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The Country - Jim Hopkins edition

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Today The Country's Jamie Mackay is joined in the studio by rural raconteur Jim Hopkins.

On with the show:

Andrew Hoggard:

Federated Farmers' Vice President talks M Bovis and the why he's not a fan of a Zero Carbon Act.

Nathan Penny:

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ASB's Rural Economist looks back on a 2017 financial year where the exchange rate, interest rates and strong wool prices went nowhere!

Blair McLean and Jane Hunter:

It's your chance to win some Xmas bubbles with our Winery of the Week – Hunter's Wine

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Jane Smith and Nadine Porter:

Today's panel features a former BFEA winner and the former Communications Manager for Young Farmers as they both nominate their Ag Person of the Year.

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