The Country - Westland edition

Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay caught up with West Coast correspondent Andy Thompson, who is keeping a watchful eye on the Westland Milk Products shareholder voting process today.

On with the show:

Andy Thompson:

We go to Greymouth as we await the result of world's worst-kept secret - the sale of the dairy cooperative Westland Milk Products to Chinese investor Yili.

Nathan Guy:

National's Spokesperson for Agriculture sits in for his leader, Simon Bridges, and we lament the loss of a dairy farming cooperative and get stuck into the anti-dairy lobby which appears to include David Parker in its ranks.

Rowena Duncum:

We find The Country's executive producer in a heatwave in the south of France as we await the World Shearing Champs over the next four days.

Blair Shortall:

We preview the FMG Young Farmer Grand Final which gets underway in Hawke's Bay today.

Steve Hollander:

The founder of the NZ Rural Games unveils a new sponsor for 2020 and we find out how two Massey University students have ended up being the accidental new World Egg Throwing Champions.

Chris Russell:

Today we find our Australian correspondent in the Adelaide where we talk about a beautiful city, wool, droughts and cricket.

Listen below: