The Country Southern USA Farming Tour 2018

The Country host, Jamie Mackay is touring around Southern USA with a group of farmers keeping him on his toes.

Keep up with their latest antics with Jamie's photo gallery and with interviews from the show.

Check out Jamie Mackay's photo galleries below.

**Image 1 of 16:** Not a bad place to visit on day two of The Country's Farming Tour of the Southern States. The Space Centre Houston. Home to NASA.

**Image 1 of 16:** Not a bad place to visit on day two of The Country's Farming Tour of the Southern States. The Space Centre Houston. Home to NASA.

**Image 2 of 16:** Kick arse Saturn 5 that launched the Apollo missions. Largest ⁦NASA⁩ rocket ever built.

**Image 2 of 16:** Kick arse Saturn 5 that launched the Apollo missions. Largest ⁦NASA⁩ rocket ever built.

**Image 4 of 16:** Home of the Kentucky Derby.

**Image 4 of 16:** Home of the Kentucky Derby.

**Image 5 of 16:** The Country farming and sightseeing tour arrives in Louisville...home of The Greatest.

**Image 5 of 16:** The Country farming and sightseeing tour arrives in Louisville...home of The Greatest.

**Image 6 of 16:** Covering the naughty bits on the Statue of David in Louisville ...

**Image 6 of 16:** Covering the naughty bits on the Statue of David in Louisville ...

**Image 7 of 16:** At the home of Kentucky Bourbon.

**Image 7 of 16:** At the home of Kentucky Bourbon.

**Image 8 of 16:** Louisville Slugger. Where they make the baseball bats.

**Image 8 of 16:** Louisville Slugger. Where they make the baseball bats.

**Image 9 of 16:** Silver Charm. Winner of the 1997 Kentucky Derby. At the "Old Friends" Retirement Farm for race horses at Lexington.

**Image 9 of 16:** Silver Charm. Winner of the 1997 Kentucky Derby. At the "Old Friends" Retirement Farm for race horses at Lexington.

**Image 10 of 16:** Ribeye steak at $14.49 per pound at a Kroger supermarket. Do the kilogram and currency conversion and we are pretty much in the same ball park price wise.

**Image 10 of 16:** Ribeye steak at $14.49 per pound at a Kroger supermarket. Do the kilogram and currency conversion and we are pretty much in the same ball park price wise.

**Image 11 of 16:** Or you could try organic lamb loin chops at $14.99 per pound ($33 per kilogram). Very difficult to find lamb in a US supermarket.

**Image 11 of 16:** Or you could try organic lamb loin chops at $14.99 per pound ($33 per kilogram). Very difficult to find lamb in a US supermarket.

**Image 12 of 16:** Real cowboys herding cattle at the new supersized covered Lexington sale yards. A really slick 5 star operation complete with restaurant, retail and museum.

**Image 12 of 16:** Real cowboys herding cattle at the new supersized covered Lexington sale yards. A really slick 5 star operation complete with restaurant, retail and museum.

**Image 13 of 16:** The latest stop on tour. The National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where you can buy this 2019, 7 litre, 750 hp supercharged hot convertible Corvette for a cool $US 150k.

**Image 13 of 16:** The latest stop on tour. The National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where you can buy this 2019, 7 litre, 750 hp supercharged hot convertible Corvette for a cool $US 150k.

**Image 14 of 16:** Three great artists side by side at the Country Music Hall Of Fame.

**Image 14 of 16:** Three great artists side by side at the Country Music Hall Of Fame.

**Image 15 of 16:** Amongst a huge wall of gold records in the Country Music Hall of Fame, I literally stumble into this favourite.

**Image 15 of 16:** Amongst a huge wall of gold records in the Country Music Hall of Fame, I literally stumble into this favourite.

**Image 16 of 16:** At the RDF-TV studios in Nashville with Marlin⁩ Bohling. These guys are the largest Rural TV and Radio broadcasters in North America!

**Image 16 of 16:** At the RDF-TV studios in Nashville with Marlin⁩ Bohling. These guys are the largest Rural TV and Radio broadcasters in North America!

Image 1 of 16: Not a bad place to visit on day two of The Country's Farming Tour of the Southern States. The Space Centre Houston. Home to NASA.

Photo Gallery Two:

**Image 1 of 4:** The ⁦Allflex⁩ eartag has been to some pretty cool places on ⁦The Country⁩ tour of the southern states of the USA. But the Ryman Auditorium - home of the Grand Ole Opry - in Nashville takes some beating.

