The Country

The Country

Jamie Mackay delivers your daily fix of everything going on in NZ's biggest industry, along with a generous side-serve of news, sports and politics. The Country from Newstalk ZB, Hokonui and Gold Sport.

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April 23, 2025 38 mins

Rowena Duncum talks to Miles Hurrell, Chris Russell, Kevin "Smiley" Barrett, and Racheal Shearer.

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Fonterra’s chief executive took a break from his Central Otago Rail Trail experience (and cheese roll tasting) to join Rowena Duncum in the Dunedin studio. He talks about the current “pretty good” dairy season, which has a month left, and what is happening globally for the sector.

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Our Australian correspondent looks forward to Anzac Day commemorations and comments on a live cattle export ban going back to court. He also talks about how feral cats (and domestic moggies) are killing native wildlife, before sharing a World War I story about his uncle, who was a farmer.

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We head to Taranaki to talk a bit of farming and footy with a man who knows a bit about both.

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The Country's Rowena Duncum talks to PGG Wrightson's GM for Wool, Rachel Shearer, about the state of the market.

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Rowena Duncum talks to Todd McClay, Dan Steel, Stefan Vogel, and Rebecca Keoghan.

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Trade and Agriculture Minister on whether the Government should consider taking a case against the US to the World Trade Organisation, when New Zealand will resume trade talks with the US, yesterday’s drought relief announcement and his plans for Anzac Day.

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The owner of Blue Duck Station, on the banks of the Whanganui and Retaruke Rivers, gives us the post-drought conditions on-farm. He also discusses extensive conservation efforts and how his agritourism venture is going. Plus, whether his wife will flood their farm with Kaimanawa horses after the impending muster.

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The general manager for RaboResearch, Australia and New Zealand, updates the US/Trump/China trade war and the container freight situation in the Red Sea area.

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The 2016 Dairy Woman of the Year and fifth-generation Westport dairy farmer updates progress of the Future Focused Animal Evaluation Governance Group in her capacity as chair.

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Rowena Duncum talks to Phil Duncan, Cameron Bagrie, Lindy Nelson, and Warwick Catto.

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Monday’s resident weather expert joins us on a Tuesday. He explained what was up with all the thunderstorms over the weekend and previewed the forecast for Anzac Day.

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The managing director of Bagrie Economics talks about the impact of the rise in the Kiwi dollar, the importance of central bank independence, and commodity prices holding up in New Zealand. Plus, we preview next month’s MPS and OCR announcement.

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Safer Farms chairwoman in the wake of two more devastating on-farm deaths over the long weekend. We look at how to have the safety conversations on-farm, plus revisit the “Farm Without Harm” campaign.

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We catch up with one of the two national on-farm judges for the Ballance Farm Environment Awards to talk about the diversity of the regional winners, and what's changed (and hasn't) in farming over the past 20 years.

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Keeping your stock healthy and your farm thriving takes more than just reaching for the drench gun. Our newest podcast series ‘Drench Wise, Farm Smart’ in partnership with Zolvix Plus from Elanco, takes a deep dive into parasite management, exploring smarter ways to protect your animals and your land.

In part two, The Country’s Rowena Duncum sits down with Colin McKay from Elanco and 6th generation Wairarapa sheep...

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Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Tom Young, Jane Smith, Peter Newbold, and Chris Russell.

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Jamie Mackay talks to Tim Dangen, Jane Smith, Peter Newbold, Blair Drysdale, and Chris Russell.

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The 2022 Young Farmer of the Year and Muriwai beef farmer updates the fallout from ex-tropical Cyclone Tam

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North Otago farmer and award-winning environmentalist says she’s hearing nothing but the “sounds of silence” from the media on some key issues.

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