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The Country - Melbourne Cup edition

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Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay and Sam "Lashes" Casey catch up with Rowena Duncum who is getting ready for the Melbourne Cup.

On with the show:

Dr Alix Barclay:

MPI's Intelligence Manager for the M.bovis response updates the encouraging progress in the battle against the cattle disease as the bulk milk testing program nears its final stage.

Peter Cullinane:

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The marketing guru behind Lewis Road Creamery has formed a joint venture with Southern Pastures and Westland Milk Products to market high-end New Zealand butter into the USA with Houston and Los Angeles being the first ports of call.

Nathan Penny:

ASB's Rural Economist is predicting no change in tonight's GDT auction plus we also cast our eye over the OCR, the exchange rate and the good prospects for red meat prices.

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Rowena Duncum and Humphrey O'Leary:

We head to Melbourne for the race that stops two nations to chat to our producer and one of the owners of Kiwi battler.

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