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The Country - Shearing edition

The Country
7 Oct, 2019 12:15 AM2 mins to read

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Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay caught up with shearing legend Sir David Fagan to get his thoughts on the NZ Merino Shears.

Braeden Whitelock:

We head to Japan to talk to a Manawatu dairy farmer who yesterday watched his son captain the All Blacks to big win over Namibia in the Rugby World Cup.

Mike Petersen:

We catch up with New Zealand's retiring Special Agricultural Trade Envoy and look back on his six years in the job and his recent trade trips to the USA and Turkey.

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Phil Duncan:

Monday's resident weather expert says that spring has sprung, with some much-needed warmer weather in store for us.

Sir David Fagan:

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A shearing knight talks about a big night in Alexandra as the 2019-20 show shearing season got underway with the NZ Merino Shears, with West Australian legend Damien Boyle dominating the open final with his eighth win in 10 years.

Steve Wyn-Harris and Grant McCallum:

Today's panel features a Central Hawkes Bay sheep farmer and a Northland cow cocky. Today we debate foreign ownership and investment and discover one of our panelists was, in a past life, invited to be the Special Agricultural Trade Envoy.

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