Farmers Weekly Podcast
The Farmers Weekly Podcast covers the big issues in the food and fibre sector. Each week managing editor Bryan Gibson presents a no-frills look at the news with the Farmers Weekly editorial team and the newsmakers they report on. It’s rich farming news for time-poor farmers.
Episodes
July 24, 2025 • 33 mins
(00:00:00) Full Show | July 25
(00:01:33) Record returns for red meat exports
(00:09:46) Red meat sector looks to increase value
(00:22:32) Advocating for the dairy sector
(00:31:22) The Final Word
In this episode:
Market Insights | Record returns for red meat exports
1:34 – AgriHQ senior analyst Mel Croad reports on record export returns for red meat. She tells Bryan whether those prices will hold up as we head into the new season.
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(00:01:33) Record returns for red meat exports
(00:09:46) Red meat sector looks to increase value
(00:22:32) Advocating for the dairy sector
(00:31:22) The Final Word
In this episode:
Market Insights | Record returns for red meat exports
1:34 – AgriHQ senior analyst Mel Croad reports on record export returns for red meat. She tells Bryan whether those prices will hold up as we head into the new season.
...
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July 24, 2025 • 13 mins
Meat Industry Association independent chair Nathan Guy joins the show to wrap up the Red Meat Sector Conference. He chats about the plan to break down non-tariff barriers, the new strategy to extract more value from our red meat sector, and discusses our over-capacity issue.
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July 24, 2025 • 9 mins
AgriHQ senior analyst Mel Croad reports on record export returns for red meat. She tells Bryan whether those prices will hold up as we head into the new season.
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July 24, 2025 • 9 mins
Federated Farmers South Canterbury dairy chair and Feds Dairy Advocate of the Year Jimmy Emmett joins the show to talk about his unique journey to the dairy farm. Jimmy ran a bar in Christchurch for a number of years but took a punt on dairying about 16 years ago. He says there are some similarities between managing drinkers and managing dairy cows.
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July 17, 2025 • 33 mins
In this episode:
News Wrap | Zespri takes on plant variety applicant
1:38 – Richard Rennie outlines how Zespri is opposing the registration of a type of fruit that it says is a version of its own SunGold variety. And, he reports that Rabobank and the government have given more funding to keep catchment groups going for a while longer.
Market Insights | Winter store markets still red hot
6:17 – AgriHQ senior analyst Suz Bremner checks i...
News Wrap | Zespri takes on plant variety applicant
1:38 – Richard Rennie outlines how Zespri is opposing the registration of a type of fruit that it says is a version of its own SunGold variety. And, he reports that Rabobank and the government have given more funding to keep catchment groups going for a while longer.
Market Insights | Winter store markets still red hot
6:17 – AgriHQ senior analyst Suz Bremner checks i...
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July 17, 2025 • 11 mins
A Christchurch company has found a unique way of extracting collagen from sheep skins and now exports its ingredients and products around the world. Bryan talks to Tertiary Extracts Õtautahi co-founder Dr Rob Kelly about the value to be captured in the growing industry.
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July 17, 2025 • 5 mins
Richard Rennie outlines how Zespri is opposing the registration of a type of fruit that it says is a version of its own SunGold variety. And, he reports that Rabobank and the government have given more funding to keep catchment groups going for a while longer.
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July 17, 2025 • 6 mins
AgriHQ senior analyst Suz Bremner checks in from Stortford Lodge to chat about the winter store markets. She says sky-high prices for lambs may be levelling off, but in the cattle pens vendors are still getting top money.
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July 17, 2025 • 8 mins
Federated Farmers banking spokesperson Mark Hooper outlines his issues with the proposed
Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, being developed by the Centre for Sustainable Finance and the Ministry for the Environment to provide a consistent framework for defining what is ‘green’ or ‘sustainable’ in financial markets.
Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, being developed by the Centre for Sustainable Finance and the Ministry for the Environment to provide a consistent framework for defining what is ‘green’ or ‘sustainable’ in financial markets.
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July 10, 2025 • 31 mins
In this episode:
News Wrap | Emissions reduction and the profitable farm
1:48 – DairyNZ head of data science and modelling Mark Neal tells Bryan about a newly released study that shows any farm in any region can be profitable and emissions efficient. The study drew on data from DairyNZ, Dairybase, Fonterra and LIC.
Feature | Agroecology coach favours relationships over recipes
7:56 – Nicole Masters, an agroecology coach, reckons that ...
News Wrap | Emissions reduction and the profitable farm
1:48 – DairyNZ head of data science and modelling Mark Neal tells Bryan about a newly released study that shows any farm in any region can be profitable and emissions efficient. The study drew on data from DairyNZ, Dairybase, Fonterra and LIC.
Feature | Agroecology coach favours relationships over recipes
7:56 – Nicole Masters, an agroecology coach, reckons that ...
