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Listen to The Country online: Young Farmer of the Year Hugh Jackson’s mental health journey

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2025 FMG Young Farmer of the Year Hugh Jackson spoke to The Country's Hamish McKay today.

2025 FMG Young Farmer of the Year Hugh Jackson spoke to The Country's Hamish McKay today.

Today on The Country radio show, host Hamish McKay catches up with 2025 FMG Young Farmer of the Year Hugh Jackson for the final interview of Mental Health Awareness Week.

Jackson talks about his battle with depression and shares how he cares for his mental wellbeing.

On with the show:

Hugh Jackson:

Today’s Mental Health Awareness Week interview is with the 2025 FMG Young Farmer of the Year.

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He reflects on being “haunted by the black dog” in 2020, and how he helps keep it at bay.

Paul Allison:

It’s time for McKay on Sport, with one of New Zealand’s leading sports commentators.

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Chris Russell:

Our Australian correspondent discusses great prices for wool and processor cows.

Plus, a new alternative to Roundup, Australian Richard Robson winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and Aboriginal rainstick technology.

Grant McCallum and Andrew Hoggard:

Today’s farmer-politician panel tackles the Paris Agreement, wilding pines, and farmer confidence.

Jasper van Halder:

We catch up with the chief executive of Agnition, a subsidiary of Ravensdown, to find out more about the Farm Innovation Network.

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