The Country

Jamie Mackay talks to Wayne Langford, Dave Martin, Chris Brandolino, Gill Naylor, Stu Duncan, and Barry Soper.

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The president of Federated Farmers comments on the ongoing dry, the Parliamentary rugby and netball games coming up in Gisborne, the rural advocacy hub at Fieldays and the Feds sharing the love with Groundswell.

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We talk to a Wairoa farmer who talks about the current failure of the maize grain market for many North Island growers.

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NIWA’s Weather Guy bids farewell to El Nino (but not its effects).

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The president of Rural Women New Zealand on the upcoming business awards.

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In the absence of Stu Loe (who’s on a course at Terrace Downs), we yarn to his offsider, who is in the very dry Maniototo region.

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Our political correspondent comments on Julie Anne Genter and Willie Jackson.

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Jamie Mackay talks to Shane Jones, Wayne McNee, Jeremy Rookes, Jamie Cunninghame, and Chris Russell.

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The Prince of the Provinces (and Minister of Regional Development, Resources and Associate Energy) was firing on all cylinders in the House last night when talking about an impending energy crisis. And the Greens were the target for his silver tongue. 

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The chief executive of AgriZeroNZ, the joint venture (JV) fast-tracking emissions reduction tools for Kiwi farmers, says the company is investing $9.9 million in a U.S. ag-biotech start-up, ArkeaBio, in the race for the "holy grail" vaccine to reduce methane emissions from ruminant livestock.

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Is a Canterbury hobby farmer and our resident lifestyle block spokesperson, who talks droughts, duck shooting and the woes of the meat industry.

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PGG Wrightson Livestock's National Dairy Specialist says a lot of animals are changing hands in the lead into Moving Day at the end of the month.

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Our Australian correspondent talks about who should pay for a biosecurity levy to protect their borders - incoming passengers or farmers?

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Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Mark Wynne, Emma Higgins, and Jim Hopkins.

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The PM ponders our energy deficit, FTA possibilities with the UAE, whether fast-tracking legislation leave future NZ governments exposed to expensive trade disputes, can we afford tax cuts and have the rules in parliament around conduct and dress code gone to the dogs?

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The Chair of the Alliance Group comments on the response from the farmer meetings about controversial capital-raising programme, and he admits the world's largest sheep meat processor has not been well managed in the past 10 years. But has the board and management been incompetent or, worse, negligent? 

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Rabobank's senior Ag Analyst reviews last night's GDT auction (surprisingly up 1.8%,  WMP + 2.4%) and previews the bank's latest Q2 Global Dairy Quarterly Report, which has announced an opening forecast milk price of $8-40 kg/MS.

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Our resident Rural Raconteur injects some humour during challenging times down on the farm. We go back in time to the 1980s and the transformational Lange/Douglas government and ask if history is about to repeat itself? 

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Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Krista Franklin, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Sirma Karapeeva, Peter Nation, and Phil Duncan.

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