Listen to The Country online: Mike Petersen’s Ag Person of the Year

Hawke's Bay farmer and former special ag trade envoy Mike Petersen spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today. Photo / Duncan Brown

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Hawke’s Bay farmer Mike Petersen to ask the former special ag trade envoy an important question.

Who is his Ag Person of the Year?

On with the show:

Mike Petersen:

Hawke’s Bay farmer and former special ag trade envoy and chairman of Beef + Lamb NZ.

Today we yarn about the big dry, progress on the Tukituki dam, an FTA with India, Trump’s tariffs and Petersen’s Ag Person of the Year.

Richard Dawkins:

Marlborough farmer and Federated Farmers’ meat and wool chairman.

Today, he talks about the “Twelve Pests of Christmas” and why there are no politicians on the list.

We also preview today’s RMA announcement from the Government and discuss the big dry.

Todd Charteris:

The chief executive of Rabobank comments on the bank’s latest farmer confidence survey, in which farmer sentiment dips from near-record highs, with dairy farmers now less confident.

Farmer Tom Martin:

Our UK farming correspondent discusses one of the worst grain harvests on record (three of the worst five on record have happened since 2020).

We also discuss the worst government ever for British farmers and one of the better English rugby sides.

Jo Luxton:

Labour’s agriculture spokeswoman comments on the RMA, an FTA with India, carbon farming, the associated wildfires and the latest poll.

Listen below: