One of New Zealand’s leading sheep breeders is going down the track of self-shedding sheep but that doesn’t mean he’s given up on the wool industry. He reckons his vision is that farmers will run sheep that either grow no wool or lots of good wool.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth:
We find one of our leading farming academics at the NZ Climate Change Conference in Wellington. Plus, she talks about the unintended consequences of several government policies in the aftermath of recent cyclones.
Tom Martin:
Our UK farming correspondent talks cricket, rugby, a French drought, a paucity of Spanish tomatoes, and whether the UK is heading into a recession.
Warren Erickson:
We talk to a Southland farmer riding his bike the length of the country to raise money for the IHC - a cause near and dear to his own family’s heart.
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