Today on The Country, Sam "Lashes" Casey gained a lot of support for his comments on how expensive it is to enjoy the footy - if you buy food and drink along with your ticket.
On with the show:
Judith Collins:
We ask National's leader who's going to pick ourapples? What's the future for tourism? Should there be a transtasman travel bubble? Should Jacinda have kicked Mike to touch? And who is her favourite political journalist?
Rabobank senior dairy analyst Emma Higgins on the good news that the bank has lifted its farmgate milk price forecast by 80 cents to NZD 7.80/kgMS for the current 2020/21 season.
Chris Russell:
Our Australian correspondent comments on the prospect of a transtasman travel bubble, whether seaweed to stop burping cows is commercially viable, and why the Republican movement will struggle while the Queen's alive.
PGG Wrightson Livestock's National Velvet Manager takes a look at the state of the deer farming industry, where velvet is enjoying better fortunes than venison or the trophy stag market.