The Country

 We yarn to the Act Party leader about selling off Landcorp/Pamu, the banking enquiry, the PM's harsh message to Councils, whether his Treaty Principles Bill is dead in the water, and has he been dining out on too much woke food?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's farmer panel hails from Mid Canterbury. A dairy and deer farmer respectively. Will they both be in the clover with milk at $9 and venison at $10? Unfortunately we could only find Duncan so we didn't find out.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday's resident weather expert says a windy week is on the way for many parts of New Zealand as very large and powerful winter storms grow over the Southern Ocean and parts of coastal Antarctica. High pressure remains over central Australia and to the north of NZ. In a nutshell this means for a large part of Southern Australia and over to New Zealand windy spring-like westerlies will surge off and on.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Anne-Marie Roerink, Todd Charteris, Mark Warren, and Shane Jones.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rowena Duncum talks to Miles Hurrell, Emma Poole and Tim Dangen, Chris Russell, Anne Paterson, Sam Weller, and Chris Brandolino.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra CEO on the co-op’s milk forecast upgrade this morning, on the back of strong GDT auctions this month.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2022 and 2023 Young Farmers of the Year – brother and sister duo Tim Dangen and Emma Poole looking at interest rates (have their banks passed on cuts yet?), strong beef (and beef calf) prices, a cracking season for the North Island and this week’s vet study highlighting shortages in the industry and poor retention.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent looking at Australian fears of imposed tariffs on beef and lamb over the next five months as election fever sets in and Biden courts the farm lobby, plus how, despite being Australia’s cheapest protein in a cost of living crisis, Chicken consumption drops 9%.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kiwi Axe-woman and 2024 New Zealand Rural Sportswoman of the year ahead of competing in the STIHL Timbersports International Women’s Cup in Germany on Sunday night NZT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From New World Ravenswood in Christchurch, who last night claimed the coveted Young Butcher of the Year title, with the judges commenting that “what set Sam apart was her back-of-house work – she left really clean bones, and her finishing standard was excellent.”  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.