The Country

Jamie Mackay talks to Richard McIntyre, Mark de Lautour, Farmer Tom Martin, Kate Acland, and Corina Jordan.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Federated Farmers dairy chair says Feds is calling on the Government to deliver on National’s pre-election promise to change KiwiSaver rules to help young farmers get their foot on the farming ladder. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the chief executive of Open Country Dairy ahead of the last GDT auction of the season tonight. Plus, we look at the prospects for the 25/26 season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our UK farming correspondent talks about the driest spring in nearly a century and the Labour government not backing down on the controversial inheritance tax. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chairwoman of Beef + Lamb NZ  comments on her recent trip to Europe and the US, and on a good season, but a much-needed one, for sheep and beef farmers.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The outgoing chief executive of Fish & Game NZ responds to Dr Jacqueline Rowarth’s column on ducks.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Sandra Faulkner, Sandra Matthews, Matt Chisholm, and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask the age-old question of the Act leader (soon to be Deputy Prime Minister). What’s in the Budget for farmers? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s farmer panel features "the two Sandys from Gizzy" - the Federated Farmers adverse events spokeswoman and the Rural Women NZ president. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We lighten things up a little with a well-known rural mental health advocate, raconteur and hobby farmer.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday’s resident weatherman has been missing in action for the past two weeks, and even his mother is wondering what’s happened to him. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie talks to Jane Smith, Michael Every, Christopher Luxon, and Katie Milne.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Todd McClay, Emma Poole, Tim Dangen, Chris Russell, Jeremy Rookes, and Chris Brandolino. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We find the Minister of Agriculture and Trade in Korea, where he’s been meeting with APEC trade ministers, and US trade representative Jamieson Greer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s brother and sister farmer panel features two of the sharpest young minds in agriculture. But can they agree on methane and the Paris Accord? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent talks about weight loss drugs, slumping tractor sales and the madness of an “unrealised capital gains tax”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our resident lifestyle/hobby farming correspondent bemoans the state of the nation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NIWA’s principal scientist with a weather update for the week and beyond. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Jo Luxton, Peter Newbold, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Sean Laidlaw and Sebastian Chapman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Labour’s agriculture spokeswoman on Paris, methane, carbon farming, and Fieldays. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How much is your farm worth? We take our monthly look at the rural market with the GM of PGG Wrightson Real Estate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of our leading farming academics chips in on methane and the Paris Accord. Plus, she tells us why ducks are such a pest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re joined by two young entrepreneurs who have started up a new company called “Seedling”, which aims to help both those who want to retire from the farm and younger players who want to get in, with a focus on succession planning and investment.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Michael Every, Katie Milne, and Craig Wiggins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Prime Minister responds to criticism that he has yet to visit China, and ponders Trump’s latest tariff move. We also discuss why we should stay in the Paris Agreement and whether we’re flogging the family silverware to pay for NZ Superannuation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.