The Country
Jamie Mackay delivers your daily fix of everything going on in NZ's biggest industry, along with a generous side-serve of news, sports and politics. The Country from Newstalk ZB, Hokonui and Gold Sport.
Episodes
Jamie Mackay talks to Jo Luxton, Peter Newbold, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Sean Laidlaw and Sebastian Chapman.
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Labour’s agriculture spokeswoman on Paris, methane, carbon farming, and Fieldays.
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How much is your farm worth? We take our monthly look at the rural market with the GM of PGG Wrightson Real Estate.
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One of our leading farming academics chips in on methane and the Paris Accord. Plus, she tells us why ducks are such a pest.
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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.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Michael Every, Katie Milne, and Craig Wiggins.
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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.
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A two-part interview with Rabobank’s Singapore-based global strategist. Part one: Is there no end to Trump's tariffs, despite his recent backflip with China and what happened to "Thrive in '25" for the world economy? Part two: What’s the best business to be in, in a troubled world - food or munitions? Who are the political and economic leaders on the world stage today? Will an American Pope get Trump to “calm the ...
This West Coast dairy farmer, and former president of Federated Farmers, says we need to change how we measure methane in the atmosphere, and she questions our commitment to the Paris Agreement.
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Today, we find our resident rural health advocate at the Speight’s Ale House in Palmerston North.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Tom and Fiona Langford, Jane Smith, Hunter McGregor, Greig Taylor, and Todd Clark.
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We’re joined by the winners of the 2025 NZ Share Farmers of the Year at last weekend’s Dairy Industry Awards: two dynamic young agribusiness leaders who shunned the corporate world for the cowshed.
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North Otago farmer and a "Poster Girl" for the Methane Science Accord. Today, she comments on the Ruminant Methane Survey Summary Report released yesterday. And she doesn’t pull any punches over AgriZeroNZ and the Government’s emissions reduction targets.
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Shanghai-based Kiwi selling red meat to the Chinese. He’s cautious about Trump’s tariff reduction and the still-fragile state of the Chinese economy.
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We catch up with a Hawke's Bay orchardist to learn more about an intense fight between the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and farmers/growers, over a water allocation document called Tank.
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Our Kentucky-based US farming correspondent talks about Trump, tariffs, a wet spring, and a whipping at the Kentucky Derby.
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Protecting your farm from parasite resistance takes proactive planning and smart management. In episode three of Drench Wise, Farm Smart, brought to you by Zolvix Plus from Elanco, The Country’s Rowena Duncum is joined by Elanco's Colin McKay and Gladstone sheep and beef farmer Michael Cammock.
Michael shares his practical approach to slowing drench resistance on his 800-hectare farm - from targeted drenching and quarantine p...
Jamie Mackay talks to Andrew Hoggard, Grant McCallum, Grant McMaster, Jenni Vernon, and John McOviney.
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Today’s farmer/politician panel ponders the methane survey conducted by Groundswell, NZ Farming and the Methane Science Accord. And has the government got it wrong or right when it comes to pay equity?
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Queenstown farmer and anti-wilding pines campaigner - but should we leave them there to sequester carbon? He’s also a leading dog trial commentator and judge who previews the NZ Champs coming up at Hanmer Springs later in the month.
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