The Country

Jamie Mackay talks to Nathan Guy, Stu Duncan, Stu Loe, Chris Brandolino and Barry Soper. 

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The former Minister for Primary Industries and current NZ Special Ag Trade Envoy, just back in the country, talks about Trump’s latest tariff debacle. Plus we look at the perilous state of the honey industry.

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Today’s panel talks farming and footy. 

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We are a nation of haves and have-nots when it comes to rain. And temperatures are set to drop this weekend.  So says Earth Sciences NZ’s "Friday Weatherman".

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We reflect on the NZ Radio Awards and ask, why did we send four no-name politicians to Taiwan? 

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Jamie Mackay talks to Shane Jones, Jen Corkran, Andrew Gibson, Chris Russell, and Simon Butler. 

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We find the self-anointed Prince of the Provinces at Marsden Point, where he’s claiming glory for saving the nation in election year! We also discuss his role in the Rural Industry Leaders Debate at Fieldays, and the six animal welfare complaints lodged with MPI after he “cradled a crayfish in its final hours” in Parliament. 

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Rabobank’s senior animal protein analyst previews the bank’s June Agribusiness Monthly Report, which has good news on the income side of the ledger for dairy, sheep and beef, but not such good news when it comes to the cost of farm inputs, oil and freight and interest rates.

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PGG Wrightson’s Taranaki Livestock Manager updates the dairy cow and beef bull sales.

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Our Australian correspondent talks Pauline Hanson, the "Unlucky" Country, and how to get rid of rabbits.

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We talk cow nutrition and supplements v grass with an expert in the field.

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Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Matt Bolger, Mia Ryan, and Dr Jacqueline Rowarth.

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The Prime Minister ponders his Fieldays plans, the latest Roy Morgan poll, and whether we are freeloading on defence spending. Plus, should we remain nuclear-free, and why should we even contemplate bailing out Moana Pasifika?

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From the PM to a former PM's son, we ask Fonterra's MD for Co-op Affairs about the first GDT Auction of the new dairy season and whether he's read Barry Soper's book about his late father, Jim. 

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It’s seven sleeps until Fieldays, and we ask a leading primary sector academic about her role in the big Rural Industry Leaders Debate, which is raising money for the Rural Support Trust. We also discuss her latest column, which poses the question: Is diversification always better for NZ farming?

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Jamie Mackay talks to Sir David Ellis, Geoff Maber, Rachel Law, Professor Keith Woodford, and Phil Duncan.

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Arise, Sir David, Principal of the Te Akau Stud, for services to the thoroughbred industry and philanthropy.

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The man behind the Power Farming Group has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to agribusiness.

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