Our UK Farming correspondent comments on the British Farming Awards, the autumn harvest and planting, drought-proofing and a “wartime-scale overhaul” to avoid a food crisis, plus what do you do with a problem like Prince Andrew and Fergie?

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Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Riley Kennedy, Pete Turner, Graeme Williams, and Phil Duncan.

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The Deputy Prime Minister, and Act Party leader, comments on the quarterly CPI Inflation Index  - 3% up from 2.7% - with the leading contributors being local council rates and energy costs. Plus, with two big farmer votes coming up, why is Winston Peters meddling with his nationalistic views? We also look at politically motivated mega-strikes.

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BusinessDesk’s senior rural reporter has been watching the Alliance Group vote, plus we look at his excellent piece on excess capacity in the red meat industry.

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We ask a large Alliance shareholder, and son of a former chairman, for his thoughts on today’s big vote on the proposed Dawn Meats deal. 

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An East Coast farmer and poet on why A&P shows are the most quintessential of all heartland rural events.

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There’s another wild, wet and windy week in store as we head towards the windiest weekend of the year - Labour Weekend.

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Featured on today's episode - Mark Cameron, Winston Peters, Mark Wynne, Peter Newbold, and Chris Russell. 

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Jamie Mackay talks to Jo Luxton, Christopher Luxon, Sandra Faulkner, Toby Williams, Neville Clark, Rick Ladd, Dean Quinn, and Ben Humphrey.

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We catch up with Labour’s agriculture spokeswoman. She shares her memories of the Gisborne Show, comments on Labour’s lack of agriculture policy, and discusses the government’s new methane reduction target.

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