Hunter Mcintyre is the fastest Hyrox Athlete of all time. He achieved the world record run in Stockholm in 2023. Since then, Hunter has been very open about his disappointment with his performance at his latest event, taking third place in Nice. Today Hunter is joining us for the second time to discuss Hyrox, Hybrid training, His previous past with…

Jamie Mackay talks to Shane Jones, Dr Jenny Webster-Brown, Mark Warren, and Jason Te Brake. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

He refers to himself as the "Prince of the Provinces" but is he still the Prince of the Pine Trees? Does he still want to plant a billion trees? And what’s he going to do about the energy crisis and are the banks ripping us off? We let Matua Shane off the chain! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

The co-author of a just-released white paper - Why Pines? - warns there will be a significant transition of sheep and beef farmers into pine forestry unless the current government policies and economic signals are reconsidered. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

We head to the coalface to talk to a Hawke's Bay sheep and beef farmer and farm forester who asks “Is production/carbon forestry the new diamond mining?” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

We yarn to the new chief executive of Zespri about record returns for the industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Todd Charteris, Richard Allen, and Hunter McGregor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

The PM ponders Darleen, the banking (and rural banking) enquiry, the latest One News poll, David Seymour's divisive Treaty Principles Bill, and whether he gets paid enough to get yelled at by disgraced former politician, Tuku Morgan, in the pouring rain? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

We ask the chief executive of Rabobank whether he can sleep at night, and whether the banks are ripping farmers off, after Finance Minister Nicola Willis described competition amongst the banks as a "cosy pillow fight". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Fonterra's Chicago-based President Global Markets Ingredients reviews a jaw-dropping good GDT auction overnight (+ 5.5%, with WMP up a whopping 7.2%). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

We find Shanghai-based correspondent back in China where he's battling the heat after a month's holiday back home in New Zealand. He has little by way of good news around the economy but is enjoying Kiwi apples and the prospect of snow skiing in a 20-storey, $1 billion building. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Harry Gaddum, Jim Hopkins, and Kate Acland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Labour's Trade spokesperson is back for his "bi-monthly public flogging" on The Country. So what does he make of the 20 Government actions that have freed up the rural economy? And why have we only got 23 million sheep, where we used to have in excess of 70 million? What about the ETS (Emperor's New Clothes) settings update announced by the Governm…

We head to Hawkes Bay where this month's Farmstrong farmer tells us his story and surviving and recovering from Cyclone Gabrielle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Is a well known rural commentator who has his say on the rural banking enquiry, the contentious issue of areas of significance to Māori, plus he weighs in on the American election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has released its annual Stock Number Survey, showing a notable decline in both sheep and cattle numbers as of 30 June 2024. Sheep numbers are estimated to have decreased by 4.3 percent, down to 23.31 million, with breeding ewe numbers falling by 2.9 percent and the lamb crop is anticipated to decrease by 4.8 percent …

Anonymous Questions are back once again, do we ever get jealous of each other? How do we cook for each other? What would we do if we were competing in the olympics? If you have any other questions for the next episode drop them in here: ngl.link/thenotsofitcouple1 Join MyCoach: Code: NotSoFit for a special discount for podcast listeners! https://my…

Jamie Mackay talks to Phil Duncan, Anne-Marie Roerink, Tom O'Sullivan, Nigel Woodhead and Blair Drysdale. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Monday’s resident weather expert updates the polar vortex blast making its way up the country. Freezing air from Antarctica is spreading into some southern and eastern parts of the South Island and brushing the lower North Island today before being quickly pushed eastwards out over the Pacific Ocean from an incoming high-pressure zone out of Austra…

