Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay spoke to Stephen Jack, a South Otago farmer who has developed a dual-purpose sheep.
On with the show:
Nathan Guy:
National's Spokesperson for Agriculture addresses farmer and taxpayer concern over the inefficiencies and cost of the M.bovis response when it comes to disinfecting infected properties.
Hayley Gourley:
Rabobank's GM Country Banking comments on the bank's latest farmer confidence survey which sees more of the nation's farmers pessimistic than optimistic.
Jim Hopkins:
Is a rural raconteur who has a crack at Winston and Westland!
Dr. Jacqueline Rowarth:
Is a farming academic who offers her thoughts on PCE's report on greenhouse gases and she salutes industry excellence awards such as the Young Farmer of the Year, the Dairy Industry Awards and the Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
Stephen Jack:
We talk to a South Otago sheep farmer who's breeding a finer-woolled meat breed because he believes strong crossbred wool is "absolutely buggered".
Listen below:
The company had been dairy farming since May 2004.