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Rabobank Best of The Country - April 13, 2019

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12 Apr, 2019 07:00 PM2 mins to read

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This week on The Best of The Country, Jamie Mackay caught up with Rabobank's Emma Higgins for a review of the bank's latest Dairy Quarterly Report.

This week's top interviews are:

Julia Jones:

The well-travelled Head of Analytics for NZX says the greatest advantage New Zealand has on the world agricultural stage is clean, green, GE free, grass-fed production.

Damien O'Connor:

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Today we find the Minister of Agriculture at day two of the NZ Agricultural Climate Change Conference in Palmerston North, where we defends Jacinda and Grant and blames the Nats for the demise of Telford and Taratahi.

Rob Hewett:

The Chairman of Silver Fern Farms talks about the timing and reasons for a poor annual result and whether we'll see an end of season lolly-scramble for livestock.

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Emma Higgins:

Rabobank's dairy analyst reviews the bank's latest Dairy Quarterly Report which highlights the good news double of stalling world production combined with increased demand, especially out of China.

Simon Bridges:

We find National's leader in heartland Southland, home of The Country, as we ponder gun law reform, CGT, NZ First and the latest polls.

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Chris Russell:

Our Australian (and longest serving) correspondent of 25 years standing, looks back at the changes in agriculture over the quarter century and forward to the 'horse of the century' running her last race on Saturday.

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