The Country

Four Canterbury brothers are taking on Dry July to raise money for the fight against cancer, as their father battles a crippling second round of the insidious disease.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We briefly catch up with chief executive of the Meat Industry Association at the Annual Red Meat Sector Conference.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Siobhan O'Malley, Ben Picton, Steve Wyn-Harris, and Don Fraser.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with one of the co-founders of Meat the Need - the only charity in NZ to distribute a continuous supply of protein to food banks and community organisations nationwide. They are farmer-led charity donating livestock, milk and cash to turn into mince and milk meals for Kiwi families. Since 2020, Meat the Need has delivered over 2 million meals to New Zealanders in need.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We track down Rabobank's Sydney-based Senior Macro Strategist on a speaking tour of the South Island where, amongst other things, he's addressing the timing of a likely cut in our OCR rate.  We also look at what a Trump Presidency could mean for global trade and the world economy.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 After an early morning start to watch the closing holes of British Golf Open, who should we hear from first but a Central Hawkes Bay sheep farmer in Poland, about the breaking news of Joe Biden stepping down from the 2024 US Presidential race. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The former head of Fraser Farm Finance and long-time show contributor shares his concerns for the Western World, should we fall prey to a cyber attack from the likes of Russia or China. What can we do to futureproof ourselves? Plus we try to put the current farming downturn into some historic perspective. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Jim Hopkins, Shane Jones and Jane Smith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Phil Duncan, Claire Willaimson and Adam Thompson, Pita Alexander, Stu Duncan and Stu Loe, and Jason Walls.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We were going to flag the weather today but a weather bomb is on its way! So Monday's resident weather expert has stepped up to the plate on a Friday!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.