Part One: In the first of our series on Global Market Insights with Silver Fern Farms, we travel to sunny Florida to talk to a woman who extols the virtues of “The Power of Meat” as an analyst and commentator of 20 years standing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Part Two: We ask why chicken is perceived as a more ethical option than beef, and what is the future for meat when all the carnivorous Boomers shuffle off this mortal coil? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Does strong wool have a future? Hawke’s Bay farmer and the former chairman of the Campaign for Wool NZ Trust certainly thinks so and reckons the answer is not just carpeting floors, it’s looking at covering the four walls and the ceilings as well. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Our Southern “polar-blasted” farmer panel features the 2017 Young Farmer of the Year and an award-winning arable farmer. Today we yarn about the World Ploughing Champs in Estonia and the Federated Farmers Arable Awards in Christchurch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Jamie Mackay talks to Nadia Lim and Carlos Bagrie, Jane Smith, Christopher Luxon, and Ben Picton. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Brandolino, Stu Duncan and Stu Loe, Chris Russell, Rowena Duncum, and Barry Soper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Our NIWA Weather Guy has a new $20 million Super Computer and some much-needed rain for North Canterbury! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Today's farmer panel talks farming, footy, interest rates and the Big Dry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Australian correspondent on breakdancing, and how sheep, dairy and grain farmers are faring across the Tasman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Heartland Rugby is kicking off this weekend. And Wanganui's No.1 fan kicks it off on The Country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Our political commentator ponders gene editing, the PM in Oz and who he reckons will win the Whitehouse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Jamie Mackay talks to Ben Picton, Richard McIntyre, Peter Newbold, Jo Luxton, and Cameron Henderson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Rabobank’s senior economist expresses some surprise with yesterday’s OCR announcement where the Reserve Bank cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 5.25%. It is the first cut since March 2020. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Federated Farmers Banking Spokesperson says the broad scope of the banking inquiry announced this week will hit the mark for farmers and rural communities and that farmers have been asking serious questions about the levels of competition, profitability and transparency in rural lending for a long time now - and it looks like they’re about to get a…

PGG Wrightson's Real Estate GM takes his monthly look at the state of the rural market and pays tribute to a long-time servant of the company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

We last chatted to Labour's Ag Spokesperson on July 15. But haven't heard boo from her since! Does Labour actually have any agriculture policies? Or are they asleep at the wheel? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Is a Dairy NZ director and North Canterbury dairy farmer. Today we yarn about the ongoing dry in his region, the improving prospects facing the industry and why urgent RMA changes are being welcomed to avoid an avalanche of red tape around regulation around discharges. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Wayne Langford, Nadia Lim, Carlos Bagrie, and Dr Jacqueline Rowarth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

The PM ponders the OCR announcement this afternoon from the Reserve Bank and we ask if it's realistic, or too ambitious, for the Government to double export earnings in the next decade. He then answers a farmer's question on our "pathetic communication network" when it comes to rural mobile reception and broadband coverage. And finally, are there a…

The President of Federated Farmers says yesterday’s gene tech announcement, overturning a 30-year ban, was a positive step forward for NZ, and the Feds have been encouraging a national conversation about technologies such as gene editing for a long time now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

We catch up with a couple of well-known Central Otago farmers who moonlight as a celebrity chef and a Nuffield Scholar, respectively. We look back on the good, the bad, and the downright ugly of Season 2 of Nadia's Farm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

One of NZ's leading primary sector academics, and director of DairyNZ standing for re-election, takes media giant Reuters to task over the headline, "New Zealand scraps clean, green policies to boost economy". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Jamie Mackay talks to Jamie Strang, Sir David Carter, Todd McClay, Jane Smith, and Cameron Bagrie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

The 76 year old Wairarapa farmer who rowed across Cook Strait to raise money for Farmstrong, joined us in the studio. He's also a long-time judge of the BFEAs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

The former Minister of Agriculture and former Speaker has a new job - Chair of the Canterbury A&P Association - and he's tasked with getting the country's largest show back and running after the November event was initially cancelled by the now-former board. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

We catch up with the Minister of Agriculture and Trade, live in Delhi, as we attempt to strengthen our trade ties with India - the world's most populous nation. We also discuss the end of the 30-year ban on gene technology outside the lab. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Is a North Otago farmer, award-winning environmentalist and now the proud Aunt of an Olympian. While we're very competitive on the global sporting stage, are we as competitive when it comes to primary production? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Is an independent economist who casts a wary eye over tomorrow's OCR announcement from the Reserve Bank plus he questions whether it's realistic, or too ambitious, for the Government to double exports earnings in the next decade? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Friend of the pod Steph AKA Nutty Foodie Fitness is back for episode 2 of the podcast today! Recently Steph has turned into the most insane endurance athlete, completing iron man Triathlons and most recently completing the brutal L'etape stage of the Tour de France. This ep is a must listen. Thanks to steph for coming on once again to the pod! Find…

Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Simon Walker, Emma Higgins, Al Moorhead, and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME