Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay asked NIWA weather forecaster Ben Noll if he had any good news for drought-affected Kiwi farmers.
On with the show:
Miles Hurrell:
Fonterra's chief executive reviewed another steady-as-she-goes overnight GDT auction (down 0.1 per cent, WMP +0.4 per cent). He also said milk volumeswere still pumping, despite the dry end to the season.
Today the rural raconteur didn't see the funny side of some of the government's health, environmental and forestry reforms. Plus, he had a positive message for misery merchants.
Shane McManaway:
Today's one-man panel (in the absence of his sidekick Doug Avery) featured the former chief executive of Allflex. These days he's a Wairarapa farmer building a health centre for his community in his spare time. We asked if the government's health reforms would affect his philanthropic venture.
Our NIWA weather guy had no good news for drought-affected farmers on the east coasts of both islands.
Jeffrey Morrison:
Rabobank's National Manager Farm Support talked about the bank's latest initiative to get our youngest and brightest into agriculture and, ultimately, farm ownership.
