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Interview Archive
Bruce Wallis
Listen to the Bruce Wallis Interview02/02/10 - We talk to an innovative and daring Waikato cow cocky who has built his very own “Field of Dreams” in Cambridge.
Howie Gardner and Stu Chapman
Listen to the Howie Gardner and Stu Chapman Interview02/02/10 - From a Field of Dreams we head to the City of Sin, Las Vegas, where representatives of Elders Wool are attempting to gain a much-needed premium for New Zealand strong wool.
Colin Meads and Dick Tayler
Listen to the Colin Meads and Dick Tayler Interview01/02/10 - We kick off the show by journeying back in time to 1971 with two of New Zealand’s most iconic sportsmen.
Owen Poole
Listen to the Owen Poole Interview29/01/10 - Following on from yesterday’s discussion with Eoin Garden, the chairman of Silver Fern Farms, today it is the turn of the chairman of the Alliance Group to discuss the state of play in the meat industry.
Ben Russell
Listen to the Ben Russell Interview28/01/10 - We ask the GM of Rabobank New Zealand whether farmers have regained their mojo?
Sir Brian Lochore
Listen to the Sir Brian Lochore Interview26/01/10 - We chew the fat with our roving North Island Farming Ambassador, who’s enjoying a wet summer following three consecutive years of drought on his Wairarapa farm.
Gray Baldwin
Listen to the Gray Baldwin Interview26/01/10 - We hear from a high-profile farmer who has a real problem with the prospect of power pylons going through his Waikato property.
Ken Milne
Listen to the Ken Milne Interview26/01/10 - We journey back to 1974 and talk with a South Canterbury sporting legend who’s spent a lifetime in the wool industry.
Rod Slater
Listen to the Rod Slater interview25/01/10 - The CEO of Beef and Lamb New Zealand is encouraging sheep farmers to the enter the “Glammies” as the search begins for the best lamb in the land.
Ken Ring
Listen to the Ken Ring Interview20/01/10 - The man who predicts the weather by the moon is sticking by his prediction of a colder summer for many.
Norman Moe
Listen to the Norman Moe Interview19/01/10 - We debate Federated Farmers’ call to the lift the ban on commercial trout farming with an industry expert on aquaculture.
Dick Tayler/Graeme Smith
Listen to the Dick Tayler/Graeme Smith Interview21/12/09 - We wrap the farming year with two regular contributors to 2009’s show.
Tony Leggett
Listen to the Tony Leggett interview21/12/09 - The managing editor of the New Zealand Farmers Weekly looks at the good, the bad and the ugly of 2009 and makes his predictions for 2010.
Jim Hopkins
Listen to the Jim Hopkins Interview21/12/09 - The voice behind the National Bank Young Farmer Contest comes up with some cracking country carols.
Graeme Williams
Listen to the Graeme Williams Interview18/12/09 - Is an East Coast farmer and poet who has a humorous crack at the “latte set”.
Keith Berry
Listen to the Keith Berry Interview18/12/09 - We announce the first of our winners in the Texel Lamb Yield Competition.
Henry van der Heyden
Listen to the Henry van der Heyden Interview17/12/09 - The chairman of Fonterra looks back on a yo-yo year for the dairy industry.
Tony St Clair
Listen to the Tony St Clair Interview17/12/09 - In the absence of Thursday regular John Key, who’s saving the planet in Copenhagen, we catch up with our man at the Climate Change Summit.
Don Fraser
Listen to the Don Fraser Interview17/12/09 - The man behind Fraser Farm Finance reviews 2009 – a challenging year for farmers.
Ben Russell
Listen to the Ben Russell InterviewThe GM of Rabobank New Zealand is another who casts his eye back over 2009.
Sir Brian Lochore
Listen to the Sir Brian Lochore Interview16/12/09 - Our roving North Island Farming Ambassador reviews the farming and footy year!
Alan Emerson
Listen to the Alan Emerson Interview15/12/09 - We are joined by the author of an excellent new farming book “Future Food Farming - New Zealand Inc. meeting tomorrow’s markets”
Doug Edmeades
Listen to the Doug Edmeades Interview10/12/09 - Is a Hamilton-based soil scientist who’s hot under his sartorial collar about ‘factory farming’ dairy cows and climate change.
David Carter
Listen to the David Carter Interview09/12/09 - The Minister of Agriculture voices his displeasure at the prospect of “factory-farmed” cows.
Tony Alexander
Listen to the Tony Alexander Interview09/12/09 - The chief economist of the Bank of New Zealand looks back on one of the most tumultuous years in financial history.
Dr Russel Norman and Lachlan McKenzie
Listen to the Dr Russel Norman and Lachlan McKenzie Interview08/12/09 - The Greens co-leader and Federated Farmers’ Dairy chairman debate whether the so-called “factory farming” of dairy cows in the Mackenzie Basin should go ahead.
Rod Slater
Listen to the Rod Slater Interview08/12/09 - The Chief Executive of Beef and Lamb New Zealand denies Sir Paul McCartney’s claims that eating less meat will save the planet plus he extols the virtues of his stable of sponsored sporting stars in light of the Tiger Woods scandal.
Chris Kelly
Listen to the Chris Kelly Interview01/12/09 - We catch up with the most powerful and influential man in the New Zealand primary sector, according to the New Zealand Listener’s 2009 Power and Influence List.
David Hughes
Listen to the David Hughes Interview26/11/09 - We catch up with the Professor of Agribusiness and Food Marketing at the Imperial College of London who’s in the country on a lecture tour for Rabobank.
Nick Smith
Listen to the Nick Smith Interview26/11/09 - In the absence of his leader John Key, we talk with the Minister responsible for formulating, and driving through, the National government’s new Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
Rob Davison
Listen to the Rob Davison Interview25/11/09 - The Executive Director of Meat and Wool New Zealand’s Economic Service reviews his organization’s 2009 lamb crop report which resulted in a record average 124% lambing percentage across the country.
Chris Hodgkins
Listen to the Chris Hodgkins Interview20/11/09 - We yarn to the 2009 UK Sheep Farmer of the Year about how New Zealand genetics helped him win the title.
Tony Hammington
Listen to the Tony Hammington Interview18/11/09 - Rabobank’s ‘Succession Planning Facilitator’ talks us through some of the challenges, financial and emotional, of successfully passing the farm from one generation to another.
Sir Brian Lochore
Listen to the Sir Brian Lochore Interview17/10/09 - We find our roving North Island Farming Ambassador roaming in the South Island on QE II Trust conservation work.
David Fagan
Listen to the David Fagan Interview17/11/09 - We talk to an iconic Kiwi and the country’s greatest shearer about his attempt to win an unprecedented 17th open title at the 50th anniversary Golden Shears in Masterton in March 2010.
Rod Oram
Listen to the Rod Oram Interview16/11/09 - We ask one of New Zealand’s leading business analysts whether we are out of the recessionary woods and whether he reckons Fonterra farmers will buy into capital restructuring.
Keith Cooper
Listen to the Keith Cooper Interview13/11/09 - We also find the chief executive of Silver Fern Farms at the Christchurch Show where New Zealand’s biggest meat processing company has been launching its new export-quality supermarket brand of lamb cuts.
Andrew Fenton
Listen to the Andrew Fenton Interview10/11/09 - The president of Horticulture New Zealand looks at the positives and negatives facing fruit and vegetable growers.
Tim O’Sullivan
Listen to the Tim O’Sullivan Interview10/11/09 - We catch up with the 2009 New Zealand Young Farmer of the Year, four months into his reign.
Henry van der Heyden
Listen to the Henry van der Heyden Interview09/11/09 - In the big news story of the day, the chairman of Fonterra elaborates on the stunning lift in the forecast payout to $6-05 per kg MS.
Jim Findlay
Listen to the Jim Findlay Interview06/11/09 - We catch up with a West Coast stock agent who’s quickly making a name for himself as a rugby commentator.
Ben Russell
Listen to the Ben Russell Interview05/11/09 - The GM of Rabobank New Zealand is cautiously optimistic about the prospects for the dairy industry.
