The Country - Fonterra edition

Today The Country looks into Fonterra's pay out to Danone and defends the dairy co-operative against social media keyboard warriors.

On with the show:

Phil Duncan:

Monday's resident weather expert says New Zealand is warmer and drier than average and now the sea surface temperatures are not only above average, they are warmer than average more so than anywhere else on the globe. We ask the $64,000 question. When is it going to rain?

Andrew Hoggard:

The Vice President of Federated Farmers expresses his initial disappointment in the $183 million Fonterra payout to Danone and his lack of interest in the creative art of rural sculptures.

David Foote:

We go 'Outback with Allflex' to yarn to David Foote from Australian Country Choice, one of the world's largest vertically integrated beef operations, as we continue our weekly series profiling some of the leading lights in the Platinum Primary Producers Group, comprising 150 of the largest and most productive farmers across Australasia.

Bryan Gibson:

The editor of the New Zealand Farmers Weekly looks at the big stories in this week's issue plus we preview the NZ Rural Sculpture Awards being held in the Manawatu town of Kimbolton in April.

Don Nicolson and David Broome:

Today's panel features a former President of Federated Farmers and a former Chief of Staff for Winston Peters.

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