
Full Show | August 14
This week we examine the issues shaping rural New Zealand. Neal Wallace revisits the solar farm debate and looks at moves to bring food and fibre into secondary schools, AgriHQ’s Sara Hilhorst wraps up a massive Feilding

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The Farmers Weekly Podcast is a New Zealand-based rural news podcast covering agriculture, farming, agribusiness and food and fibre. Hosted by managing editor Bryan Gibson, it keeps it real each week with news highlights, expert guests, AgriHQ market insights and discussions on the farming advocacy shaping NZ’s primary sector. Follow the Farmers Weekly Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts , or wherever you listen to podcasts. Send us your feedback or get in touch at farmers.weekly@agrihq.co.nz
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This week we examine the issues shaping rural New Zealand. Neal Wallace revisits the solar farm debate and looks at moves to bring food and fibre into secondary schools, AgriHQ’s Sara Hilhorst wraps up a massive Feilding

Senior reporter Neal Wallace follows up on his story on solar farms, with advocates saying the better alternative to them is for every farmer to implement their own system. And, moves to introduce a food and fibre curric

AgriHQ analyst Sara Hilhorst wraps up the Feilding-Marton hogget fair, held in Feilding this week. It was a massive yarding and despite the size, vendors left happy.

AgFirst’s James Allen outlines how some small changes to farm management can realise big gains in profit on Waikato and Bay of Plenty dairy farms. He says being smarter with fertiliser and focusing on feed quality can re

Federated Farmers Bay of Plenty vice-president Sandra Faulkner takes a look at how the government’s local government reforms are tracking, with many regions submitting a Head Start plan that outlines how they propose to

A new report warns that proposed structural changes to local government could undermine New Zealand's biosecurity programmes. Commissioned by the country's 16 regional and unitary councils, it examines the risks of reduc

Senior reporter Neal Wallace has been looking at the spate of solar farms being built or planned, and finds some people are worried they will displace good, productive land. He’s also been investigating the rise in popul

AgriHQ senior analyst Mel Croad says farmgate returns for lamb have been held high by a procurement battle, but there’s been a bit softening in key export markets and we should expect prices to ease a little in the comin

Federated Farmers Bay of Plenty president Brent Mountford says regulations are putting volunteers off doing pest management, as the cost of certification for managing pest management tools like Feratox become prohibitive

Ravensdown chief scientist Mike White joins the show to talk through some of the key things farmers should be thinking about as El Niño progresses.

Associate Agriculture Minister Mark Patterson visited India recently to attend its massive textile fair, and says buyers there are hungry for our strong wool. He says there’s an opportunity to strengthen partnerships wit

Senior reporter Neal Wallace takes a look at the policy offerings for climate change mitigation, and finds parties across the political spectrum have disparate views, is it business as usual or increased regulation? Glob

AgriHQ analyst Fiona Quarrie wraps up the in-lamb ewe market and then speculates on how the ewes with lambs at foot market will play out as the season progresses.

ACT’s plan to transfer responsibility for managing game animals on conservation land to the Game Animal Council needs a major rethink, according to Federated Farmers. Richard Dawkins, pest management spokesperson, says a

Agri-futurist and former Beef + Lamb NZ independent director Melissa Clark-Reynolds knows more than most about the impact of AI now, and its potential to disrupt our future. She tells Bryan how AI will affect our careers

Senior reporter Neal Wallace has gauged the response to the Select Committee’s report on the government’s RMA legislation. Most industry bodies are supportive of the report’s suggestions and look forward to the Bill prog

AgriHQ analyst Alex Coddington says the growing move to integrate dairy beef into farming businesses is having a big impact on the livestock markets, and while our appetite for more beef genetics will be welcomed in expo

This week the Government announced that the agreements councils reach with local iwi would be scrapped, with new rules being drafted for future agreements. Federated Farmers RMA spokesperson Mark Hooper has welcomed the

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Farmers Weekly’s weather man Phil Duncan is here to explain what El Nino is, how it might affect global food production, and what farmers and growers in New Zealand need to know heading into spring.
Nick Brown
Athletic Director & Head Football Coach · British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
1 appearance on this show
Richard Dawkins
ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author · Federated Farmers
2 appearances on this show
Simon Quilty
Physician · Australian analyst
1 appearance on this show
Dr Amelia Almeida
Massey University
1 appearance on this show
Robert Hickson
Federated Farmers
1 appearance on this show
Kelvin Meredith
Ingka Investments
1 appearance on this show
Mark Hooper
Federated Farmers
1 appearance on this show
Wayne McNee
AgriZeroNZ
2 appearances on this show
Suz Bremner
AgriHQ
2 appearances on this show
Mel Croad
AgriHQ
2 appearances on this show
Duncan Ross
Bayleys
1 appearance on this show
Alex Coddington
AgriHQ
1 appearance on this show
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