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The Country - Germany edition

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Today on The Country we say auf wiedersehen to Jamie Mackay as he heads off to Germany for a week.

On with the show:

Leonie Guiney:

We talk to a former Fonterra director who's encouraged by some of the rhetoric from the new leadership team and she hopes the dairy giant has turned the corner after yesterday's dismal financial result.

Chris Russell:

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Australian correspondent goes in to bat for the merits of genetic modification, promotes his new podcast series "Agriminders" being launched on Monday and he has the latest on the drought .

Tim Myers and Smiley Barrett:

Today's panel features the Norwood chief executive and the Norwood Brand Ambassador as we talk farming, farm machinery, footy and a bit of bull.

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Grant Edwards:

We take our monthly look at the wool market with the GM of PGG Wrightson Wool.

Barry Soper:

Our political correspondent ponders whether Winston's running the country and whether the coalition government is in trouble.

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