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July 10, 2025 • 13 mins
Nicole Masters, an agroecology coach, reckons that if we’re going to improve environmental outcomes we need to stop focusing on data and rules and instead look to relationships and values. Masters says farmers tend to use intuition when making big decisions, rather than relying on facts and figures.
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July 10, 2025 • 6 mins
DairyNZ head of data science and modelling Mark Neal tells Bryan about a newly released study that shows any farm in any region can be profitable and emissions efficient. The study drew on data from DairyNZ, Dairybase, Fonterra and LIC.
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July 10, 2025 • 9 mins
Bryan meets the new Federated Farmers meat and wool chair Richard Dawkins, a Marlborough farmer who was voted onto the national executive a few weeks ago. Richard talks about his farming life and what the meat and wool executive has planned for the months ahead.
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July 3, 2025 • 26 mins
In this episode:
News Wrap | Alliance’s financial D-Day draws nearer
1:43 – Senior reporter Neal Wallace outlines the latest developments in the Alliance funding saga as the clock ticks this month on an announcement about how the co-operative will raise the $200 million needed after two years of tough losses. He also talks to Richard about the other elephant in the room – ongoing overcapacity issues and how they still need to be res...
News Wrap | Alliance’s financial D-Day draws nearer
1:43 – Senior reporter Neal Wallace outlines the latest developments in the Alliance funding saga as the clock ticks this month on an announcement about how the co-operative will raise the $200 million needed after two years of tough losses. He also talks to Richard about the other elephant in the room – ongoing overcapacity issues and how they still need to be res...
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July 3, 2025 • 11 mins
Julia Macdonald, director of research and engagement at the Asia New Zealand Foundation, talks about the Foundation’s latest “Perceptions of Asia” survey results.
It’s a deep dive into how New Zealanders relate to Asia, in a business, social and cultural sense. It also highlights just how far we have come in our understanding about that populous place, and how important we see Asian success being Kiwi success.
It’s a deep dive into how New Zealanders relate to Asia, in a business, social and cultural sense. It also highlights just how far we have come in our understanding about that populous place, and how important we see Asian success being Kiwi success.
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July 2, 2025 • 8 mins
Senior reporter Neal Wallace outlines the latest developments in the Alliance funding saga as the clock ticks this month on an announcement about how the co-operative will raise the $200 million needed after two years of tough losses.
He also talks to Richard about the other elephant in the room – ongoing overcapacity issues and how they still need to be resolved, regardless of what structure Alliance takes.
Neal is also catching up ...
He also talks to Richard about the other elephant in the room – ongoing overcapacity issues and how they still need to be resolved, regardless of what structure Alliance takes.
Neal is also catching up ...
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July 2, 2025 • 7 mins
Karl Dean, sharemilking at Leeston in Canterbury, unpacks where he sees the big challenges in his new role as the Federated Farmers national dairy chair.
He talks about the mixed bag of local and national issues that are likely to be challenging dairy farmers over the coming couple of years including migrant labour regulations, climate challenges and the perennial challenge of farm costs.
For the Fed’s 2024 Rural Advocate of the Yea...
He talks about the mixed bag of local and national issues that are likely to be challenging dairy farmers over the coming couple of years including migrant labour regulations, climate challenges and the perennial challenge of farm costs.
For the Fed’s 2024 Rural Advocate of the Yea...
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June 26, 2025 • 27 mins
In this episode:
News Wrap | The impact of slow agri-chemical approvals
1: 20 – Senior reporter Richard Rennie unpacks Bayer Crop Science’s exit from New Zealand. He says the exit highlights significant challenges in NZ's agricultural sector, particularly regarding the slow approval rates for new agri-chemical products, hindering local trials critical for product approval.He also tells Bryan about challenges faced by catchment group...
News Wrap | The impact of slow agri-chemical approvals
1: 20 – Senior reporter Richard Rennie unpacks Bayer Crop Science’s exit from New Zealand. He says the exit highlights significant challenges in NZ's agricultural sector, particularly regarding the slow approval rates for new agri-chemical products, hindering local trials critical for product approval.He also tells Bryan about challenges faced by catchment group...
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June 26, 2025 • 13 mins
Young Farmers’ new CEO, Cheyne Gillooly, joins the show to discuss his vision for the organisation, and the evolving role of young farmers in the agricultural sector. He says the sector is a lot more ambitious as it used to be, which is great for the future of farming. He also previews the upcoming Young Farmers Grand Final and the excitement surrounding it.
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June 26, 2025 • 7 mins
Senior reporter Richard Rennie unpacks Bayer Crop Science’s exit from New Zealand. He says the exit highlights significant challenges in NZ's agricultural sector, particularly regarding the slow approval rates for new agri-chemical products, which hinders local trials critical for product approval.
He also tells Bryan about challenges faced by catchment groups, which are crucial for addressing local farming issues.
He also tells Bryan about challenges faced by catchment groups, which are crucial for addressing local farming issues.
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