Today on The Country we take a look at some new agribusinesses and get a preview on tonight's GDT auction courtesy of Nathan Penny.
On with the show:
Sir Brian Lochore:
We track down our Wairarapa-based Roving North Island Farming Ambassador in Central Otago – a farming area he wished he'd moved to 40 years ago.
Nathan Penny:
ASB's Rural Economist previews tonight's GDT auction, comments on interest and exchange rates and reckons Donald Trump can't claim the credit for a soaring US economy.
Megan Hands and Chanelle O'Sullivan:
Today's panel features two high-profile women in agriculture who've recently set up their own agribusinesses.
Greg Mirams:
We catch up with the Techion Group managing director and discuss the interesting history of his ag-tech company that has risen from the ashes of the GFC and reinvented itself with the revolutionary design of an online diagnostic tool to monitor parasites in livestock.
Craig Wiggins:
The former voice of the Young Farmer Contest is encouraging nominations for the Norwood Rural Sports Awards being held at Awapuni in Palmerston North on Friday 9 March 2018. It is New Zealand's premier celebration of rural sports athletes.
Listen below:
Two proposed residential development sites in Havelock North have been removed from FDS.