Rabobank Best of The Country - August 4 2018

Catch up on the best of the week with Rabobank and Jamie Mackay.

This week's top interviews on Rabobank Best of The Country are:

Damien O'Connor:

The Minister of Agriculture discusses yesterday's Red Meat Sector Conference in Napier, the latest on M. bovis, the increasing number of farmers having to seek work off-farm plus he passes judgment on the tenures of John Wilson as Fonterra chairman and Winston Peters as Acting PM..

Rod Oram:

Is a leading business journalist who also attended the Red Meat Sector Conference. He says the influence of the very successful Zespri cooperative is now infiltrating the meat and dairy industries. Plus he reckons the new Fonterra chairman John Monaghan is "less of the same" compared to his predecessors, Sir Henry van der Heyden and John Wilson.

Tim Hunt:

Rabobank's GM Food & Agribusiness Research talks about his presentation earlier in the week to the Red Meat Sector Conference in Napier – Winning the end game in the Middle Kingdom – how we can maximise our return for red meat in China.

Listen below:

Winston Peters:

We talk to the New Zealand First leader for the final time in his capacity as Prime Minister. Or do we?

Joe Wheeler, Scott Robertson and Jason Ryan:

Courtesy of Farmlands, fans of farming and footy, we journey to Japan and Christchurch for this week's preview of the Super Rugby final between the Crusaders and the Lions.