The Country

Federated Farmers Dairy Chair. OCR - new freshwater rules - WOKE gone overboard? Banking inquiry - where is this at right now?  Immigration - what is the current situation? How are farmers coping with getting workers? Plus, we've heard a rumour that he's putting his name forward for the Dairy NZ Board?   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk to a high-profile Taranaki dairy farmer who's putting her money (and milk) where her mouth is, when it comes to backing the rural food charities, Meat the Need and Feed Out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meteorologists are picking the potential for a blast of snow across parts of New Zealand next week – while a rare phenomenon now unfolding over Antarctica could spell more “active weather” later in August. A low-pressure system moving in from the Tasman Sea is forecast to collide with cold air blowing up from the Southern Ocean - bringing the possibility of snow on Monday and Tuesday. The risk for heaviest snow looked to be in the southern Canterbury High Country and northern parts of inland Otago, at elevations of 800m and possibly lower levels.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Bay of Plenty dairy farmer and Farmstrong champion talks about his tips for getting through the winter slog, calving etc. Paul farms in the Bay of Plenty on a low lying farm prone to flooding. He’s trained his body and brain to recognise the signs of stress and have more constructive/helpful thoughts rather than just dwelling on the difficulties.  Paul now features in Farmstrong resources and appears in videos promoting Farmstrong with our ambassador Sam Whitelock. He’s one of a growing number of farmers and growers helping us shift the dial in this area. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our political pundit ponders Kamala Harris, Darleen Tana, child abuse and a podcast on David Lange.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Courtesy of PGG Wrightson, we take our monthly look at the state of the wool market.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Fran O'Sullivan, Sir David Fagan, Mark de Lautour, Tim Ormrod, and Chris Russell.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Herald's business section has done a great Agribusiness and Trade report. NZME's Head of Business discusses two of her columns - Luxon dubbed NZ’s ‘salesman in chief’ and Doubling Kiwi exports to grow NZ’s wealth.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shearing legend and the retiring Chair of Shearing Sports NZ  comments on NZ's biggest success in Wales in five years - a big double at the Royal Welsh Show this morning. The Wools of New Zealand team of David Buick, of Pongaroa, and Jack Fagan, of Te Kuiti, made it 1-1 in a three-test series against Wales with a narrow win over Welsh shearers Gethin Lewis and Richard Jones, while Fagan won the final of the Royal Welsh Show Open championship.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Open Country Dairy talks about his company's forecast milk price and questions why Fonterra is putting so much volume on its GDT auction platform.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.