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Rabobank Best of The Country - March 16, 2019

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15 Mar, 2019 06:00 PM2 mins to read

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This week on the Best of The Country, Jamie Mackay took a look at Rabobank's March Agribusiness Monthly Report with CEO Todd Charteris.

This week's top interviews are:

Steve Maharey:

We yarn to the former Labour Cabinet Minister and VC of Massey University about beautifying Palmy North, NZ Agri-food Week and the Central Field Days and what chance Donald Trump in 2020?

Chris Russell:

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This week our Australian correspondent talks about supermarket milk prices, irrigators in New South Wales on zero allocation and a spot of cricket.

Jacinda Ardern:

The PM ponders Pike River re-entry, her CGT headache, whether Shane Jones is a "hard dog to keep on the porch" and whether our cooling relationship with China is now warming up again?

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Todd Charteris:

The chief executive of Rabobank reviews his bank's March Agribusiness Monthly Report which is largely positive for the primary sector.

Bruce Cameron:

The Chairman of Zespri joins us to discuss the new season's harvest getting underway, the potential of red kiwifruit, the Growers Group taking on MPI and the dry season in the Bay of Plenty.

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Judith Collins:

She's happy to be the MP for Papakura but she's not so happy about kindergarten children protesting against climate change, a capital gains tax and some of Shane Jones' behavior.

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