Listen to The Country online: Lake Hāwea Station’s Geoff Ross on monetising on-farm scrub

Geoff Ross of Lake Hāwea Station spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today.

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Lake Hāwea Station’s Geoff Ross to talk about Carbonfields — a new venture helping hill country farmers earn extra income from existing woody vegetation by attaining carbon credits through the ETS.

On with the show:

Nigel Woodhead:

We catch up with the 2017 Young Farmer of the Year and the host of this afternoon’s Southern Storm Shout at the Woodhead farm at Lovell’s Flat (halfway between Milton and Balclutha).

The Emerson’s Tiny Pub and Speight’s Bar will be in attendance, sharing the love, and Silver Fern Farms is in charge of the barbecue.

Geoff Ross:

The man behind New Zealand’s first carbon-neutral farm, Lake Hāwea Station, shares his plan to help fellow farmers monetise their existing woody vegetation by attaining carbon credits through the ETS.

It’s called Carbonfields.

Mark de Lautour:

The chief executive of Open Country Dairy, and soothsayer of milk prices, joins us to discuss a falling market.

Chris Russell:

Our Australian correspondent talks about a possible reimposition of Trump tariffs on Aussie beef.

Plus, we talk Net Zero 2050 and the Ashes.

Greg Menzies:

The marketing manager of Emerson’s, and all-around good bugger, wraps the show from the Woodhead Ranch.

Listen below: