Jarden’s Head of Commodities comments on the first GDT auction of the new season - “The positive momentum that we saw coming into the season, right up until the penultimate event, now looks to be lost with the overall event falling 1.6% and several of the key individual products coming under pressure.  WMP -3.7%, SMP -1.1%, AMF 1.4%, Butter 0%, BMP -6.1% and Cheese -4.2%.”

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It’s Acronym Day, and Rabobank’s Senior Macro Strategist comments on falls in the OCR and GDT, and the OECD slashing its annual growth report for the world economy.

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Winter’s here this week, and it’s Fieldays next week. We look out a week for a Waikato forecast with WeatherWatch.

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Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Richard McIntyre, Dame Alison Stewart, Dame Catriona Williams, and Dan Boulton.

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He’s now a heartbeat away from the top job, but will he be on his best behaviour now that he has succeeded Winston for the Deputy PM’s job? And does this give Winston free license to campaign with reckless abandon?

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Federated Farmers’ banking spokesman comments on the results of the latest survey. Are the banks getting the message? And which banks are performing best (and worst)?

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Stewart was made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to plant science and the arable sector, flying the flag for agriculture in the King’s Birthday Honours.

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Williams was made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2025 King's Birthday Honours for services to spinal injury research and equestrian sport, and for inspiration to everyone in a chair who wants to get out of it. 

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We find the chief executive of Silver Fern Farms in Toronto, Canada, where he’s meeting with the Lamb Company (an in-market venture owned by SFF, Alliance, ANZCO and an Australian partner). We look at the prospects for red meat in Asia and North America, plus the need for rationalisation in the industry when it comes to capacity. 

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Jamie Mackay talks to Toby Williams, Damien O'Connor, Cameron Bagrie, Christopher Luxon, and Mile Hurrell. 

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