Listen to The Country online: Sheep Dog Champs preview with Hawke’s Bay dog trialist Rocky Hawkins

Hawke’s Bay dog trialist Rocky Hawkins spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today. Photo / Warren Buckland

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Hawke’s Bay dog trialist Rocky Hawkins, ahead of the North Island and New Zealand Sheep Dog Championships on May 25.

On with the show:

Emma Higgins:

Rabobank’s senior agriculture analyst reviews the bank’s May Agribusiness Monthly Report as we look at the prospects for dairy, beef, sheep, fuel, and fertiliser.

We also take a look at interest and exchange rates.

Damien O’Connor:

Labour’s agriculture spokesman says New Zealand was not a “Land of Confusion” under the Labour Government of 2020-23.

Plus, we talk about the sale of farms to foreigners, legislation to liberalise the gene tech laws, and whether Labour needs Te Pāti Māori to win the Treasury benches.

Rocky Hawkins:

A legend of the sport previews the North Island and New Zealand Sheep Dog Championships coming up later this month (May 25-29) in Hawke’s Bay.

Farmer Tom Martin:

We ask our United Kingdom farming correspondent if the British Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, is on his way out?

Plus, how is he faring with the fuel and fertiliser crisis, combined with a brutal spring drought?

Listen below: