One month on from our last chat to our UK correspondent, the Cricket World Cup and the prospect of Wimbledon, has seen the late spring/early summer drought break - big time. We also talk about the prospects of Boris Johnson and British cropping farmers.
Chris Brandolino:
NIWA's chief weather scientist looks back on a record-breaking first six months of the year and forward to some much-needed rain for the North Island.
Mike Cronin:
Fonterra's Managing Director of Cooperative Affairs reviews last night's GDT auction which, despite the headlines, made reasonably good reading for dairy farmers (GDT index -0.4 per cent, WMP relatively unchanged).
Jim Hopkins:
Is a rural raconteur who's affronted by the Auckland-based reporting of TVNZ, saying it's insulting to say cows and computers are unlikely bedfellows.
Listen below:
