The Country

Jamie Mackay talks to Tom Young, Stacey Waaka, and Barry Soper.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the announcement of the Alliance Group recapitalisation due tomorrow, we ask Affco’s national livestock manager why some processors in the industry are making record losses despite record prices for farmers? Plus, is the red meat industry structure model fatally flawed? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We stick with the red meat theme and ask Beef + Lamb NZ’s ambassador about her love of red meat and why it’s so important to her as a high-performing female athlete. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our political correspondent comments on the latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia Poll, tonight's TV poll, Winston in high viz, Luxon cuddling Albo, Chlöe wanting to be Minister of Finance, and Willow-Jean Prime dropping the ball big time over education.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Farmer Tom Martin, Cameron Bagrie, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Emma Higgins, and Jane Smith.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Kelvin Wickham, James Robertson, Rachel Shearer, Phil Duncan, and Hamish McKay.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Kapuni urea plant, operational since 1982 and employing around 120 people, manufactures approximately one third or 260,000 tonnes of New Zealand’s urea annually, specifically for use as a nitrogen-rich fertiliser. Should an affordable and reliable supply of gas not be found soon, the plant is at risk of closure, says the chief executive of Ballance Agri-Nutrients.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We preview next week’s Zanda McDonald Award Summit on the Gold Coast with a young man who holds a unique place in NZ farming history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The GM Wool for PGG Wrightson on the good, the bad and the dags of the current market.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday’s weatherman joins us on a Friday to talk about the prospect of a La Nina spring - wet and warm.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.