In this episode:

News Wrap | Real estate market comes back to life
1: 38 – Senior reporter Neal Wallace tells Bryan that farm sales are picking up and agents across the country are seeing more interest from buyers looking to farm, rather than plant.

Market Insights | Stormy seas hinder Chathams lambs
7:19 – AgriHQ senior analyst Suz Bremner joins the show to talk about how farmers are faring on the Chatham Islands. They’ve been battling the weather in an effort to get lambs to market. They’re hoping to cash in on strong farmgate prices being enjoyed on the mainland.

Feature | Native forests a carbon champion?
15:12 – We also caught up with Dr Beata Bukosa, a NIWA scientist who has just published a paper that shows our native forests are sequestering far more carbon than previously thought. Using a new technique, Bukosa found that previous thinking on mature native forests being carbon neutral may be wrong and that they continue storing it at a good rate.

Feds Focus | Spreadmark code gets an update
23:30 – Executive director of the Fertiliser Quality Council Tyler Langford explains what’s in the recent update to the Spreakmark code and why it’s good news for farmers and the environment.

The Final Word
30:36 – Two recent stories in Farmers Weekly show farming’s future is in great hands. They’re winning innovation awards, growing meaningful communities and meeting challenges head on.