This week on The Best of The Country, Jamie Mackay caught up with Rabobank's Justin Sherrard for a chat about sustainability in the red meat sector.
The top interviews of the week are:
Don Carson:
As we struggle to make sense of Friday's shooting tragedy in Christchurch, we talk to one of our regular correspondents who has a close affinity to the Muslim community and its contribution to New Zealand agriculture.
Chelsea Millar and Chanelle O'Sullivan:
Today we discusses the good, the bad and the ugly of social media with the respective founders of Grass Roots Media and the Farming Mums NZ Facebook page.
Miles Hurrell:
It's a good news/bad news scenario as Fonterra's chief executive comments on the eighth consecutive positive GDT auction result and the not-so-stellar interim results from the first six months of trading of the financial year.
Justin Sherrard:
In New Zealand speaking at a number of events across the country last week, Rabobank's global animal protein strategist told farmers and industry professionals that the global market for red meat products was "moving" and sustainability was a big part of this movement both in New Zealand and globally. Plus we look at the complex and vexed issue of Brexit!
Farmer Tom Martin:
Is a high-profile British farmer on social media and our UK correspondent. We talked about Christchurch, Brexit and a dry start to spring.
Davey Hughes:
We ask New Zealand's highest profile hunter what he makes of government's tough new gun laws? He says he not only accepts them, he applauds them.
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