The Country

Ballance's Science Strategy Manager has some tips for farmers for fertiliser management when the rain does come. The Ballance Farm Environment Regional Awards kick off tonight in Canterbury. What advice does the 1995 Young Farmer of the Year have for would-be winners? And the Wānaka Show starts tomorrow.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Emma Brodie, Emma Higgins, and Gordon Rennie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PM ponders Trump, tariffs, a four-year parliamentary term, raising the age of eligibility for National Super to 67, and we salute "Sandwich-gate".  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In response to numerous listener complaints, we take a SAFE campaigner to task over their "Mud Farming" ambush attack ads running during our show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank's Senior Ag Analyst reviews the GDT auction and the bank's latest Q1 Dairy Quarterly Report which sees a revision of the milk price forecast to $10.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with a Scottish farmer, agronomist and journalist, who has been visiting NZ for 50 years. Yesterday he texted into our show - today we get him on it! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Internal parasites and drench resistance are serious threats to livestock production. In the final episode of our special four-part series, The Country’s Rowena Duncum is once again joined by B+LNZ Principal Scientist (Animal Health Research) Dr Cara Brosnahan to look at targeted selective treatment in the fight against drench resistance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Rob Hewett, Cameron Bagrie, Hunter McGregor, and Dr Jacqueline Rowarth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

South Otago farmer and the "Chairman of Everything". Today we ask him why he’s picked a fight with carpet company Bremworth and why he wants to roll the Chairman and the Board. We also discuss the Paris Climate Accord and carbon farming - both very contentious issues on NZ farms. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask an independent economist whether the recovery is underway and what’s going to happen to interest and exchange rates. Plus. what do Trump’s tariffs mean for NZ farmers? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Shanghai-based correspondent talks about some crazy weather, China’s high-speed rail network, an animated local movie taking the country by storm, and International Women’s Day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of NZ’s leading primary sector academics offers some history around Pancake Day and offers some opinions on Greenpeace’s latest rhetoric in her latest column. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Toa Henderson, David Seymour, Laura Koot, Craig "Ferg" Ferguson, and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the Northland shearer who became the first first-time Golden Shears open finalist to win shearing’s glamour prize in 15 years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask the Act leader if NZ should opt out of the Paris Agreement, and talk about cutting red tape for farmers, a four-year term of Parliament, and the latest with school lunches. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new world record for the most Hilux utes in one place at one time was set at Kingston yesterday. We talk to the Toyota driver behind it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with a Queenstown legend who has been commentating on the Rural Games for the full ten years it has been going, ahead of this year’s event in Palmerston North. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask the man behind WeatherWatch.co.nz if there is any rain on the way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Dr Vaughn Holder, Farmer Tom Martin, Jane Smith, and Shane Jones.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Sir David Fagan, Mark Cameron, Anna Nelson, Chris Brandolino, Rachel Shearer, Stu Duncan and Stu Loe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A shearing legend, whose record of 16 open titles will never be beaten, kicks off the show from the 63rd Golden Shears at the Masterton War Memorial Stadium. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Act List MP is a dairy farmer from Ruawai (just down the road from Dargaville) and has lived and farmed in the Northland region for 30 years. Today he's on the ground on day two (of three) of the Northland Field Days. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yesterday we tracked down the Chair of Silver Fern Farms (and King Country farmer and vet) in Vietnam where she is accompanying the PM and industry leaders on a trade delegation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NIWA's weather guy on the big dry, as Taranaki declares drought.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PGG Wrightson's GM Wool takes her monthly look at the market, which is facing buyer resistance after six months of solid rises.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.