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Listen to The Country: Kevin ‘Smiley’ Barrett talks farming and footy

The Country
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Jamie Mackay talks to Geoff Ross, Damien O'Connor, Todd Clark, Kevin Barrett, Cam Clayton. Photo / Alex Cairns

Jamie Mackay talks to Geoff Ross, Damien O'Connor, Todd Clark, Kevin Barrett, Cam Clayton. Photo / Alex Cairns

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Taranaki dairy farmer and father of All Blacks, Kevin “Smiley” Barrett.

Naturally, they talk about farming and footy.

On with the show:

Geoff Ross:

The co-owner of Lake Hawea Station says there is a significant deficit in meeting our Paris Climate targets, impacting our global reputation and trade partnerships.

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Importing offshore carbon credits to meet this deficit should be a last resort when a local solution is available.

Damien O’Connor:

Labour’s trade spokesman discusses the India FTA, roads, trucks and the latest RNZ Reid Research poll.

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Todd Clark:

From the bluegrasses of Kentucky (or should that be white grass?), our US farming correspondent comments on a polar vortex storm that has seen temperatures near the Canadian border dropping to as low as -49F (-45C).

The lowest natural temperature ever directly recorded at ground level on Earth is −89.2C (−128.6F) at the then-Soviet Vostok Station in Antarctica.

Smiley Barrett:

Taranaki dairy farmer and the sire of the Barrett rugby clan.

Today we talk farming and footy.

Cam Clayton:

The winner of the Steelfort’s Cub Cadet LX547 ride-on mower valued at $6389.

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