It's the best of the week that was with Jamie Mackay and Rabobank. Catch up with Jamie's favourite interviews in one handy package - Best of The Country.
Here's the best of the week:
Dave Yard:
MPI's Incident Controller for M Bovis Response updates the latest reported outbreaks of the disease, in the Waimate and Gore districts, as the number of infected farms has now climbed to 20.
Fran O'Sullivan:
The Head of Business at NZME looks at the good news/bad news for NZ agriculture on the international stage – TPP and Fonterra's failed Beingmate investment in China.
Damien O'Connor:
We ask the Minister for Agriculture if he's going to continue his tradition of being a drought-breaker flowing his drought declaration for Otago and Southland.
Hayley Gourley:
Rabobank's Country Banking GM says the bank's latest Agribusiness Outlook Report suggests 2018 should be a second consecutive profitable year for most New Zealand producers across an unusually broad base of subsectors.
Bill English:
We ask the former PM if he's about to be the former leader of the National Party?
Ben Brooksby:
We head across the ditch to yarn to a young Victorian farmer about getting naked for mental health.
Listen below:
Landscape architect Brittany Smith took out the senior title.