Sarah's Country

Sarah Perriam crosses to her little sister at home, Will to Live founder, Elle Perriam on how to manage stress in isolation and the change in attitude to mental wellbeing over the past year.

Sarah and Elle chat about how rural farmers can keep their mental health in check through better nutrition, more sleep and practising gratitude.

To watch the interview, find out how to watch/listen to Sarah's Country live weeknights or contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

With all of us Zooming, Skyping and House Partying, Sarah Perriam chats to Jonah Duckle from AbacusBio, on Sarah’s Country about how the rural community should embrace technology to communicate online. 

Sarah and Jonah discuss how the lockdown is showing the industry a new norm on how to run workshops that's more time efficient and expands knowledge transfer.

To watch the interview, find out how to watch/listen to Sarah's Country live weeknights or contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

It’s a wild world

The lyrics of a brand new song by one of my favourite artists, Kip Moore, released this week nails it. 

It is so humbling that rural media is valued as essential by the New Zealand government as the food & fibre sector takes the boot to the ball like Beaver in the last 30 seconds of the game.

With the successful release of the new Sarah’s Country LIVE show this week Monday to Thursday we have changed to a ‘best of’ highlights full show for podcasts each Friday and across radio stations on the weekends. 

Guests on this week’s show:

1. APEC WORKING TOGETHER: Trade commentator and consultant, Stephen Jacobi.

2. ONLINE LIVESTOCK TRADING THE NEW NORMAL: PGG Wrightson Livestock general manager, Peter Moore.

3. KILLING THE KIWIFRUIT PREMIUM: NZAB Managing Director, Scott Wishart.

4. READY TO EAT YOUR REDNECK COMMENTS, MINISTER?: Minister of Regional Economic Development, Shane Jones.

Sarah is joined by New Zealand Winegrowers Chief Executive Philip Gregan for a chat about how harvest is going amid the lockdown and what supply chain impacts the virus is having on wine sales.

Then we’re joined by Farm 4 Life personality Tangaroa Walker who provides some inspiration in a farming worlds that is not business as usual.

Later, Sarah chats to AbacusBio’s Sheep & Beef Consultant, Simon Glennie about how we should be managing feed and stock supplies while slaughter is delayed by covid-19.

To wrap up the show, Sarah speaks to Scott Wishart from NZAB about how we should be navigating finance in these uncertain times.

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.

·       1.: ‘Anticipating harder times for wine with hospitality sector lockdown’: Philip Gregan, Chief Executive, New Zealand Winegrowers

·       2.: ‘It’s not business as usual for farmers’:Tangaroa Walker, Farm 4 Life

·       3.: ‘Managing feed and stock during slaughter delay’: Simon Glennie, Sheep & Beef Consultant, AbacusBio

·       4.: ‘Finance navigation in uncertain times’: Scott Wishart, NZAB

To watch the interviews visit Sarah’s Country on YouTube and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

Sarah is joined by New Zealand Winegrowers Chief Executive Philip Gregan for a chat about how harvest is going amid the lockdown and what supply chain impacts the virus is having on wine sales.

To watch the interviews visit Sarah’s Country on YouTube and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

Sarah is joined by Farm 4 Life personality Tangaroa Walker who provides some inspiration in a farming worlds that is not business as usual.

To watch the interviews visit Sarah’s Country on YouTube and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

Sarah chats to AbacusBio’s Sheep & Beef Consultant, Simon Glennie about how we should be managing feed and stock supplies while slaughter is delayed by covid-19.

To watch the interviews visit Sarah’s Country on YouTube and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

Sarah speaks to Scott Wishart from NZAB about how we should be navigating finance in these uncertain times.

To watch the interviews visit Sarah’s Country on YouTube and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

New Zealand's lockdown from Covid-19 has jolted many parts of the food supply chain to go virtual.

On tonights show, Sarah Perriam discusses the innovation from buying livestock to wine online, as well as the frustrations of the governments labelling of what is 'essential'.

Guests on this week’s show:

1. NZ's FIRST ONLINE FARMERS MARKET: Suzy & Hamish Hutton, Maker2U.com.

2. FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE WITH M.BOVIS: Southland sharemilker, Dayna Cunningham.

3. SAYING NO TO BUTCHERS, ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUE: Rod Slater, Beef + Lamb Inc chief executive.

4. ONLINE TRADING HERE TO STAY: Peter Moore, general manager PGG Wrightson Livestock.

To watch any of the interviews, find out how to watch/listen to Sarah's Country live weeknights or contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

Sarah Perriam chats to Peter Moore, general manager of PGG Wrightson Livestock, on Sarah’s Country as he explains 'bidr', an online livestock trading and auction platform with over 300 registered livestock agents. We find out how it is going after all saleyards have shut down

To watch the interview, find out how to watch/listen to Sarah's Country live weeknights or contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com