Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are crossbench peer and businessman Lord Bilimoria, freelance journalist Zoë Grünewald, national chair of the Labour Muslim Network Ali Milani and former Conservative MP and Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt.By LBC

Rowena Duncum talks to Christoper Luxon, Toby Williams, Pia Piggot, and Jamie Mackay for day two at SIDE who talks to Daniel Carson and Craig "Wiggy" Wiggins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

The Prime Minister in his weekly slot on The Country discusses the fishing tragedy on the East Coast and now state of emergency, live animal exports, the Chatham Islands and Easter Trading Laws. Plus who he thinks will win this afternoon’s Ranfurly Shield match? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

At Day 2 of SIDE – the South Island Dairy Event – Jamie Mackay caught up with the founder of the Miti bar (a relatively new beef snack bar made from bobby calves raised to 12 months). From the middle of last year, bobby calves had to be raised for beef, slaughtered for calf-veal, or utilised for the pet food market. See omnystudio.com/listener for …

Federated Farmers national meat and wool chair. Farms just north of Gisborne. Not personally hit very hard, but able to relay what’s going on around him. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

At Day 2 of SIDE – the South Island Dairy Event – Jamie Mackay caught up with the health and wellbeing advocate doing free health checks for farmers at the conference gate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

RaboResearch analyst on her Global Avocado Report, which indicates growth is tipped to continue. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative peer and former education secretary Nicky Morgan, general secretary of the National Education Union Daniel Kebede, Green peer and former party leader Natalie Bennett and Henry Hill from ConservativeHome.By LBC

Jamie Mackay and Rowena Duncum talk to Dr Dan Pronk, Greer Paterson, Jack Fagan, and Kevin "Smiley" Barrett. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Dan Pronk part one: Author and speaker who tried and failed to be a professional triathlete, so studied medicine on an army scholarship, passed selection for the SAS and served on over 100 combat missions in Afghanistan. He talks to Jamie Mackay about what dairy farming has in common with being in the military. Dan Pronk part two: The key note spea…

Fencing contractor, and monthly columnist for Shepherdess Magazine, makes her debut on The Country. Originally from Central Otago, Paterson moved to the Chatham Islands six years ago, where she lives with her partner and their young children. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

We find the shearer in Donegal, Northwest Ireland, ahead of representing New Zealand in six shearing tests in Scotland, England, France and Wales alongside David Buick and manager Mark Barrowcliffe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Coastal Taranaki dairy farmer and father of the new All Blacks captain Scott Barret, vice-captain Jordie Barrett and returning All Black Beauden Barrett. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, political commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, UnHerd political editor Tom McTague and former Conservative adviser Charlie Rowley.By LBC

Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, John Connell, Pita Alexander, and Phil Duncan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

The Act Party leader on ponders pylons, boats and planes and why nothing is working in this country. Do we need to go back "Think Big" and the big infrastructure projects of the 1980s? Is National Super sustainable at 65? And what's more exciting, the Greens or the All Blacks? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

We head to County Longford in the Irish Midlands to yarn to the author of the best-selling book, Twelve Sheep - Life lessons from a lambing season, who's a multi award-winning journalist, playwright, documentary producer, motivational speaker and farmer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

Is a globetrotting Christchurch Farm Accountant who's been on the road recently as a keynote speaker at Beef and Lamb NZ conferences in the Waikato region. We look at the dark issues and the light at the end of the tunnel for the industry. Plus, he comments on the huge issues facing the world, including climate migration from the continent of Afric…

Monday's resident weather expert on winter weather - cold and wet - surprise, surprise! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Jamie Mackay talks to Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Farmer Tom Martin, Todd Charteris, Shane Jones, and Cameron Bagrie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Jamie Mackay talks to Simon and Hamish Guild, Peter Newbold, Chris Brandolino, Stu Loe, and Barry Soper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

We catch up with the recipients of the Gordon Stephenson Trophy and Ambassadors for Sustainable Farming and Growing for 2024 – the Guild and Dunbar families of High Peak Station in Canterbury. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

The General Manager of PGG Wrightson Real Estate takes his monthly look at the state of the rural market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Our NIWA Weather Guy (on the shortest day) talks about heavy rain next week and - a warm June? Really? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

A Canterbury farmer, and former Crusader, talks about farming and footy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Our political correspondent talks about power pylons, an A-grade trade trip to Japan in an E-grade plane, and Pharmac funding. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Jamie Mackay talks to Cameron Bagrie, Blair McLean, Chris Russell, Miles Hurrell, and Karen Williams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Is an Independent Economist who comments on today's big story - we are officially out of a technical recession with the GDP coming in today at 0.2% for the March quarter. However the more relevant number - the GDP per capita - has decreased 0.3% (for the sixth consecutive quarter). So what do these numbers mean for the timing around a drop in the O…

Our Blenheim-based viticulture correspondent talks about tough times in the world of wine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Australian correspondent talks about 10-metre-deep topsoil in Queensland, the Bird Flu in Victoria and the chances for NSW in State of Origin II. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

We missed the chief executive of Fonterra at Fieldays but we get him today! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

We catch up with the head judge of the BFEAs ahead of tonight's announcement of the 2024 win. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour's Bell Ribeiro-Addy, commentator Samuel Kasumu, Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Kramer and journalist Rachel Wearmouth.By LBC

Jamie Mackay talks to Shane Jones, Mike McIntyre, Todd Charteris, and Wayne McNee. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

In the absence of Acting PM Winston Peters, we talk to the Prince of the Provinces about former PM Dame Jacinda Ardern's new political venture, climate change, the previous government's trade trip, and greyhound racing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Jarden's head of derivatives reviews last night's GDT Auction and today's Government carbon auction. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

The chief executive of Rabobank comments on the bank's latest Farmer Confidence Survey, the rural banking enquiry and Rabobank's Good Deeds Competition. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

The chief executive of AgriZeroNZ takes issue with the outspoken Jane Smith, saying his taxpayer and industry-funded body is not a "solution looking for a problem" nor a "Ponzi Scheme". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour candidate Sir Stephen Timms, Sebastian Payne from the Onward think tank, broadcaster and author Christina Patterson and pollster James Johnson.By LBC

Jamie Mackay talks to Todd McClay, Mark Leslie, Tom Martin, Jim Hopkins, and Greg Millar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

We catch up with the Minister of Agriculture and Trade live on the ground in Tokyo (when he eventually got there!) to talk about trade with Japan and last week's raft of announcements from the Government at Fieldays around the rural banking enquiry, HWEM and the ETS. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

The chief executive of Pamu (Landcorp) makes a belated debut on The Country. But is the nations' largest farmer still relevant and is it providing the tax payer with a meaningful return on investment during these tough economic times? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Our UK farming correspondent updates early summer on his arable farm plus we ponder the election, Euro 24, and Wimbledon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

Our resident rural raconteur talks about the Beatles, farming being out of the ETS and what do you with a problem like the Air Force 757s? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

We missed him at Fieldays, and yesterday, but we always get our man, and today it's National Fundraising Manager for the IHC Calf and Rural Scheme. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME