The Country

Talking about being ripped off, we ask Affco's National Livestock Manager if we're getting the short end of the stick when it comes to domestic beef and lamb prices and whether the meat companies should be diverting export product to fill the current void in the domestic market? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask our Australian correspondent about cocaine, gold medals, soaring beef prices, plummeting avocado returns and why he loves Roundup.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We take our monthly look at the market with PGG Wrightson's Mid/South Canterbury Livestock Manager.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Miles Hurrell, Blair McLean, and Wendy Paul.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 The PM ponders the importance of agriculture to the economy, paralysing power prices, taming Winston, the Nats' annual conference and Sir John Key's role, crippling national debt and Kamala's pick for VP. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Fonterra reviews a very good GDT auction (up 0.5%, WMP + 2.4%) when the commentary was suggesting the step ups in August volumes, especially WMP (+~60%) were always going to be a tough ask, all the more so considering what happened in the July increases. However, the extra product was seemingly consumed with ease. And are we "sleepwalking" into an energy crisis?   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Blenheim-based viticulture correspondent comes to the party with a couple of fun packs (courtesy of Forrest Estate) to cheer up farmers calving, lambing and trying to get crops into the ground.  * Competiton mentioned in this interview ended on day of broadcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 We catch up with the CEO of Growing Future Farmers for a chat. Rabobank is one of the major supporters of this programme and the initial idea for the programme stemmed from a Lower North Island Rabobank Client Council meeting in 2018 where the Council discussed ideas to address the critical skills shortage in the sheep, beef and deer sector.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Andrew Hoggard, Kate Acland, Doug Avery and Shane McManaway, and Todd Clark.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Associate Ag (and Food Safety) Minister says NZ will opt out of an Australasian joint infant formula standard because it could disadvantage our dairy industry. We also touch on the controversial Otago freshwater policies and how calving's going on his Manawatu dairy farm.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.