Listen to The Country online: FMG Young Farmer of the Year grand final kicks off

FMG Young Farmer of the Year 2024 grand finalists, Gareth McKerchar (back left), Zayn Jones, Caleb Eady and George Dodson. Archie Woodhouse (front left), Zac Thomas, Dennis Main.

On The Country radio show, host Rowena Duncum catches up with Young Farmers New Zealand chairwoman Chloe Jones, who is on the ground in Hamilton, as the FMG Young Farmer of the Year grand final kicks off today.

On with the show:

Chris Russell:

This week our Australian correspondent talks about New Zealand butter making its way across the ditch, why Aussie researchers are encouraging people to shoot feral pigs, and the Wallabies notching up a win.

Jim van der Poel:

DairyNZ’s chairman says the industry-good body welcomes a new report that supports improvements in genetic gain for New Zealand’s dairy herd.

Chetan Pangam:

The executive chef of Wellington’s One80 restaurant is also a Beef + Lamb NZ ambassador chef and the man behind the delicious dinner at the recent Primary Industries New Zealand Awards. He remembers his journey to New Zealand and talks about how Kiwi lamb has an important role in restaurants in India.

Andrew Gibson:

PGG Wrightson’s Taranaki area livestock manager and auctioneer takes a look at how the market’s going.

Chloe Jones:

The chairwoman of New Zealand Young Farmers is in the thick of it as the FMG Young Farmer of the Year contest kicks off today in Hamilton.

Listen below: