McClay talks about the “Minister of Agriculture Future Leaders Scholarship”, backing three emerging primary sector leaders.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank chief executive previews Thursday’s Fieldays breakfast, featuring Agriculture, Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay and Rabo senior market strategist Ben Picton. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The EU Ambassador to New Zealand on the value of two-way trade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The managing director of Horizon Lab discusses global risk and future scenarios in relation to the Middle East conflict. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Farmstrong's Ambassador has been chewing the fat with farmers at Fieldays. The former All Black captain talks about his move from sheep and beef back to the family dairy farm and, of course, a bit of rugby. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask Open Country Dairy's chief executive about the 25/26 season payout and what's up for the next season. Plus, where’s Mackay’s free cheese? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk about kiwifruit with the managing director of Origin Capital Partners. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Dan Coup, Jack Jensen, Hunter McGregor, Shane McManaway, and Chris Russell.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The QEII Trust chief executive welcomes the doubling of funding for the more than 5400 QEII covenants that now protect almost 190,000 hectares of privately owned land across New Zealand, with the vast majority located on farms. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.