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 - thesale of the dairy cooperative Westland Milk Products to Chinese investor Yili.
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.
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.
