(00:00:00) Full Show | March 27

(00:02:09) Aussie farmers up against global forces

(00:07:10) Uncertain future for vegetable and grain growers

(00:15:40) Foreign investors back in the game

(00:25:31) Feds submits to Health and Safety Amendment Bill

This week on Farmers Weekly Podcast, we unpack the mounting global and local pressures shaping agriculture. AgriHQ’s Alex Coddington breaks down turmoil in Australia’s red meat sector following a controversial EU trade deal, while Central Hawke’s Bay mayor Will Foley raises alarm over the future of NZ vegetable and grain production after major processing pullbacks. 

We also explore renewed interest from foreign investors in New Zealand’s primary industries with Findex’s Hayden Dillon, and Federated Farmers weighs in on proposed health and safety law changes impacting the sector.