The Country Today - Guns N' Roses N' Farming edition

It's the whole show in one go! Jamie Mackay is flying solo today as Dom is taking part in early Father's Day celebrations. Hang on...why is notorious soft-rock fan Mackay playing Guns N' Roses? It's because the Gunners are coming to New Zealand next year. Whoop!

On with the show: Weather up first with Lisa Murray. Our Met Service forecaster talks of a warm start to spring and little by way of rain for North Canterbury. That's September Rain rather than November Rain.

The Country has an exclusive for you next with Steve Hollander and Tim Myers. We announce the details of the inaugural Norwood New Zealand Rural Sports Awards in Palmerston North on March 10. That's next year so you'll need just a little Patience.

Don't Cry everyone because next up we have Jeremy Rookes and Jason Uden. Today's panel features a blue-blood sheep farmer and red-neck former dairy farmer, we'll let you decided which is which.

Sweet Child O' Mine Don Carson is on next. The freelance rural commentator tells us what the most valuable plant is to the New Zealand economy.

This week's $100 TAB sports bet of the week sees Grant Nisbett betting on the Civil War between the Southland Stags and Auckland. He gives the Stags a 14.5 point start over Auckland ($1.87) and backs the Warriors 12 and under against the Eels ($3.00).

Finally we're off to Paradise City to catch up with Joe Wheeler and Marty Banks. Courtesy of Tru-Test we head to Japan to preview the Mitre 10 Cup with a couple of old Tasman team mates.

If you reckon It's So Easy to fit all those Guns N' Roses references in you'd be wrong. I'm so exhausted I feel like I'm Knockin' on Heaven's Door.