Sarah's Country

As part of this week’s “News Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Dr Gerald Rys from Ministry for Primary Industries shares his journey of 45 years in the public service after winning the Ray Brougham Trophy.

Gerald Rys says he was surprised but happy the Grasslands Association presented the trophy to a core public servant who has taken a different path to many scientists, having spent 45 years in the public service, including 35 years in MPI and its predecessors.

Rys grew up on a dairy farm in the southern Rotorua Lakes area, but his father wanted him to get an education rather than stay on the farm, so he headed off to Massey University in Palmerston North to do an agricultural science degree.

To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/agribusiness/view/award-for-lasting-contributions

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As part of this week’s “News Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Phil Duncan from RuralWeather has the weekly update with detailed weather forecast.

He says NZ isn’t really under high pressure or low pressure for the days ahead, but will experience cloud cover and a few isolated showers in both islands.

The tropics are also firing up as we head into March, while high pressure continues to dominate the south of Australia and drift towards the lower South Island.

To read more, visit the RuralWeather forecast: https://www.ruralweather.co.nz

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As part of this week’s “News Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Kelvan Smith from the M bovis programme explains how New Zealand can eradicate Mycoplasma Bovis.

An independent review of the Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme is aimed at identifying lessons that can be learned from New Zealand’s largest biosecurity response.

Driven by the programme partners, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), DairyNZ, and Beef + Lamb NZ (B+LNZ), the review is deemed best practice given the scale of the eradication programme.

To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/dairy/view/m-bovis-review-gets-underway

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As part of this week’s “News Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Rebecca Smith from New Zealand Story explains why getting the tone of messaging from covid-free NZ to the rest of the world was vital, and should not be seen as arrogant.

Consumers in New Zealand’s main markets have slowed down, got closer to nature, become more resilient and finally realised NZ and Australia are indeed two different countries.

Results from the latest New Zealand Global Perceptions survey run by The New Zealand Story and Export NZ have provided some insights to distinct changes in consumer behaviour over the pandemic.

They are likely to influence how NZ markets its food and beverage products in coming months, and possibly years.

To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/agribusiness/view/how-covid-changed-the-face-of-nz

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

A game-changing ‘smart’ pivot developed by Feilding-based software engineers will be able to monitor crop health. Zimmatic’s Technology Strategy Advisor, Stu Bradbury, explains.

Honest Wolf’s Sophie Hurley shares Papanui Station’s journey from handpiece to handbag.

A sustainable beef patty trial has been a success. New Zealand Roundtable for Sustainable Beef’s Chair, Grant Bunting, explains.

Plant & Food Research scientist Kerry Templeton outlines the new hop cultivars with unique flavours developed for our premium craft beer markets.

To watch to the full-length show and to contact the show, visit www.sarahscountry.com

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As part of this week’s “Change Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Kerry Templeton from Plant & Food Research outlines the new hop cultivars with unique flavours developed for our premium craft beer markets.

New Zealand has some of the most sought-after hops in the world. Not only does the hop industry benefit from New Zealand's reputation for environmental sustainability, but our hops have unique flavours brewers, particularly those with a taste for something different, search for.

The hop breeding programme has pioneered the release of a series of highly successful seedless triploid cultivars. The breeding programme focuses on developing high performing bittering-type hops as well as novel aromatic-type hops which impart unique flavours to beer.

For more information, visit the Plant & Food Research website: https://www.plantandfood.co.nz/

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As part of this week’s “Change Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Grant Bunting from New Zealand Roundtable for Sustainable Beef discusses the success of a sustainable beef patty trial.

The $350,000 trial, 50:50 funded by industry and the Government, has proven it is possible to produce a beef patty sustainably right across the supply chain in NZ.

The project aimed to help meet the growing demand for ethically sourced and sustainable products.

To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/beef/view/sustainable-beef-patty-trial-a-success

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As part of this week’s “Change Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Sophie Hurley from Honest Wolf shares Papanui Station’s journey from handpiece to handbag.

Sam and Sophie Hurley had for a while been thinking about finding new avenues for their wool, and a couple of years ago they saw an opportunity in New Zealand’s ban on single-use plastic shopping bags.

Today, Honest Wolf branded products are being bought by people across the country and around the world.

To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/other-sectors/on-farm-story/pack-leaders-in-honest-products

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As part of this week’s “Change Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Stu Bradbury from Zimmatic ANZ discusses a game-changing ‘smart pivot’ developed by Feilding-based software engineers that will be able to monitor crop health.

Lindsay, which produces the Zimmatic brand of pivot irrigators, has just introduced the concept of the world’s first ‘smart pivot’ to its markets around the globe. Now, they are inviting New Zealand farmers and irrigation industry colleagues to give feedback so the product can be tailored to their needs.

For details about the webinar on 4th March – The Future of Irrigation, follow this link: https://fb.me/e/4K5xtuAXc

To read more about the smart pivot, visit: https://www.lindsay.com/smartpivot

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There have been many headwinds for venison and velvet markets affected by covid-19 in 2020, as well as domestic environmental challenges. However, collaborations and strategic partnerships are seeing improved opportunities ahead for the pioneering deer industry.

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

Deer Industry NZ’s velvet marketing manager Rhys Griffiths will discuss how three companies marketing deer velvet antlers in Asia have formed a coalition to develop a market for New Zealand velvet as a health food ingredient in China.

Silver Fern Farms Group Marketing Manager, Nicola Johnston, explains the impact of Covid on venison prices in Europe & North America and how they have pivoted their efforts into venison’s third largest market, China, on a venison marketing project with DINZ.

Mark McCoard from Deer Farmers Association and Phil McKenzie from Deer Industry NZ discuss how deer farmers are going to be able to meet climate change emission reduction targets.

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