Nigel Kuzemko
Listen to the Nigel Kuzemko Interview04/11/09 - We review last night’s Fonterra Global Dairy Trade Event which resulted in a 13.7% lift in the price of Whole Milk Powder to $US 3,437 per tonne.
Blue Read
Listen to the Blue Read interview03/11/09 - The Chairman of the Fonterra Shareholders Council says the cooperative has performed well in the past year and is a good investment for farmers in the future.
Dick Tayler
Listen to the Dick Tayler Interview03/11/09 - Our Roving South Island Farming Ambassador talks about the Melbourne Cup, Dubai and poor returns for grain farmers.
Ken Ring
Listen to the Ken Ring Interview29/10/09 - The man who predicts the weather by the moon is sticking to his prediction of a colder summer followed by a colder winter for 2010.
Judith Collins
Listen to the Judith Collins Interview29/10/09 - In the absence of her leader John Key in Tokyo, we talk to a lady who is determined to “crush” crime!
Rob Davison
Listen to the Rob Davison Interview27/10/09 - The Executive Director of Meat and Wool New Zealand’s Economic Service says the diminishing prospects for lamb are entirely dependent on the exchange rate as the market remains steady.
Jamie McIntosh
Listen to the Jamie McIntosh Interview23/10/09 - Farmer’s son and famous Southlander.
Sir Brian Lochore
Listen to the Sir Brian Lochore Interview20/10/09 - Our Roving North Island Farming Ambassador looks back to 1987 and forward to a good summer on his Wairarapa farm.
Henry van der Heyden
Listen to the Henry van der Heyden interview20/10/09 - We chew the farming fat with the Chairman of Fonterra.
Tony St Clair
Listen to the Tony St Clair Interview19/10/09 - Is a Melbourne-based agri-business consultant who has just returned from India where he’s been promoting algae farming.
Owen Poole
Listen to the Owen Poole interview13/10/09 - The chairman of the Alliance Group says the exchange rate is the dark cloud hovering above a sheep-meat industry with otherwise very sound fundamentals.
Philip Ropiha and Andrew Puddy
Listen to the Philip Ropiha and Andrew Puddy Interview09/10/09 - We find a winner for a fabulous Stihl Farm Boss chainsaw, valued at $1445.
Dick Tayler and Colin Meads
Listen to the Dick Tayler and Colin Meads Interview08/10/09 - We track down our (well-named) Roving South Island Farming Ambassador, and his famous sidekick, in Dubai.
Hayley Moynihan
Listen to the Hayley Moynihan Interview08/10/09 - Rabobank’s senior analyst summarizes her bank’s October Agribusiness Review.
Kelvin Wickham
Listen to the Kelvin Wickham Interview07/10/09 - The Managing Director of Fonterra Global Trade reviews last night’s monthly on-line auction which resulted in a 5.7% increase in the average price of whole milk powder.
Brian Turner
Listen to the Brian Turner Interview06/10/09 - After accusations of Green-bashing , the Ballance Agri-Nutrients Farming Show introduces some more balance with the introduction of our “token greenie”.
Peter McDougall
Listen to the Peter McDougall Interview01/10/09 - We yarn to an outspoken Central Otago cocky who has made a major contribution to the fertilizer industry over more than 30 years.
Tim Hunt
Listen to the Tim Hunt Interview01/10/09 - Is a Melbourne-based Senior Dairy Analyst with Rabobank who talks about his bank’s recently-released Global Dairy Quarterly Report and about life in a sports-mad city!
Ken Ring
Listen to the Ken Ring Interview30/09/09 - The man who predicts the weather by the moon gives us a forecast for October, November and December.
Ian Kirkpatrick
Listen to the Ian Kirkpatrick interview29/09/09 - We chew the fat with a former rugby great who these days farms just out of Gisborne on a horticulture and finishing property.
Conor English
Listen to the Conor English Interview25/09/09 - The chief executive of Federated Farmers is ecstatic at the prospect of a billion dollar urea plant in Southland.
Tim Trewinnard and Jason Uden
Listen to the Tim Trewinnard and Jason Uden Interview25/09/09 - Thanks to Farmside we give away a year’s high speed broadband access (including installation) to the value of $1,500.
