The Country

Shearing legend and King Country farmer reviews the Waimate Spring Shears and previews the upcoming transtasman test. He also tells us about a “big project” he’s got going on at his dairy farm.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask a Kiwi businessman in Shanghai, China if there are any green shoots on the horizon, and for the latest on China’s national holiday numbers and Government stimulus package.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rowena catches up with the star of last night’s Country Calendar episode, set in Samoa, to learn more about all things farming on Savai’i.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to John McOviney, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Derek Daniell, Chris Hipkins, Kathryn Wright, and Ben Picton.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Brandolino, Kathryn Wright, Ben Picton, Stu Loe, and Warwick Catto.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Niwa's weather guy is a Native New Yorker. He talks about Hurricane Milton, the wet in Southland and the dry in North Canterbury and Hawke's Bay.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Southland-based rural mental health counsellor is also part of the way through her PhD on the effects of carbon farming on the social fabric of rural communities. Her findings, thus far, make for sobering reading.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Sydney-based Rabobank economist comments on Wednesday’s 50 basis point drop in the OCR. But the big question is what will the Reserve Bank do on November 27? And should farmers fix their mortgage now or ride the floating train downwards?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the absence of Stu Duncan, today’s farmer panel comprises just one, and he’s in a very dry North Canterbury.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 1995 Young Farmer of the Year wraps the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.