It's the Best of The Country with Jamie Mackay and Rabobank. Catch up with the top interview of the week every Saturday morning on Newstalk ZB and Hokonui.
This week's top interviews are:
Rob Hewett:
The chairman of Silver Fern Farms comments on the healthy state of the red meat industry and we discuss how to encourage good governance for our farmer co-operatives.
Maggie Asplet:
The chairperson from Farmers' Market NZ promote NZ Farmers Market Week which takes place from 10-17 March and is being sponsored by RaboDirect.
Alan Emerson:
We talk to the high-profile rural columnist who did the initial interview with "gagged" former Fonterra director Leonie Guiney and ask why his column on the subject was "pulled".
Andrew Hoggard:
The Vice President of Federated Farmers comments on Fonterra's perceived PR problems with the punters and why he's still hopeful we can beat M.bovis.
Mike Petersen:
We catch up with New Zealand's Special Trade Envoy in Buenos Aires on his way to Santiago for the signing of the CPTPP – a free trade agreement that will even help strong wool.
Don Carson:
Is a rural commentator who reflects on Cyclone Bola 30 years on and questions Fonterra's handling of the A2 milk issue and Leonie Guiney.
Listen below:
Motorists are being warned to drive 'carefully' as heavy falls start in Rotorua, Taupō.