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The Country - Technical edition

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Sound mixer in professional radio broadcasting and music recording studio.

Sound mixer in professional radio broadcasting and music recording studio.

Today on The Country, Rowena Duncum and Tess the Apprentice successfully navigated technical difficulties as the show went off the air.

On with the show:

Today's show:

Phil Duncan:

Monday's weather expert says it's going to be a mild week – despite the dismal conditions in the South.

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Todd Charteris:

Rabobank's chief executive takes a look at the bank's latest Rural Confidence Survey which shows an even split of farmers expecting the agricultural economy performance to improve and those expecting it to worsen.

Julia Jones:

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The Eureka-based Head of Insight for NZX talks about rural charity Meat the Need and explains that when it comes to agriculture - "regenerative" is not a dirty word.

Andrew Burtt:

Beef + Lamb New Zealand's chief economist comments on the new season outlook, which showed global demand for sheepmeat and beef was positive for the 2021-22 season.

Steve Wynn-Harris and Grant McCallum:

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