Rabobank chief executive Todd Charteris spoke to Jamie Mackay on The Country today. Photo / Supplied
Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay talks with Rabobank chief executive Todd Charteris about rural banking and whether banks should be setting climate change emissions targets.
On with the show:
Todd Charteris:
The chief executive of Rabobank puts up a spirited defence of the rural banking industry, but is he defending the indefensible?
And should banks butt out of setting climate change emissions targets?
Andrew Hoggard and Grant “McNational” McCallum:
Today’s farmer/politician panel ponders going back to milking cows, the rural banking inquiry, Trump, tariffs and Winston, the Hikoi to nowhere, and which Opposition MP would they want in their team.
Justin Kitto:
DairyNZ’s senior environment specialist comments on another good day for dairy farmers (milk price up another 50 cents to $9-50) and the continuing significant uptake of good wintering practices.
Phil Duncan:
Monday’s resident weather expert says every November is basically the same.
From a big-picture point of view, our weather patterns across New Zealand tend to slow down more during this month, with often an uptick in high pressure and a downtick in rainfall.
Now that we’re into the second week already the long-range forecast shows three things:
Listen below:
'It is a much more efficient way of getting twice as many apples using a lot less water.'