Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay and guests look at the significant impact coronavirus is having on stock markets here in New Zealand and around the world. '
On with the show:
Damien O'Connor:
The Minister of Agriculture takes a swipe at the Aussie banks plus he talks about coronavirus, drought and agricultural field days.
Nathan Penny:
We ask ASB's rural economist if the Aussie banks are indeed 'fair-weather friends' plus we look at the fallout from tumbling world markets and what that could mean for New Zealand's Primary Sector.
Sarah von Dadelszen:
Is a Central Hawkes Bay sheep and beef farmer and a Ballance director who takes a positive view on the drought and coronavirus, plus we preview the 2020 Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
Doug Avery:
Marlborough's Resilient Farmer, a man who's been there and done that, offers some sage advice for farmers battling drought.
Peter Nation and Graeme Smith:
Today's panel features the Fieldays chief executive, and a Fieldays board member who dabbles in drugs for his day job as GM for the Coromandel and Waikato Drug Detection Agency.
Listen below:
'It is a much more efficient way of getting twice as many apples using a lot less water.'