Listen to The Country online: Fieldays preview with Rowena Duncum

Rowena Duncum got to Fieldays early to do all the hard work before Jamie Mackay arrived.

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Rowena Duncum, who is at Mystery Creek.

She was getting everything ready for Fieldays, which kicks off tomorrow.

On with the show:

Rowena Duncum:

With one sleep to go, we get a scene set from Mystery Creek from our woman on the ground!

Farmer Tom Martin:

Our UK farming correspondent comments on the driest spring in 132 years.

Plus, the NFU warns that farms face financial ruin unless the Treasury rethinks its “destructive” inheritance tax.

Hunter McGregor:

Our guy in Shanghai is a Kiwi selling venison and red meat to the Chinese.

Today, we talk about “summer plum rains”, green shoots in the economy, and Trump’s tariffs.

Chris Russell:

Our Australian correspondent says Trump’s tariffs are making absolutely no difference to Aussie beef’s record exports to the US.

Plus, we ask, “Who’s got the biggest” when it comes to Agricultural Field Days?

Kevin Mortenson:

We wrap “International Day” here on The Country by heading to the exotic locale of Pio Pio in the King Country, as we take our monthly look at the state of the livestock market with the team from PGG Wrightson.

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