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The Country - Fieldays preview edition

The Country
29 Jan, 2018 12:23 AMQuick Read

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A busy Fieldays in 2016. Photo / Alan Gibson

A busy Fieldays in 2016. Photo / Alan Gibson

Today The Country catches up with Peter Nation, the chief executive of Fieldays for a preview of this year's 50th Anniversary of the big event at Mystery Creek.

On with the show:

Phil Duncan:

Monday's resident weather expert says, mercifully, some serious rain could be coming the way of the drought regions later this week.

Peter Nation:

The chief executive of Fieldays takes time out from crutching lambs on his life-sentence block to preview this year's 50th Anniversary National Agricultural Fieldays at Mystery Creek.

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Hayden Dillon:

We catch up with the Head of Corporate Agri-business for Crowe Horwath at day two of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales at Karaka.

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Neal Wallace:

A senior journo has a look at the big rural issues and stories of the week.

Steve Wyn-Harris and Grant McCallum:

Today's panel features a Central Hawkes Bay sheep farmer and a Northland cow cocky.

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