In this episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast, AgriHQ’s Mel Croad outlines trends in key export markets, noting returns may dip slightly over Christmas but stay strong.NZ Veterinary Association's Dr Annabel Harris joins the studio as this week's feature guest to discuss how farmers can help curb antimicrobial resistance. And, Federated Farmers’ Colin Hurst reports growing support for a petition to roll over consents during resource law reforms. 

Markets Wrap | Red meat export markets holding strong
1:45 – AgriHQ senior analyst Mel Croad reports on how our key export markets are tracking, and predicts that while farmgate returns might ease a little over Christmas, farmers will enjoy sustained high returns for a while yet.

Feature | How farmers can help combat antimicrobial resistance
8:24 – NZ Veterinary Association antimicrobial resistance committee chair Dr Annabel Harris tells Bryan how farmers can help combat AMR, and why it is important to ensure the continued efficacy of the antibiotics we rely upon.

Feds Focus | Petition launched to end consenting crisis
22:08 – Federated Farmers vice-president Colin Hurst says farmers are getting behind the petition urging the government to roll over consents while new resource management laws are enacted. He says the time and money spent on consents right now is a waste, considering change is coming to the framework.

The Final Word
28:10 – In his Farmers Weekly column this week Keith Woodford shows that sheep and beef farms have a big challenge ahead of them. Return on capital is stubbornly low, and the options to improve it are limited. Is it time for biodiversity credits to promote native plantings over carbon farming?