This week on Rabobank Best of The Country - Jamie Mackay finds out why it's a bit tricky to export wine to the United States and asks Dr. Bob Reiter from Bayer some tough questions about Roundup.
This week's top interviews were:
Mike Petersen:
We track down our Special Trade Envoy in South Korea, where he's been addressing the World Knowledge Forum and attending the World Dairy Congress. Plus we look at the huge potential for Kiwi exports into India.
Rebecca Mahoney:
We talk to a Wairarapa farmer and former Black Fern about her special place in New Zealand rugby history as the first woman to referee a first class rugby fixture, Thames Valley v King Country on September 15.
Hayden Higgins:
Rabobank's Senior Horticulture and Wine Analyst talks about exporting wine to our largest market, the US, and how the horticulture season is shaping in his home province of Hawkes Bay.
Listen below:
Sir John Kirwan:
Courtesy of Crowe Horwath we talk mental health and rugby with a man who has achieved great things for his country in both fields.
Doug Avery:
We head to Marlborough to catch up with the 'Resilient Farmer' who's just returned from a speaking tour of Scotland, spreading the mental health gospel.
Dr. Bob Reiter:
We ask the Bayer Head of R&D Crop Science to address the chemical elephant in the room. Is Roundup carcinogenic? What, if anything, can replace glyphosate as a tool for no-till or minimum tillage agriculture? Is there a more environmentally sustainable or chemical-free way to grow crops? And is there a new generation chemical on the horizon to replace Roundup.
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