The Country

Jamie Mackay talks to Cameron Bagrie, James Robertson, George Dodson, Jo Luxton, and Kevin Bevan.
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Independent economist comments on the state of the world economy as war breaks out in the Middle East. We talk trade implications, interest and exchange rates, inflation, oil prices, equity markets, consumer demand and time frames for the conflict.
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Today’s Young Farmer panel features the 2019 and 2024 grand final winners. We discuss the Zanda McDonald Awards and Impact Summit, the safety of Fonterra staff in the Middle East, and the folly of young farmers buying new utes.
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Labour’s agriculture spokeswoman is almost voiceless, quite literally, when it comes to talking about her party’s Ag Policy.
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Welshman living in Scotland who did his Master’s of Ag Science at Lincoln in the 1980s. He spent three years in NZ and returned to the UK, working for the government farm advisory service and then Scottish beef and lamb. He’s now an agricultural economist, involved in Ag reform post Brexit, and works with the Scottish government.
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