North Otago farmer, and award-winning environmentalist, compared Ag Minister Damien O’Connor to Captain Bligh and his infamous quote - “the beatings will continue until morale improves” - when it came to his attitude toward farmers.
Emma Higgins:
Rabobank’s senior animal proteins analyst offered her thoughts on this week’s GDT auction (up 2.7 per cent, WMP plus 5.3 per cent) and red meat prospects. Plus, we talked about the correlation between oil and soft commodity prices.
David Seymour:
The Act Party leader talked about who was going to be his Ag spokesperson, the Nats’ tax policy, Chippy’s public service bonfire and Winston’s latest social media stunt.
Farmer Tom Martin:
Our UK farming correspondent talked rugby, harvesting, the Ukraine war, Rishi Sunak and Farmer Time in schools.
Vanessa Winning:
The chief executive of IrrigationNZ wanted to use the election to promote climate change adaptation, increase water storage and support farmers to change marginal land into high-value crops. Plus she sang the praises of the Waimea Dam.
Todd McClay:
National’s agriculture spokesman talked about his party’s Ag policy while scoffing at Damien O’Connor’s “continuation of all the good things we’ve been doing” comment in relation to Labour’s Ag policy.
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