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The Country - Johnny Cash edition

The Country
26 Feb, 2018 12:18 AMQuick Read

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The Country celebrates the music of Johnny Cash as today would have been the Man in Black's 86th birthday.

On with the show:

Phil Duncan:

Monday's resident weather expert says autumn is in the air and we can almost talk about the drought in past tense.

Todd Clark:

We head to Lexington Kentucky – bluegrass country – to catch up with our US farming correspondent to talk about a dismal wet winter and Donald Trump.

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Steve Wyn-Harris and Grant McCallum:

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

Neal Wallace:

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Is a senior journalist who looks at the big stories in this week's issue – Landcorp's tree-planting splurge, strong wool's demise and Fonterra's payout prospects.

Chris Brown:

The COO of Seales Winslow takes a look at the state of the stock feed industry and we ask why New Zealand can't be self-sufficient in grain.

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