Sarah's Country

We discuss how the rural sector will pull the economy through covid-19 with Farmlands chief executive, Peter Reidie. Sarah asks Peter about how fuel, e-commerce and wellbeing for the farming industry.

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

Welcome to another episode of Sarah’s Country. Sarah is joined again by four great guests to talk about the matters that matter most.

We discuss how the rural sector will pull the economy through covid-19 with Farmlands chief executive, Peter Reidie. Sarah asks Peter about how fuel, e-commerce and wellbeing for the farming industry.

Are we really making farm management and supply chain efficiencies based on what the consumer wants? We ask Glen Herud from Happy Cow Milk how his locally produced, ethical milk business is more than just a story and the technology he is about to launch to improve transparency.

On Sarah’s Country, one of our favourite words has become ‘pivot’, something that we’ve become pretty good at in New Zealand. Award-winning scientist Professor David Williams is pivoting away from inline milk testing to produce a rapid test for covid-19 and joins Sarah to discuss.

Then to wrap up the show, Sarah chats with Hamish Marr. In New Zealand politics is largely left out of the glyphosate discussion and it is up to the industry to do the right thing. After a year of study as a Nuffield Scholar Methven arable farmer Hamish Marr reports on New Zealand's use of the product. 

Sarah Perriam, the host of Sarah's Country, is joined in self-isolation still broadcasting from the Lincoln University campus as an ‘essential service’ with her guest co-host, her Irish producer, Joel Rock.

Guests on this week’s show:

1. “The Rural Sector Will Pull The Economy Through Covid-19” with Peter Reidie, CEO of Farmlands Co-Operative

2.  “Making Efficiencies That The Consumer Wants” with Glen Herud from Happy Cow Milk

3. “Scientific Start-up pivots to Covid-19 test” with Professor David Williams, Scientific Co-Founder, Orbis

4. “Glyphosate Perception Endangers A Valuable Tool” with Hamish Marr, Nuffield Schloar & Methven Arable Farmer

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

Bull sale season is upon us and with the lockdown has come new challenges and innovations on how New Zealand's stud breeders will be presenting and selling their bulls this year. Cam Heggie from PGG Wrightson joins us to explain how buyers can participate.

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

Its time to supply local wood to local processors first, what the Ministers plans are with marginal Maori land and water storage as well as how to boost rural connectivity. Regional Development Minister Shane Jones wants to dispel a log quota yet we need a think-local approach to forestry. 

 To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

The lockdown period has been excellent for getting Kiwis into growing their own food and we learn from an entrepreneurial young Canterbury woman, Flora Brons, who is educating children about the food system.

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

Southland farmers are getting very worried about how to budget feed for winter with crops not striking after the recent flooding. We are joined by Agribusiness consultant Deane Carson for an update and his advice.

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

Tonight on Sarah’s Country, we’re joined by another e can all be farmers – whether it’s one lettuce in our glasshouse or we’re harvesting thousands, the conditions are the same.

Southland farmers are getting very worried about how to budget feed for winter with crops not striking after the recent flooding. We are joined by Agribusiness consultant Deane Carson for an update and his advice.

The lockdown period has been excellent for getting Kiwis into growing their own food and we learn from an entrepreneurial young Canterbury woman, Flora Brons, who is educating children about the food system.

Its time to supply local wood to local processors first, what the Ministers plans are with marginal Maori land and water storage as well as how to boost rural connectivity. Regional Development Minister Shane Jones wants to dispel a log quota yet we need a think-local approach to forestry. 

Bull sale season is upon us and with the lockdown has come new challenges and innovations on how New Zealand's stud breeders will be presenting and selling their bulls this year. Cam Heggie from PGG Wrightson joins us to explain how buyers can participate.

Sarah Perriam, the host of Sarah's Country, is joined in self-isolation still broadcasting from the Lincoln University campus as an ‘essential service’ with her guest co-host, her Irish producer, Joel Rock.

Guests on this week’s show:

1. “Feed Shortages In Southland” with Deane Carson, Consultant, Agribusiness Ltd

2.  “Benefits Of Growing Your Own Foods” with Flora Brons, Founder of FLORA

3. “Think-Local Push From Minister” with Shane Jones, Minister of Regional Development, NZ First

4. “Changes to stud breeding and selling” with Cam Heggie, Livestock Genetics Representative, PGG Wrightson

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

One of the best ways to stimulate the economy is large infrastructure projects. We will discuss the challenges with Local Government New Zealand president Dave Cull.

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

The feed pinch is real. We talk to Ivan Lawrie from the Foundation for Arable Research on the feed and grain situation across the country.

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

We discuss the massive disruption to the in-market distribution lines with special agriculture trade envoy Mel Poulton, who believes New Zealand is one of the best countries to get through pandemic disruption because it is so nimble.

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com