Today on The Country, Sam "Lashes" Casey gained a lot of support for his comments on how expensive it is to enjoy the footy - if you buy food and drink along with your ticket.
On with the show:
Judith Collins:
We ask National's leader who's going to pick our apples? What's the future for tourism? Should there be a transtasman travel bubble? Should Jacinda have kicked Mike to touch? And who is her favourite political journalist?
Emma Higgins:
Rabobank senior dairy analyst Emma Higgins on the good news that the bank has lifted its farmgate milk price forecast by 80 cents to NZD 7.80/kgMS for the current 2020/21 season.
Chris Russell:
Our Australian correspondent comments on the prospect of a transtasman travel bubble, whether seaweed to stop burping cows is commercially viable, and why the Republican movement will struggle while the Queen's alive.
Tony Cochrane:
PGG Wrightson Livestock's National Velvet Manager takes a look at the state of the deer farming industry, where velvet is enjoying better fortunes than venison or the trophy stag market.
Listen below:
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