Today on The Country we catch up with Lain Jager for a chat about the Red Meat Sector Conference and Don Morrison for a yarn about sheep meat.
On with the show:
Phil Duncan:
Monday's resident weather expert says despite a chilly finish, July was warmer than average and he's picking the same pattern for August.
Don Morrison:
We chat to a Southland sheep and beef farmer, and director of the Alliance Group – the world's largest sheep meat processor, about his recent 26-day in-market visit to the Middle East and the UK.
Steve Wyn-Harris and Grant McCallum:
Today's panel features a Central Hawkes Bay sheep farmer and a Northland cow cocky. One's been in right wing heaven, the other doubts many right wingers end up in heaven!
Lain Jager:
We head to the Red Meat Sector Conference in Napier to talk to the newly-appointed Chair of the Primary Sector Council and discuss his presentation this morning; The Primary Sector Council – What's it all about?
Listen below:
'It is a much more efficient way of getting twice as many apples using a lot less water.'