Listen to The Country online: All the action at Southern Field Days

Celebrating National Lamb Day, Waimumu style, at Southern Field Days. Photo / Rowena Duncum

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay broadcast live from Waimumu for Southern Field Days.

On with the show:

Christopher Luxon:

The Prime Minister celebrates great results for New Zealand’s red meat sector.

He also discusses RMA (Resource Management Act) reforms and rules out a water tax.

Sir David Fagan:

A shearing legend joins The Country.

He talks about a very strong Kiwi team for the Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in March.

Bryce McKenzie:

Groundswell’s co-founder says that, while the Prime Minister isn’t going for a water tax, that doesn’t mean a future Government won’t impose one.

Bruce Weir:

Rabobank’s general manager of country banking on rural interest rates, succession workshops, and positivity in the primary sector.

Vanessa Winning:

The Ministry for Primary Industries’ programme director of export growth and director of on-farm support, on the Science for Farmers programme.

Simon Beamish:

We catch up with a Hawke’s Bay sheep and beef farmer who comments on a great season, and what his son, athletics world champion Geordie, is up to.

Hamish McKay:

Time for McKay on Sport and a yarn about Super Rugby.

Listen below: