Today on The Country, Rowena Duncum spoke to Meat industry Association chief executive Sirma Karapeeva about how the worker shortage is affecting the red meat sector.
On with the show:
Sirma Karapeeva:
The chief executive of the Meat Industry Association on the challenges facing the red meat sector including a shortage of halal butchers.
Tony Cochrane:
PGG Wrightson's national deer and velvet manager gives us an update on the industry.
Seth Carrier:
Our NIWA weather forecaster goes in search of rain as dry conditions continue for parts of the country.
Jim van der Poel:
DairyNZ chair talks about the labour shortage, as well as the He Waka Eke Noa roadshow, which is going out to the regions in February.
Chris Russell:
Our Aussie correspondent gives us a Covid update, talks about rising live cattle prices, how farmers are celebrating floods and a stoush over plant-based food terminology.
Listen below: