Listen to The Country online: Jack Jordon ready for Stihl Timbersports World Championships

Three-time Stihl Timbersports World Trophy winner Jack Jordan spoke to The Country's Hamish McKay today. Photo / Alyssa Smith

Today on The Country radio show, host Hamish McKay catches up with King Country woodchopping legend Jack Jordon.

Jordon is getting ready to head to Italy for the Stihl Timbersports World Championships, which start in Milan next week.

On with the show:

Damien O’Connor:

We talk methane reduction and gene technology with Labour’s trade spokesman.

Kate Acland:

Beef + Lamb NZ’s chairwoman is in Balclutha for roadshows today.

We ask for her thoughts on the government’s new methane reduction target and the proposed Gene Technology Bill.

Matt Holden:

Director of Kelso Genetics Ltd, and Hawke’s Bay farmer, on his Mates of Mates for Mates initiative.

Jack Jordan:

The Stihl Timbersports World Championships are on in Milan next week. We catch up with New Zealand’s top axeman before he takes off for Italy.

Duncan Humm:

Canterbury deer farmer on an “absolute doozy” of a year for venison.

Listen below: