It's the whole show in one go! Today The Country is brought to you by JFK and the music of 2008.
On this day in 1960 John F Kennedy was elected United States president, and on this day in 2008 John Key was elected Prime Minister of New Zealand.
On with the show: We yarn to Steve Maharey, Vice Chancellor of Massey University, ahead of the most important US Presidential Election since 1960, while Labour's Primary Industry spokesman Damien O'Connor fails to see any similarity between John F Kennedy and John Key!
In the absence of Chanelle Purser, today's one woman panel Chelsea Millar looks at the role social media is playing in portraying the farming community.
Then East Coast farmer and bush poet Graeme Williams has a humourous poke at Donald Trump, before rural sports commentator and rodeo aficionado Craig Wiggins has his say on animal cruelty and he updates the track and field conditions for the NZ Trotting Cup.