The Country - Thompson edition

Today on The Country, the team have a special guest in the studio - it's Mr Andy Thompson!

On with the show:

Phil Duncan:

Monday's resident weather expert has a chilly outlook for the nation, saying the first of two significant cold fronts is crossing the country today.

Malcolm Bailey:

We catch up with a former Federated Farmers president, former Fonterra director and a former NZ Special Agricultural Trade Envoy who these days is the chairman of the Red Meat Profit Partnership about a call to action for farmers to join the RMPP Action Groups.

David Broome and Don Nicolson:

Today's panel features two former Feds with differing political agenda. Topics of discussion include - the great CO2 shortage in Europe, changes at Ospri and some interesting analysis of Fonterra's average pay out.