This week on The Best of The Country, Jamie Mackay caught up with Rabobank chief executive Todd Charteris, to take a look at the bank's latest Agribusiness Monthly Report.
This week's top interviews were:
Hunter McGregor:
The Kiwi selling New Zealand venison in Shanghai explained why the collapse of the daigou (trade) channel had played a major role in the demise of A2 Milk.
Jim Hopkins:
The rural raconteur and Waitaki District Councillor questioned the true cost of carbon farming and suggested planting trees could be bad for the planet!
Todd Charteris:
The chief executive of Rabobank reviewed the bank's May Agribusiness Monthly Report which saw a largely positive commodity outlook with red meat expected to firm for the remainder of 2021.
Damien O'Connor:
The gloves came off as we debated with the Minister of Agriculture the importance of the Fonterra share price, MIQ spaces for essential primary sector workers and a failed Labour pre-election promise to give local authorities the power to determine what classes of land could be used for forestry in the first six months of its term.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth:
One of New Zealand's leading farming academics took issue with The Country host's comments that ruminant animals were just like humans and wanted a varied diet.
Listen below:
'It is a much more efficient way of getting twice as many apples using a lot less water.'