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.
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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.
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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!
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Image 1 of 4: Up close and personal with an alligator in a Louisiana bayou.
Image 1 of 4: Texas rancher Kenneth Allan from the Timberline Ranch in south east Texas addressing the touring group in front of his prized Brahman/Hereford cattle.
Jamie enjoys the view of the mighty Mississippi whilst being serenaded by ... a recorder?
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!
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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.
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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.