**Image 1 of 4:** The ⁦Allflex⁩ eartag has been to some pretty cool places on ⁦The Country⁩ tour of the southern states of the USA. But the Ryman Auditorium - home of the Grand Ole Opry - in Nashville takes some beating.

**Image 3 of 4:** Johnny Cash is everywhere in Nashville. This from the wall of our hotel bar.

**Image 3 of 4:** Johnny Cash is everywhere in Nashville. This from the wall of our hotel bar.

**Image 4 of 4:** The wreath marks the spot where Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4th, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. It is haunting.

**Image 4 of 4:** The wreath marks the spot where Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4th, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. It is haunting.

Image 1 of 4: The ⁦Allflex⁩ eartag has been to some pretty cool places on ⁦The Country⁩ tour of the southern states of the USA. But the Ryman Auditorium - home of the Grand Ole Opry - in Nashville takes some beating.

Photo Gallery Three:

**Image 1 of 10:** Room 306 at the Lorraine Motel - now the National Civil Rights Museum. Outside on the balcony Dr Martin Luther King was shot dead by James Earl Ray.

**Image 1 of 10:** Room 306 at the Lorraine Motel - now the National Civil Rights Museum. Outside on the balcony Dr Martin Luther King was shot dead by James Earl Ray.

**Image 3 of 10:** The King is dead. Long live the King.

**Image 3 of 10:** The King is dead. Long live the King.

**Image 4 of 10:** I'm going to Graceland.

**Image 4 of 10:** I'm going to Graceland.

**Image 5 of 10:** Graceland - Going straight to the Pool Room! 70's tacky but gloriously Elvis.

**Image 5 of 10:** Graceland - Going straight to the Pool Room! 70's tacky but gloriously Elvis.

**Image 6 of 10:** X marks the spot where Rock'n'Roll was born.

**Image 6 of 10:** X marks the spot where Rock'n'Roll was born.

**Image 7 of 10:** Where Elvis cut his first record at Sun Studio in Memphis.

**Image 7 of 10:** Where Elvis cut his first record at Sun Studio in Memphis.

**Image 8 of 10:** The sun is shining on Elvis.

**Image 8 of 10:** The sun is shining on Elvis.

**Image 9 of 10:** Elvis had some pretty handy stablemates.

**Image 9 of 10:** Elvis had some pretty handy stablemates.

**Image 10 of 10:** Elvis had some pretty handy stablemates.

Image 1 of 10: Room 306 at the Lorraine Motel - now the National Civil Rights Museum. Outside on the balcony Dr Martin Luther King was shot dead by James Earl Ray.

Photo Gallery Four:

**Image 1 of 12:** We have just discovered the best barman in the USA. Bryan Price in Natchez on the Mississippi. No wonder his tip jar is full!

**Image 1 of 12:** We have just discovered the best barman in the USA. Bryan Price in Natchez on the Mississippi. No wonder his tip jar is full!

**Image 2 of 12:** Not a bad view to wake up to from the hotel room at Natchez. The Mighty Mississippi.

**Image 2 of 12:** Not a bad view to wake up to from the hotel room at Natchez. The Mighty Mississippi.

**Image 3 of 12:** Oak Alley Plantation, a historic sugar plantation on the banks of the Mississippi. The 400 metre oak alley (the trees are more than 200 years old) leads up to the stunning mansion which was built in 1837.

**Image 3 of 12:** Oak Alley Plantation, a historic sugar plantation on the banks of the Mississippi. The 400 metre oak alley (the trees are more than 200 years old) leads up to the stunning mansion which was built in 1837.

**Image 4 of 12:** Oak Alley Plantation, a historic sugar plantation on the banks of the Mississippi.

**Image 4 of 12:** Oak Alley Plantation, a historic sugar plantation on the banks of the Mississippi.

**Image 5 of 12:** First outing on tour of the Southern States of the USA for the ⁦Rugby Southland⁩ commemorative Stags jersey as we head to an Irish Bar in New Orleans to watch the All Blacks⁩ test.

**Image 5 of 12:** First outing on tour of the Southern States of the USA for the ⁦Rugby Southland⁩ commemorative Stags jersey as we head to an Irish Bar in New Orleans to watch the All Blacks⁩ test.

