Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay caught up with Dr Jacqueline Rowarth to find out if fewer cows in New Zealand means more money for farmers.
On with the show:
Aaron Smith:
In the absence of Dane Coles, we go to the top of the All Blacks drawer for a replacement on Farmside Footy.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth:
Is a leading farming academic who challenges the idea being promoted in the media that farmers can make more money by decreasing stocking rates, saying some hard-line environmentalists would even go as far as suggesting New Zealand would be better off without methane-emitting ruminant livestock.
James Shaw:
Our favourite Green has a crack at our favourite farming academic and says the first rule of politics is never to count Winston out.
Peter Moore:
The GM of PGG Wrightson Livestock laments the loss of Fieldays but says the livestock industry is certainly in a better place than it was a month ago under lockdown.
Chris Russell:
We ask our "Grey Nomad" Australian correspondent if the drought is over and whether some BLM protesters are rewriting history.
Listen below:
"If you’re loyal to them, they will be loyal to you."