The Country

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Michael Every, Shane Jones, and Jane Smith.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Toby Williams, Ray Smith, Emma Poole, Tim Dangen, Quentin Whitehead, and Chris Brandolino.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Federated Farmers meat and wool chair on how the Government's 2035 climate target (51-55% emissions reduction) has signed NZ up for more pines on productive land. Plus, Kāinga Ora gives wool producers the chance to tender for the supply of carpets and underlays in its homes, and Feds welcomes Shane Jones’ efforts to hold banks accountable when they stray from their core function - lending money, not lecturing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The director general of MPI comments on an extremely busy time over the New Year period for biosecurity, the great prospects for farming, and MPI's focus for 2025.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two former Young Farmers of the Year discuss the pathway to July’s grand final in Invercargill, starting tomorrow with the northern regional final at the Helensville A&P Showgrounds.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At a recent sale in Southland, a top price of $24,500 was paid for an Exlana/Wiltshire cross ram - a strong indication of farmers' frustration with strong wool breeds. The second highest price of $7500 was paid by the patriarch of a high-profile shearing family, who says he's now too old to shear his own sheep and his world record-holding daughter is too busy shearing everyone else's sheep. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NIWA's Weather Guy on what's in store for the weekend and beyond.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Shane Jones, Jane Smith, Emma Higgins, Mark Leslie, and Chris Russell.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Minister for "Digging it Up, and Damming it Up" gets on the front foot and takes it to "woke banks" limiting the productive sector, Green MPs, and his former leader Dame Jacinda Ardern.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This North Otago farmer, and award-winning environmentalist, also wades in on woke banks, Pāmu and whether self-shedding sheep will render the strong wool industry redundant.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.