027 | The Olympics are on and like most of the country we are fixated on all things sporting and Olympics. Alongside becoming armchair experts in every sport we have never heard of, we've done a deep dive into how agriculture is featured at the games and news flash - its through everyone attendings belly's! They are going to serve up 13 million meals over the month of Olympics and Paralympics and Paris 2024 have stated they are going to slash the carbon footprint of these meals by half.

In the news this week we look into vending machines on farm in the UK, the current state of the rural real estate market and Fonterra's partnership with Nestle to create a net zero dairy farm in the Taranaki.

Finally, check out Diana Rodgers (Instagram) her book Sacred Cow and the associated film on YouTube

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026 | Myfanwy took us deep into the world of dairy farming this week - inspired perhaps by the early calves arriving at her place. We talk immigration policy, UK farm income and the impact of Tik Tok bans in the US on meat and diary consumption. Before discussing precision fermentation - what it is, what it could be used for and the impact it might have on the NZ dairy industry. To learn more about precision fermentation check out Anny Benny on LinkedIn.

We wrap up by talking about Loshni Manikam, the rural personal and professional coach and her new AI platform - https://www.delphi.ai/loshni

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025 | It's an exciting week at Ag in Conversation HQ, not only did we record this episode in person! Only our second ever! We are also welcoming our first partner to the podcast! Cinta Insights, an award-winning full-research, market research & insights agency providing high quality services to our clients for the past 20 years.

We encourage every listener to join their community - https://www.cinta.co.nz/join-our-community to participate in their research and support the future of the agri sector but also for everyone that joins Cinta's community they donate to a charity of your choosing - NZ Young Farmers, Rural Women New Zealand or Rural Support Trust.

This week we dive head first in to the new report released by the Food and Fibre CoVE and NZRural Leaders - ‘A Path to Realising Leadership Potential in Aotearoa NZ’s Food and Fibre Sector’ The research proposes an ecosystem that can be interacted with, leveraged, adapted and shared. This thinking is synthesised to provide a framework for the sector to develop a flow of prepared leaders to step into ever more impactful roles.

In the news this week we look at the latest with Synlait, IKEA's big investment in NZ farm land, Otis Oat Milk's new factory in Auckland and Chickpeas in Australia.

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024 | Before we dove deep into the world of electrification and solar on farms we touched on Denmark's latest annoucement - the first country in the world to tax agri emissions but its not law yet! - will they make it further than anyone else? The UK have had a change in govt, what does it mean for ag and trade? and finally maze maze the amazing maize, well not quite so quickly! there are huge supply chain issues cause all sorts of problems for those growing maize for grain in the North Island.

This week we had the epic Mike Casey from Forest Lodge Orchard and Rewiring Aotearoa co-hosting the pod with us. He is a "nerd" (of his own admission) in the world of electrification, he's blazing the trial right out front showing the rest of us what can be done. He's then very kindly sharing all his knowledge so we can learn and uptake as quickly as possible. This is an exciting conversation that really ignited the flame of opportunity and how farming can be a solution to the country!

Mike Casey - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikesimoncasey/

Forest Lodge Orchard (Mike's Cherries) - https://www.instagram.com/forestlodgeorchard/

Rewiring Aotearoa - Website Instagram

Electric Farms report - https://www.rewiring.nz/electric-farms

Electric Homes report - https://www.rewiring.nz/electric-homes-report

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023 | The FOMO is real! UK Groundswell have brought music concert vibes to farming with their latest "conference" (not sure you can call it that) bringing together farmers, foodies and everyone in between to talk about regenerative agriculture - this one is on the bucket list for sure! We also discuss the NZ rural banking inquiry and AgriZERO's work in reducing methane emissions via practical tools for farmers.

This week we debate Gene Editing, and the fact that NZ has been silent on the topic for over 20 years. Now is the time to have the conversation as we are quickly falling behind the rest of the world and we need to know what our renewed stance is and why? NZ Food strategy anyone?

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022 | This week we were joined by Hon Jo Luxton, Labour's spokesperson for agriculture to discuss how we can get more enduring change in government despite the changing parties every 3,6,9 yrs. We also touched on Alliance's woolshed meetings, a big win for NZ's poultry farmers in reducing their antibiotic usage and Waitrose supermarkets in the UK willing to pau for sustainability.

Finally Future Farmers have removed the age cap - anyone can you - sign up here - https://futurefarmersnz.org/be-a-future-farmers-member

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021 | It's been a busy week in NZ Ag largely due to field days at Mystery Creek last week - a highlight in the annual calendar for many. This saw KPMG lunch their Agribusiness Agenda for 2024, The Govt confirm on their election promise of keeping ag out of the ETS, and the announcement of the Fieldays innovation awards

• Young Innovator - Mark-It (St Peter's Cambridge)
• Prototype - Fleecegrow
• Earlystage - Kiwifibre
• Growth and Scale - WoolAid

Then we ask the question - with so many components reducing the land available for farming - what will we actually eat?

here is a list of resources from our chat and we would love to engage further with you on our Instagram page

• https://beeflambnz.com/sites/default/files/news-docs/Summary-report-assessment-of-land-use-change-from-pastoral-farming-to-forestry.pdf

The number of farms in the world is declining, here’s why it matters

Likely decline in the number of farms globally by the middle of the century

• Growing NZ cities eat up fertile land -but housing and food production can coexist | New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Tuia Pito Ora
• https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/02/the-amount-of-farmland-converted-into-forestry-revealed.html

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020 | Are we in NZ sure we have the sustainability of our workforce covered? Can we honestly say that we use best practice in staff relationships and with Sharemilkers/Managers and Owners? Do we have the framework to support our farmers to be great in this area? And how do we measure our success or lack there of? Does this have the potential to be the underbelly of NZ Ag that is just waiting to be exposed? Will this cost us our Social Licence to operate? and be the next dirty dairy exposure?

Tune in to the Mindset Mentor Podcast - here.

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019 | In a busy week all round the girls sat down for a well deserved cuppa and dug into the live export ban on sheep in Australia - what, why, who? Alongside this, we provide an overview of National's budget for the coming year, have a look into the results coming out of the Farmers Voice survey and talk about Pegasus Bay Winery, in their own words a small family owned vineyard taking home the best wine in the world! Finally we end with a recommendation for a cold winters night, get one of Danielle Hawkins books in your hands - her latest it Takes Two is out now!

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018 | A new study out of the University of Portsmouth has shown that consumers value animal welfare over environmental impact when making purchasing decisions, Ben Purua has been awarded young Maori Dairy Farmer of the year at the Ahuwhenua awards recently, and Fonterra - why what and how - the selling of consumer brands.

This week we discuss farming for nature - is this NZ's next big unique selling point, can it put us ahead of the world if we get onboard quickly?

Finally - take some time off farm and enjoy a weekend away in some of the many fantastic on-farm accommodations available

https://canopycamping.co.nz/

https://www.nesttreehouses.com/

https://www.fallowridgeretreat.co.nz/

https://www.valleyviews.co.nz/winter-special

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