The Country

Rabobank’s Sydney-based Senior Economist looks at how the NZ economic recovery is undermined by the conflict in the Middle East. And how does war affect interest rates and inflation?

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We know Labour’s leader wants to be the PM come November 7, but who else is lining up for the job? And how is his rural cred?

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The Chair of DairyNZ encourages farmers to cast their vote before the end of play tomorrow for the Milksolids Levy vote.

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Today, we find PGG Wrightson’s North Island-based National Dairy Specialist at a beef sale in the South Island.

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Our Australian correspondent talks about the effect the Middle East war is having on cropping and sheep farmers across the ditch. 

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In this DairyNZ Update, Michelle Watt talks to Head of Economics at DairyNZ Mark Storey, about the DairyNZ  EconTracker. 

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Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Karn Dhaliwal, Emma Higgins, Vanessa Winning, and Phil Duncan.  

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The PM ponders a tough week at the office, the future of the live animal export industry and the fallout from the Covid inquiry. 

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Rabobank’s Senior Ag Analyst says Global dairy commodity prices have rallied this quarter – particularly for New Zealand and Australian product – despite the world’s milk supply continuing to grow and outpace demand. And is there a correlation between oil prices and whole milk powder?

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We talk about MPI’s emergency preparedness events starting today, and ask who was the smartest person in the room last night at the Zanda McDonald Awards?

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Monday’s resident weatherman on a Wednesday with his autumn forecast.

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Jamie Mackay talks to Rhys Roberts, Conor English, Richard Green, Nancy Crawshaw, Tessa Chartres, Dr Victoria Hatton, and Doug Avery.  

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The chairman of the Impact Summit is also a 2022 Zanda McDonald Award winner and a Mid Canterbury dairy farmer (with a market garden) with Align Farms.

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A former chief executive of Federated Farmers, and brother of former Prime Minister Sir Bill English, comments on the state of the National Party. He’s also the president of the New Zealand Esports Federation, which starts an argument with The Country’s host, who insists gaming isn’t a sport.

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A leading agribusiness entrepreneur explains his talk at the Impact Summit, as one of this morning’s keynote speakers.

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Time for a chat with the 2024 Zanda McDonald Award winners before their presentation this afternoon. Crawshaw won for New Zealand, whereas Chartres was the Australian victor in the transtasman awards.

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The chief executive of FoodHQ Innovations is a futurist focused on building across the food innovation ecosystem.

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