Listen to The Country online with Jamie Mackay: Farmer confidence with Rabobank’s Bruce Weir

Bruce Weir, Rabobank's general manager for country banking, talked to The Country's Jamie Mackay about farmer confidence. Photo / Chris Hillock / Rabobank

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Rabobank’s general manager of country banking Bruce Weir, to take a closer look at why farmers are the most confident they’ve been since mid-2017, according to the bank’s latest survey.

On with the show:

Bruce Weir:

Rabobank’s general manager of country banking reviews the bank’s fourth and final Rural Confidence Survey for 2024 — which sees farmer sentiment at its highest level since mid-2017.

Damien O’Connor:

The former Minister of Agriculture and Labour’s current trade spokesman pays tribute to Federated Farmers’ Chris Allen before the gloves come off for one more time in 2024.

Brooke Watson:

Today we kick off our “Countdown to Christmas” promotion with $1000 of toys to be won from a fencing contractor and Ranfurly mum of two.

Farmer Tom Martin:

Our UK farming correspondent comments on the latest farmer protest, the Labour Budget fallout, Storm Darragh and the cricket.

Listen below: