Sarah's Country

With a surge in consumer demand for honey to boost immunity, covid-19 has been a sweet surprise for honey producers. Sarah will speak to John Rawcliffe from the UMF Honey Association on the boom.

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

Happy hump day! We’re half way through the week and Sarah is here with another episode of Sarah’s Country.

With a surge in consumer demand for honey to boost immunity, covid-19 has been a sweet surprise for honey producers. Sarah speaks to John Rawcliffe from the UMF Honey Association on the boom.

Milk prices next season predicted at $6-plus are going to drop into break-even territory for dairy farmers and AgFirst Waikato agricultural economist Phil Journeaux will share his thoughts on budgeting through this.

Then, Head of analytics for NZX Julia Jones will share her thoughts on Fonterra’s fixed milk price option as a good way to hedge your business and how to not put all your energy into what you can’t control.

To wrap up the show, The Lean Dairy Farm author Jana Hocken and Rural Innovation Lab chairman Matt Hocken join us from Manawatu on how to work smarter not harder.

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. “Sweet surprise for honey producers” with John Rawcliffe, UMF Honey Association

2. “2020 Budgeting for Dairy Farmers” with Phil Journeaux, Agricultural Economist at Agfirst

3. “Farmers eager to fix falling milk prices” with Julia Jones, Head of analytics for NZX

4. “Work smarter, not harder” with Jana Hocken, Author of ‘The Lean Dairy Farm’ & Mat Hocken, Chairman, Rural Innovation Lab

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

We celebrate today's winner in the 2020 Outstanding NZ Food Producers Awards with George Bostock, co-founder of Bostock Chicken, and learn more about the organic, free-range chicken business in the apple orchards of Hawke’s Bay and the compostable packaging.

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

Rural real estate has been ticking along nicely during lockdown. Ben Turner of Bayleys Canterbury gives Sarah the lowdown on what's driving the supply and demand.

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

Did you know we invented wood processing technology here in NZ, sold it to Europe, now export our logs to Europe to get processed and sent back to us? Sarah chats to Forest Growers Research chief executive Russell Dale about how he would like things to change.

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

From covid with kindness. Tonight on Sarah’s Country, YOLO farmer Wayne Langford joins us to discuss the launch of new charity Meat the Need, which allows farmers to help feed New Zealand's most vulnerable. 

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

Join us for another evening of updates and insights from the New Zealand food & fibre sector hosted by Sarah Perriam.

Tonight on Sarah’s Country, YOLO farmer Wayne Langford joins us to discuss the launch of new charity Meat the Need, which allows farmers to help feed New Zealand's most vulnerable. 

Did you know we invented wood processing technology here in NZ, sold it to Europe, now export our wood to Europe to get processed and sent back to us?

Sarah chats to Forest Growers Research chief executive Russell Dale about how he would like things to change.

Rural real estate has been ticking along nicely during lockdown. Ben Turner of Bayleys Canterbury gives Sarah the lowdown on what's driving the supply and demand.

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. “Keeping the vulnerable fed” with Wayne Langford, YOLO Farmer, Meat the Need

2. “Bringing wood acetylation back to New Zealand” with Russell Dale, Chief Executive, Forest Growers Research

3. “Rural real estate is still happening” with Ben Turner of Bayleys Canterbury

4. “Raising award winning chickens” with George Bostock, Co-Founder, Bostock Chicken

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

For the last show of the week, Sarah chats to another group of great guests. With international travel seeming far away, it’s now more important than ever to appreciate what we’ve got in our own back yard, so Sarah asks where are the best places in New Zealand to visit? Send us your suggestions for NZ newbie producer Joel!

Sarah’s first guest this evening is Kylie Stewart of Rangitikei Farmstay, a hotspot for international tourists to learn about Kiwi lifestyles and how an operational farm works. Since the lockdown, Kylie and her husband Andrew have had to innovate and create a new offering for self-isolating tourists from home and abroad.

Then, Sarah chats to Tim ‘Blackie’ Black from Black & Co. With 25 years experience in the industry, Tim tells us how the wool industry has changed since the Covid-19 outbreak began. It’s not a great time to be in wool, or retail and hospitality, but Tim tells us about his plans for Black & Co’s lounge bar and shops too.

Sarah is joined by Rabobank’s Michael Harvey to discuss the economic turmoil that’s come from the Covid-19 crisis. Michael explains what changes are happening to give food a longer life and avoid milk going down the drain.

Then to wrap up the show, Primary Industries Ministry’s new head of Mycoplasma bovis eradication Stuart Anderson takes your questions on the steps forward and the ways he will do things differently. 

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. “Bouncing forward with virtual farm tourism” with Kylie Stewart of Rangitikei Farmstay

2. “Solving the woes of the wool industry” with Tim Black, Black & Co

3. “Dealing with the economic impact of covid-19” with Michael Harvey, Rabobank

4. “Working with farmers to move M. Bovis eradication forwards” with Stuart Anderson, MPI

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

Sarah is joined by Matt Jones from AgStaff to discuss the serious staffing pinch across the primary sector while unemployment rates continue to rise. Matt says he’s got hundreds of primary industries’ placements to fill right now and there’s going be hundreds more as New Zealand climbs out of the covid-19 pandemic.

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

KPMG’s Global Head of Agribusiness, Ian Proudfoot, joins Sarah to chat about the Agri-food sector’s new normal post-covid-19. Ian highlights the importance of quickly adapting to new consumer needs and promoting NZ produce in new ways.

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