The Country

We ask NIWA's weather guy if there's any end in sight to the Big Dry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The "Dangen Zone" panel discusses the dry conditions in the upper North Island, Fonterra's low emissions payment incentives, and the latest farmer confidence survey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent talks about running out of eggs, Tinder for cattle and the Queensland teacher who got sacked for identifying as a cat. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We let our lifestyle farming correspondent off the chain and take no responsibility for what he says or how he identifies himself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our political correspondent wraps the week as we lament school children identifying as "furries". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you’re worried about Facial Eczema, you’re not alone - this disease continues to be a problem here in New Zealand, and the usual management strategies just aren’t cutting it. In this special edition podcast, thanks to Face-Guard from Elanco, The Country’s Rowena Duncum is joined by Dr Emma Cuttance - an epidemiologist and expert in animal health – to break down wha...

Jamie Mackay talks to Katie Milne, Peter Newbold, Hunter McGregor, Cameron Henderson, and Todd Clark. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The former President of Federated Farmers talks about drought (really?) on the West Coast, feeding out in summer, and whether this is Climate Change in action. As for the Paris Climate Accord; in or out? And what interest in farm sales is there on the Coast? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How much is your farm worth? Are farmers sitting on them, banking the returns, rather than selling them? We take our monthly look at the state of the rural market with the GM of PGG Wrightson Real Estate.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Shanghai-based correspondent talks about food delivery in China. In short, it is massive and the stats are mind-blowing! More than 10 million delivery riders fulfil an average of 80 million orders daily for 545 million users. The sector is valued at 1.2 trillion yuan ($156 billion), with consumers spending nearly 3.3 billion yuan daily on food delivery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

We catch up with the Deputy Chair of DairyNZ on a consultation roadshow in Southland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KFC is leaving Louisville. Millions of people are under winter alerts ahead of a major storm, expected to dump snow across portions of the country, including Tennessee, Virginia, Mississippi and Kentucky.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Wayne Langford, Christopher Luxon, Emma Higgins, Andrew Murray, and Rick Ladd. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Prime Minister ponders the latest farmer confidence survey, today's OCR announcement, Winston wanting us out of the Paris Climate Accord and his Beef + Lamb BBQ fashion crime.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Federated Farmers' president comments on the industry-good body's latest (very positive) farmer confidence survey and the continuation of the bank enquiry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We get Rabobank's Senior Ag Analyst's take on the GDT auction and cover a new Rabo report on milk production costs around the globe. Plus, she adds some good news comments about red meat. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra's Chief Financial Officer comments on the co-op's low emissions payment incentives announced yesterday and last night's GDT auction. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with Brandt's Director of Sales live on the ground at the East Coast Farming Expo at the Wairoa Racecourse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Internal parasites and drench resistance are serious threats to livestock production. In part two of our series, The Country’s Rowena Duncum is joined by B+LNZ’s Wormwise Programme Manager Ginny Dodunski to look at all aspects of the programme – from its conception through to report findings, plus practical messages for farmers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

Jamie Mackay talks to Winston Peters, Bruce Cotterill, Kevin "Smiley" Barrett, and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Deputy PM and NZ First leader deviates from scripted questions and laments the loss of politicians being able to think and speak on their feet and off the cuff. He also sticks with his long-held view that NZ should pull out of the Paris Climate Accord. Plus, he has no time for Chippy's attempts to woo him for 2026. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Herald business columnist and podcaster says we need to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord (just like China, India and the US) and learn to be a "fast follower" rather than sacrifice our farmers on the altar of climate change.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Taranaki dairy farmer, and All Black stud breeder, comments on the Big Dry and Fonterra's latest emissions incentives and why he reckons he's not getting them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday's resident weatherman makes a belated Tuesday appearance as we ask for rain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Mark Ericksen, Te Radar, and Dr Jacqueline Rowarth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.