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 Damien O'Connor, Steve Wyn-Harris, Siobhan O'Malley, Ben Picton, and Chrisopher Luxon.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Richard McIntyre, Trish Rankin, Chris Brandolino, Paul Walker, and Barry Soper.
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Federated Farmers Dairy Chair. OCR - new freshwater rules - WOKE gone overboard? Banking inquiry - where is this at right now? Immigration - what is the current situation? How are farmers coping with getting workers? Plus, we've heard a rumour that he's putting his name forward for the Dairy NZ Board?
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We talk to a high-profile Taranaki dairy farmer who's putting her money (and milk) where her mouth is, when it comes to backing the rural food charities, Meat the Need and Feed Out.
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Meteorologists are picking the potential for a blast of snow across parts of New Zealand next week – while a rare phenomenon now unfolding over Antarctica could spell more “active weather” later in August. A low-pressure system moving in from the Tasman Sea is forecast to collide with cold air blowing up from the Southern Ocean - bringing the possibility of snow on Monday and Tuesday. The risk for heaviest snow looked to be in the ...
A Bay of Plenty dairy farmer and Farmstrong champion talks about his tips for getting through the winter slog, calving etc. Paul farms in the Bay of Plenty on a low lying farm prone to flooding. He’s trained his body and brain to recognise the signs of stress and have more constructive/helpful thoughts rather than just dwelling on the difficulties. Paul now features in Farmstrong resources and appears in videos promoting Farmstron...
Our political pundit ponders Kamala Harris, Darleen Tana, child abuse and a podcast on David Lange.
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Courtesy of PGG Wrightson, we take our monthly look at the state of the wool market.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Fran O'Sullivan, Sir David Fagan, Mark de Lautour, Tim Ormrod, and Chris Russell.
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The Herald's business section has done a great Agribusiness and Trade report. NZME's Head of Business discusses two of her columns - Luxon dubbed NZ’s ‘salesman in chief’ and Doubling Kiwi exports to grow NZ’s wealth.
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Shearing legend and the retiring Chair of Shearing Sports NZ comments on NZ's biggest success in Wales in five years - a big double at the Royal Welsh Show this morning. The Wools of New Zealand team of David Buick, of Pongaroa, and Jack Fagan, of Te Kuiti, made it 1-1 in a three-test series against Wales with a narrow win over Welsh shearers Gethin Lewis and Richard Jones, while Fagan won the final of the Royal Welsh Show Open ch...
The chief executive of Open Country Dairy talks about his company's forecast milk price and questions why Fonterra is putting so much volume on its GDT auction platform.
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The Senior VP of Brandt Australasia is just back from a client trip to the USA and Canada. We get his thoughts on the state of North American agriculture and the farm machinery market.
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We ask our Australian correspondent why dairy cows are so susceptible to Bird Flu and should we be worried here in NZ? Plus we talk Trump's tariffs, Brussel sprouts, and shark attacks.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Wayne Langford, Graeme Williams, and Nick Hammond.
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After a three week absence, the PM is back to kick off The Country. Today we talk possible trade hurdles under a new US Administration, the Reserve Bank and interest rates, pricing agricultural emissions and Hillbilly Elegy - the movie made by Ron Howard from the best-selling autobiography of J D Vance - the Republican nominee VP.
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The President of Federated Farmers and co-founder of rural food charity, Meat the Need. Farmer confidence survey – can’t reveal the results yet, due to be released on Monday. The Feds' "love-in and sleepover" with Labour? Chippy stepping back a lot of Damien's decrees and Jo Luxton being a non-offensive Princess of the Provinces. Calving - farmers are under huge pressure trying to find staff, immigration issues.
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Is an East Coast farmer and Bush Poet who reflects on the recent Flock House Reunion, commemorating 100 years since the agricultural training institution near Bulls opened in 1924.
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The chief executive of the Spring Sheep Milk Company says it's "highly significant and exciting" that his sheep milking company has gained brand registration for its infant milk formula in China. This registration enables direct import and distribution throughout China of their infant formula with the Chinese label, as opposed to through a narrow set of on-line channels, only in English.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Su McCluskey, Tom Plunkett, and Sirma Karapeeva.
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