Sarah's Country

As part of this week’s “Change Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Miranda Burdon from Meadow Mushrooms Ltd and Food Nation shares why she is on a mission to get more plants on plates.

Our taste buds are our best buds and our toughest critics.  When Food Nation decided to create a range of plant-powered food that is good for the people and the planet, they knew everything had to be irresistible.

They take fresh vegetables, mushrooms, legumes, herbs and spices, and pack them together in joyous harmony.  By eating more plants, we can do better by our bodies, the environment and our taste buds.

For more information, visit the Food Nation website:  http://www.foodnation.co.nz/

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In this week’s “Opinion Maker” show of Sarah’s Country:

As New Zealand's freshwater rules are met with frustration and concern by many farmers, the details of the regulations are already having a flow-on effect on future farm systems.

What will it mean for dairy run-off blocks, grazing dairy stock off-farm, the importing of alternative supplementary feed?

Featured guests include Bayleys Canterbury director Ben Turner and Farmlands head of nutrition and animal health Dr Rob Derrick.  And on the panel, we’re joined by Southland Advisory Group member and dairy farmer Paul Turner and Southland Federated Farmers vice-president and sheep and beef farmer Bernadette Hunt.

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As part of this week’s “Opinion Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, the panel consists of Paul Turner from Southland Advisory Group and Bernadette Hunt from Southland Federated Farmers.

The Government is not saying when it will respond to suggested changes to its winter grazing rules, which were made in late December.

DairyNZ is calling for a decision to be made soon on the changes recommended by the Southland Advisory Group on intensive winter grazing, saying farmers need certainty ahead of winter.

To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/dairy/view/pressure-on-govt-over-winter-grazing-feedback

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As part of this week’s “Opinion Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Dr Rob Derrick from Farmlands shares his wealth of knowledge on alternative feed options such as grain, palm kernel and soy husks, and how they fit into the current feed management practices and impact of a reduction in nitrogen inputs and land to winter graze on.

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As part of this week’s “Opinion Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Ben Turner from Bayleys Canterbury discusses the impacts he is seeing with buyers’ due diligence and purchasing of rural land changing due to the previous winter grazing history and the flow-on effect of more self-contained farming systems into the future.

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In this week’s “News Maker” show of Sarah’s Country:

-  BNZ’s Head of Natural Capital Dana Muir discusses New Zealand’s first farm sustainability-linked loan and explains why capital incentives can deliver financial and environmental benefits.

-  How can we continue to reduce on-farm accidents? WorkSafe’s Engagement Lead Al McCone explains the new regulations.

-  RuralWeather’s Phil Duncan shares his insights on the latest long-range weather forecast.

-  Beef + Lamb NZ Chief Executive Sam McIvor’s take on the Ministry for the Environment’s report on the extent of carbon sequestration.

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As part of this week’s “News Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Sam McIvor from Beef + Lamb NZ discusses the Ministry for the Environment’s report on the extent of carbon sequestration.

A dispute over the volume of carbon sequestered on sheep and beef farms could result in new methodology adopted that more accurately reflects what is happening on farms.

Beef + Lamb NZ environment policy manager Dylan Muggeridge says a difference in methodology is responsible for B+LNZ and the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) reaching diverse conclusions.

To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/beef/view/b-lnz-on-mfe-carbon-report-discrepancies

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As part of this week’s “News Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Phil Duncan from RuralWeather discusses this week’s weather forecast.

Two southerly injections this week will make it feel more like Autumn is here. The first is blowing up the country today, the second comes in around Wednesday/Thursday.

Neither are major cold events but just a reminder that the hottest part of summer is now behind us.

High pressure rolls in this weekend over NZ while the tropics remain very quiet following Cyclone Niran (now gone) at the weekend.

 To find out more about the weather forecast, visit https://www.ruralweather.co.nz/

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As part of this week’s “News Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Al McCone from WorkSafe explains how the new regulations for health and safety on-farm are working and shares his thoughts on what will bring immediate and long-term reduction in harm.

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As part of this week’s “News Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Dana Muir from BNZ discusses New Zealand’s first farm sustainability-linked loan and explains why capital incentives can deliver financial and environmental benefits.

In a New Zealand first, ethical dairy investor Southern Pastures has entered into a three-year $50 million sustainability-linked farm loan with BNZ and its syndicate.

Southern Pastures, owner of Lewis Road Creamery, will receive financial incentives for meeting new water quality and biodiversity targets and for achieving further reductions in its already low on-farm carbon emissions. Achievement of the targets will be directly linked to lower loan costs.

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