The Country - Apples and Pears edition

Today on The Country Rowena Duncum is in charge, as Jamie Mackay is away MCing for the NZ Apples and Pears annual conference in Queenstown.

On with the show:

Bernadette Hunt:

The Vice President of Southland Federated Farmers talks about winter grazing and implores farmers to remain calm when confronted with misleading images.

Michael Every:

Rabobank's Asia Pacific Strategist from the political hot bed of Hong Kong, and in light of the US-China trade war, to ask him if the world is going to hell in a hand cart.

Chris Russell:

Today our Aussie correspondent talks about a how US clothing tariffs on China have affected the wool market, pig growers jailed for smuggling Danish pig semen into Australia and reluctantly, the rugby.

Alan Pollard:

Jamie Mackay catches up with the chief executive of NZ Apples and Pears at the annual conference in Queenstown.

Blair McLean:

Our Blenheim-based wine correspondent reveals his winery of the week.

Listen below: