February 21, 2025

Full Show | 21 February

30 minutes

In this week’s show:

Fonterra’s head of sustainability Charlotte Rutherford joins the show to talk about the new incentives the co-op has added to its Co-operative Difference programme that would see farmers rewarded for reducing their emissions. Two of the three incentives are funded by big Fonterra customers Mars and Nestlè.
Senior reporter Richard Rennie is in Brisbane at the evokeAg conference. He says the food industry is being warned that weight loss drugs like Ozempic could substantially reshape eating habits with major consequences.
AgriHQ analyst Fiona Quarrie gives an update on the happenings at the saleyards around the country. Dry weather is having an impact in some regions with stock moving from west to east in the North Island. Ewe fairs continue around NZ and prices have dropped back a bit after a strong start.
Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford talks us through their latest rural confidence survey, which saw a big improvement. Wayne says a reduced regulatory burden, good farmgate returns and lower interest rates are the cause.

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By AgriHQ

February 21, 2025

30 minutes

In this week’s show:

Fonterra’s head of sustainability Charlotte Rutherford joins the show to talk about the new incentives the co-op has added to its Co-operative Difference programme that would see farmers rewarded for reducing their emissions. Two of the three incentives are funded by big Fonterra customers Mars and Nestlè.
Senior reporter Richard Rennie is in Brisbane at the evokeAg conference. He says the food industry is being warned that weight loss drugs like Ozempic could substantially reshape eating habits with major consequences.
AgriHQ analyst Fiona Quarrie gives an update on the happenings at the saleyards around the country. Dry weather is having an impact in some regions with stock moving from west to east in the North Island. Ewe fairs continue around NZ and prices have dropped back a bit after a strong start.
Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford talks us through their latest rural confidence survey, which saw a big improvement. Wayne says a reduced regulatory burden, good farmgate returns and lower interest rates are the cause.

...more