The Country

Jamie Mackay talks to Eric Roy, Sir David Fagan, Tom Young, Dom Jones, Phil Duncan, and Ele Ludemann.

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A former National MP, former deputy speaker and former chairman of NZPork takes a break from the NZPork Industry Conference to pay tribute to his old mate Jim Hopkins.

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The shearing knight reviews the just-completed shearing tests in the UK against Wales (we went down 3-1), where his son Jack and Hemi Braddick represented NZ. And how’s calving going in a cold King Country?

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Affco’s national livestock manager says don’t expect a $12/kg lamb schedule to stick around. Plus, we look at Trump’s tariffs and protectionist behaviour from the US lamb industry.

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The managing director of Origin Capital Partners talks about a massive 2026 kiwifruit crop, how Zespri is finding a home for it all, and how you can invest in a kiwifruit farming syndicate.

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Monday’s resident weather man on Tuesday talks about a cold start to the week!

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We wrap the show with another tribute to the late, great Jim Hopkins.

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Jamie Mackay talks to Smiley Barrett, Andrew Hoggard, Grant McCallum, Stefan Vogel, and Steve Crossan.

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Taranaki cow cocky is the sire of two of the 44 All Blacks named today to tour South Africa. A third son, Scott, the former captain, was unavailable due to injury.

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Today’s farmer/politician panel discusses calving, bird flu, party lists, coincidental policy, in-fighting in the coalition, the Greens, AI centres, Think Big and Bill Birch.

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