Today on The Country Jamie Mackay talks to Matthew Herbert, a Taranaki sharemilker who has started an online petition to "Save Tip Top Ice Cream."
Phil Duncan:
Monday's resident weather expert, tells us all about a big high rolling in to New Zealand and what it means for Kiwi farmers.
Matthew Herbert:
We talk to a media-savvy Taranaki sharemilker and Fonterra supplier who has started an on-line petition to "Save Tip Top Ice Cream" and so far he has gathered more than 5000 signatures.
One of New Zealand's leading farming academics emphatically responds to Greenpeace claims that we need to ban New Zealand's hidden climate killer - synthetic nitrogen fertiliser.
Today's panel features a Central Hawkes Bay sheep farmer and a Northland cow cocky and on the menu is Fonterra's clawback, Landcorp making tax submissions, National dubious poll ratings and the dog's breakfast that is Kiwibuild.