This Waikato farmer, ag teacher and rural mental health advocate is a keynote speaker at SIDE in Timaru on April 7-9.

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Niwa's "weather guy" on the Big Dry.

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We ask our political correspondent how "out of touch" the Greens are. And whether a book on his life in politics is in the wind?

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GM Wool for PGG Wrightson reviews a market suffering from an unwanted correction and global uncertainty. 

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Jamie Mackay talks to Katie Milne, Chris Hipkins, Myfanwy Alexander, Andrew Hoggard, and Chris Russell.

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We catch up with a West Coast cow cocky and a former Federated Farmers President on day two of the South Island Field Days at Kirwee. Why are West Coast farm sales ticking over nicely?

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Also at Kirwee is the leader of the Opposition. But what sort of reception is he getting? Is Winston really looking more like an angry old man shouting at the sky? And what are the Greens on about?

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We chatted with the event co-chair of the South Island Dairy Event being held in Timaru on April 7-9.

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The Associate Ag and Biosecurity Minister is also at Kirwee, where a key topic for discussion with farmers is whether we should pull out of the Paris Agreement.

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Our Australian correspondent talks bird flu in sheep, a reduced duck hunting season, breeding from a $40,000 sheep dog and what was in the Budget for agriculture.

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