The Country

 Today's Zanda McDonald Panel features the 2022 winner and a 2024 finalist, as we profile young leaders and entrepreneurs in the NZ primary sector.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Todd Charteris, Andrew Hoggard, Grant "McNational" McCallum, Justin Kitto, and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Rabobank puts up a spirited defence of the rural banking industry, but is he defending the indefensible? And should banks butt out of setting climate change emissions targets? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's farmer/politician panel ponders going back to milking cows, the rural banking enquiry, Trump, tariffs and Winston, the Hikoi to nowhere, and what Opposition MP would they want in their team?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dairy NZ's Senior Environment Specialist comments on another good day dairy farmers (milk price up another 50 cents to $9-50) and the continuing significant uptake of good wintering practices. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 Monday's resident weather expert says every November is basically the same. From a big-picture point of view our weather patterns across New Zealand tend to slow down more during this month, with often an uptick in high pressure and a downtick in rainfall. Now that we’re into the second week already the long-range forecast shows three things. 1) New Zealand still has most of our weather being westerly driven. 2) We still see regular cold fronts coming into the country. 3) The most important thing to note of all – NZ is going to get more high pressure. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Nathan Guy, Farmer Tom Martin, Miles Hurrell, Emma Higgins, Winston Peters, and Grant Nisbett. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Richard McIntyre, Gavin Hodgson, Kevin "Smiley" Barrett, Grant Nisbett, and Chris Hipkins.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 Federated Farmers’ latest banking survey showed that only one in 11 farmers supported banks setting climate change targets. "Farmers simply don’t trust foreign-owned banks to be setting emissions reduction targets. We don’t want or need them," banking spokesperson McIntyre says "We already have emission reduction targets that have been set by the Government, and further targets set by our milk and meat processing companies. Banks should stay out of it." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sainsbury’s Director of Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Horticulture has over 20 years experience in the Agriculture industry, which includes almost 15 years in farming and eight years in processing and retail. Since joining Sainsbury’s in 2014 he has occupied the roles of Pork Agriculture Manager, Head of Livestock, Buying Manager in Meat, Fish & Poultry, and now oversees a team of 17 to deliver Sainsbury’s agriculture strategy, focussing on supply chain resilience and sustainability, security of supply, and innovation.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.