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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.
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Rowena Duncum talks to Todd McClay, Miles Hurrell, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Bruce Weir, and Gerard Rushton.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Minister of Agriculture talks about proposed changes to the Resource Management Act, which Federated Farmers has heralded as “the end of the war on farming”. The bill is expected to be introduced into Parliament next month.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Fonterra’s chief executive is back in New Zealand after leading the Prime Minister’s business delegation to Southeast Asia. He shares the opportunities he discovered for Kiwi businesses and dairy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
One of New Zealand’s leading farming academics and the newly-appointed deputy chair of DairyNZ looks at primary sector productivity and how job cuts in R&D may affect farmers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rabobank’s General Manager Country Banking on the bank’s latest Financial Capability Workshops.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mid Canterbury Rugby chair with an update on the stoush between NZ Rugby and the Provincial Rugby Unions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rowena Duncum talks to David Seymour, Adam Thompson and Rhys Roberts, Peter Nation, Jack Fagan, and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Act Party Leader and deputy Prime Minister in waiting. Is he in the naughty boy corner with the PM still? His trip to Taupo for Supercars, visits to rural companies lately and will rural NZ be impacted by job cuts in the education sector?
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Zanda Panel. Rhys (Align Farms in Mid Canterbury) won the Zanda McDonald Award in 2022 and Adam (Restore Native in Cambridge) was a finalist in 2022. It’s Earth Day and we find Adam in the middle of his first day planting trees for the season, while Rhys is getting ready for the end of the dairy season and a farming trip to China.
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Fieldays CEO just over seven weeks out from the event. Where things are at in terms of the build and overseas interest, plus how his recent conversations with visiting Chinese dignitaries went.
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Winner of the Wagga Speed Shear on Saturday night ($12k for 21.06 seconds’ mahi!). Also making the NZ team for the UK post Fieldays (and getting to wear the black singlet for the first time – how good!) with six shearing tests on the cards.
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Weatherwatch.co.nz on the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM – but don’t call us BOM) claiming El Nino is done and dusted.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jamie Mackay talks to Todd McClay, Doug Avery, Nadine Tunley, Shane Jones, and Jim Hopkins.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rowena Duncum talks to Richard McIntyre, Stu Loe, Stu Duncan, Chris Brandolino, Kevin "Smiley" Barrett, and Barry Soper.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Federated Farmers immigration and labour spokesperson on new changes to work visa requirements and what they mean for farmers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Our farmer panel from North Canterbury and the Maniototo update both farm and economic conditions.
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NIWA weather guy with what’s in store for farmers, plus an early Anzac morning forecast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week we find the Taranaki dairy farmer in Fiji ahead of tonight’s Hurricanes match. He updates how the end of the dairy season is going, plus comments on news this week that son Jordie is off on a sabbatical to Ireland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Newstalk ZB’s senior political correspondent on how Shane Jones and to a lesser extent, Winston Peters, have dominated headlines this week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jamie Mackay talks to Toby Williams, Peter Newbold, Chris Russell, Nick White and Simon White.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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