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The Country - Plough edition

The Country
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Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay spoke to Mark Dillon about the New Zealand Ploughing Champs which kick off tomorrow in Riversdale.

On with the show:

Belinda Price:

We caught up with the 2021 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year - a Whanganui sharemilker who wears many hats in the industry.

Don Carson:

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The PR guy for the NZ Forest Owners Association said the industry was on a high. He also made an interesting comparison of world commodity prices over the past decade for forestry, dairy and coffee.

Mark Dillon:

We previewed the New Zealand Ploughing Champs which start in Riversdale tomorrow.

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Rowland Smith:

In the absence of Sir David Fagan, we caught up with the hot favourite for the New Zealand Shearing Champs in Te Kuiti.

Tim Myers:

We found the chief executive of Norwood in Central Otago as we talked about what's happening in Southland and the Suez Canal.

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Farmer ploughing on with preparations for NZ Championships

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Farmer reunited with globe-trotting F-1900 tractor

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Belinda Price is Dairy Woman of the Year

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Woolhandling talent shines on first day of NZ Shears

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Barry Soper:

We found our political correspondent in the thick of the school strike for Climate Change. Plus, we pondered Christopher Luxon's and Simon Bridges' leadership aspirations.

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