The Country
Jamie Mackay and Rowena Duncum deliver 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 Rob Hewett, Ranveer Chandra, Blair McLean, Jane Hunter, Emma Poole and Tim Dangen.
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We catch up with the Chairperson of the Year at the Deloitte Top 200 Awards - a carbon-positive South Otago farmer who wears many leadership hats in agribusiness - including co-chairing Silver Fern Farms and chairing Farmlands.
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The managing director for research for industry, and chief technology officer of Agri-Food at Microsoft, talks about how agriculture stands to benefit significantly from disruptive AI, as new technologies help deliver more produce and revenue from farming while doing it more sustainably.
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It’s your chance to win as we spread some Christmas cheer with our PGG Wrightson viticulture correspondent and an icon of the New Zealand wine industry.
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The Dangen Zone Panel ponders a Christmas wish list for Santa from two of New Zealand’s leading young farmers.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Miles Hurrell, Nicola Grigg, Emma Higgins, Andrew Martin, and Chris Russell.
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Fonterra’s chief executive comments on a strong Q1 performance, which has resulted in the co-op lifting the forecast milk price to a midpoint of $7.50, lifting the forecast earnings per share by five cents to 50-65c, and an 85 per cent lift in profit to $392 million.
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We catch up with the National Party’s new associate agriculture minister with the responsibility for horticulture. Who is she? What is her farming background? What are her aspirations for the next three years?
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Rabobank’s senior agriculture analyst looks back on the 10-day Global Farmers Master Class where 28 farmers from five continents and 12 different countries gathered from around the world to address global food security.
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PGG Wrightson's Southland livestock manager comments on grass, grass everywhere but not a store sheep or cattle in sight!
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Our Australian correspondent talks about improving lamb and beef prices, recent rain, droughts for others, and interesting times in the media.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Shane Jones, Mike McIntyre, Katie Milne and Wayne Langford.
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The Prince of the Provinces now finds himself back from the political wilderness and back in Parliament. We ask the self-titled Matua Shane about his war with woke and Te Pāti Māori, and what he’s going to do for the provinces wearing his Minister of Regional Development hat.
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Jarden’s head of derivatives comments on last night’s Fonterra GDT auction (up 1.6 per cent, WMP +2.1 per cent) and predicts a rise in Fonterra’s forecast milk price tomorrow.
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The former president of Federated Farmers comments on the farming season on the West Coast, not being at CoP28 with the World Farmers’ Organisation and improving dairy and dismal sheep prices. We also asked her about Open Country Dairy getting out of organics - is it a sign of the times post-Covid? Are consumers choosing economic reality over the environment? Will we see the same with zero-carbon milk and meat?
The current president of Federated Farmers previews next week’s rural telethon - the Big Feed - and how farmers can do their bit to stave off hunger in our country.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Pita Alexander, Craig Wiggins, Charlotte Roberts, Nathan Penny, and Dan Lynch.
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On the eve of today's opening of Parliament, we catch up with Labour's trade spokesman who comments on the Māori Party protests, the hypocrisy of the Cop28, the prospect of an FTA with India, and life in the back benches after sitting on the Treasury benches for six years.
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Globe-trotting Christchurch accountant offers some sage advice on how to deal with tough times on the farm and the lessons we can learn from history and past downturns.
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Third-year vet students at Massey University have reinstated a tradition this year by baring (nearly) all for a fundraising calendar. After a three-year break, the calendar is back, and students have welcomed its return, says vet school student Charlotte Roberts, with proceeds going to Wiggy's "Whatever with Wiggy".
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