Today The Country is coming to you from Jamie Mackay's favourite place - Queenstown.
On with the show:
Phil Duncan:
Monday's resident weather expert is keeping a wary eye on Cyclone Gita.
Dave Yard:
MPI's Incident Controller for M Bovis Response updates the latest reported outbreaks of the disease in Southland and Waitaki District, as the number of infected farms has now climbed to 23.
Steve Wyn-Harris and Grant McCallum:
Today's panel features a Central Hawkes Bay sheep farmer and a Northland cow cocky.
Julian Raine:
The President of Horticulture New Zealand comments on challenging climatic conditions but says the planets are aligning for prices.
Tim Brittain:
The 2017 Steak of Origin Grand Champion encourages other beef farmers to enter the 2018 competition with entries due to close on Wednesday.
Neal Wallace:
Senior journalist from the New Zealand Farmers Weekly looks at the big stories in this week's issue.
Listen below:
Tararua District farmer Bernard Arends had a big start to the sheep dog trials series.