**Image 6 of 12:** Watching the rugby at an Irish Bar.

**Image 6 of 12:** Watching the rugby at an Irish Bar.

**Image 7 of 12:** Watching the rugby at an Irish Bar with our new Welsh friends!

**Image 7 of 12:** Watching the rugby at an Irish Bar with our new Welsh friends!

**Image 8 of 12:** The Mississippi is seriously wide at New Orleans.

**Image 8 of 12:** The Mississippi is seriously wide at New Orleans.

**Image 9 of 12:** Bourbon Street, New Orleans. Crazy place. Like the Hyde Street Keg Party and New Years at the Mount added together and multiplied by 50!

**Image 9 of 12:** Bourbon Street, New Orleans. Crazy place. Like the Hyde Street Keg Party and New Years at the Mount added together and multiplied by 50!

**Image 10 of 12:** Bourbon Street. The morning after.

**Image 10 of 12:** Bourbon Street. The morning after.

**Image 11 of 12:** City Park New Orleans. 1300 acres (Central Park in NY is 900). My favourite piece in the sculpture park is titled "Too Late" - artistic commentary about George W Bush's appallingly slow response to Hurricane Katrina in 2006.

**Image 11 of 12:** City Park New Orleans. 1300 acres (Central Park in NY is 900). My favourite piece in the sculpture park is titled "Too Late" - artistic commentary about George W Bush's appallingly slow response to Hurricane Katrina in 2006.

**Image 12 of 12:** The Norwegian Breakaway. The biggest cruise ship to ever berth at New Orleans. The locals are wondering how they're going to turn it around in the Mississippi?

**Image 12 of 12:** The Norwegian Breakaway. The biggest cruise ship to ever berth at New Orleans. The locals are wondering how they're going to turn it around in the Mississippi?

Image 1 of 12: We have just discovered the best barman in the USA. Bryan Price in Natchez on the Mississippi. No wonder his tip jar is full!

Photo Gallery Five:

**Image 1 of 4:** Up close and personal with an alligator in a Louisiana bayou.

**Image 1 of 4:** Up close and personal with an alligator in a Louisiana bayou.

**Image 2 of 4:** Major General Andrew Jackson. Front and centre of Jackson Square at the heart of the French Quarter.

**Image 2 of 4:** Major General Andrew Jackson. Front and centre of Jackson Square at the heart of the French Quarter.

**Image 3 of 4:** Street Art. "Bourbon leads to Desire."

**Image 3 of 4:** Street Art. "Bourbon leads to Desire."

**Image 4 of 4:** A night out at the NBA. It's the New Orleans Pelicans trailing the San Antonio Spurs!

**Image 4 of 4:** A night out at the NBA. It's the New Orleans Pelicans trailing the San Antonio Spurs!

Image 1 of 4: Up close and personal with an alligator in a Louisiana bayou.

Photo Gallery Six:

Image 1 of 1: Only in Texas ...

Jamie enjoys the view of the mighty Mississippi whilst being serenaded by ... a recorder?

Rollin’ on the River...#Mississippi pic.twitter.com/1ejpS7vB1g
— The Country (@TheCountry) November 19, 2018

Jamie Mackay and Todd Clark:

The Country's Executive Producer Rowena Duncum caught up with Jamie Mackay and our US correspondent Todd Clark from Lexington Kentucky on the South States Farming Tour. Mackay informs Clark that he will be hosting 31 Kiwi farmers for dinner!

Listen below:

Jamie Mackay in Nashville:

Jamie gives a tour update from Nashville, where he visited the National Civil Rights Museum and met rural broadcasting legend Marlin Bohling.

Listen below:

Jamie Mackay in New Orleans:

Jamie Mackay updates us on his farming and sightseeing tour of southern USA. Today we find him near the mighty Mississippi, soaking up the sights of Bourbon Street.

Jamie Mackay in Texas:

Today Jamie tells Rowena and Sam about his adventures in Texas and admits he may have lost a couple of tour members.

Jamie has been catching up on the sights and sounds of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale at Lexington, Kentucky.

Going, going, gone! For $200k at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale at Lexington, Kentucky. pic.twitter.com/BzAmxqUPkQ
— The Country (@TheCountry) November 11, 2018

Although he struggled to work out what was being said at this Lexington sale yard.

Some free ⁦@Skellerup⁩ Red Band leather work boots for the first one who can figure out what these cattle fetched at the Lexington sale yards?#onlyinamerica pic.twitter.com/jocksVDaNi
— The Country (@TheCountry) November 12, 2018

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