Henry van der Heyden
Listen to the Henry van der Heyden Interview24/09/09 - We always get our man on the Farming Show and after two days of trying we finally track down the chairman of Fonterra to talk about a good week for dairy farmers.
Ben Russell
Listen to the Ben Russell Interview24/09/09 - The GM of Rabobank New Zealand takes some friendly ribbing about his Australian rugby side and he looks at improving farmer confidence. .
Mavis Mullens
Listen to the Mavis Mullens Interview24/09/09 - We preview the 50th Anniversary Golden Shears with the president of the organizing committee. .
Sir Brian Lochore
Listen to the Sir Brian Lochore interview22/09/09 - Our Roving North Island Farming Ambassador offers his opinion on Michael Jones, Richie McCaw, the Fonterra payout announcement and lambing Romneys in the Wairarapa.
Tony St Clair
Listen to the Tony St Clair Interview21/09/09 - Is a Melbourne-based agribusiness consultant (and former chief executive of Federated Farmers) who says drought is crippling Victoria.
Keith Cooper
Listen to the Keith Cooper Interview17/09/09 - The chief executive of Silver Fern Farms says the farmer cooperative is not thinking about selling its PGG Wrightson shares because it’s capital raising plan is failing to meet expectations.
Wendy Voss
Listen to the Wendy Voss Interview17/09/Is a Rabobank Senior Analyst (Animal Proteins) who updates us on a struggling beef industry and its prospects for improvement.
Alan Crafar
Listen to Alan Crafar – Part 1 Listen to Alan Crafar – Part 215/09/09 - Eighteen months ago, Alan Crafar, the country’s biggest private dairy farmer was worth $200 million. His family owned 22 farms, totaling 8000 hectares, milking 20,000 cows. Today all those farms are on the market and he will, in all probability, exit farming with only the gumboots he’s wearing. So how did it all that milk turn to custard... We tell you.
Sir Colin Meads
Listen to the Colin Meads Interview14/09/09 - Today we introduce a new program feature on retired farmers and we talk to a farmer who should maybe come out of retirement to help the All Blacks’ lineout.
Hayley Moynihan
Listen to the Hayley Moynihan Interview11/09/09 - Rabobank’s senior analyst looks at her bank’s September Food and Agribusiness Review.
Tony Baird
Listen to the Tony Baird Interview11/09/09 - As rural New Zealand battles slow internet connections, the GM of Farmside does his bit by giving away broadband access, including installation, to the value of $1,500 to South Otago farmer, poet and singer Ross Agnew.
Blue Read
Listen to the Blue Read Interview10/10/09 - The Chairman of the Fonterra Shareholders Council dismisses, outright, rumours Fonterra shareholders will need to find another $300,000 of new share capital as a part of the new capital restructuring proposal.
Tony Alexander
Listen to the Tony Alexander Interview09/09/09 - The Chief Economist of the Bank of New Zealand says there will be no change to the Official Cash Rate (OCR) tomorrow despite a call from Federated Farmers for a 50 basis points cut to avoid a “dead cat bounce” out of the recession.
Dick Tayler
Listen to the Dick Tayler Interview08/09/09 - Our Roving South Island Farming Ambassador looks at action on and off the paddock as he’s roams the highways and byways of the south.
Henry van der Heyden
Listen to the Henry van der Heyden Interview01/09/09 - We ask the Chairman of Fonterra about the prospects for the new-season payout and tonight’s Global Dairy Trade Event.
David Carter
Listen to the David Carter Interview01/09/09 - We hear of the Minister of Agriculture’s disappointment on the “No” vote for wool levies and the possibility of a grand coalition between National and Labour to get an acceptable Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
Tony Baird
Listen to the Tony Baird Interview31/08/09 - The Chief Executive of Farmside kicks off a promotion for farmers where the big prize is one year’s free broadband, with installation included, valued at close to $1500.
Ben Russell
Listen to the Ben Russell Interview27/08/09 - The GM of Rabobank New Zealand takes a bit of Aussie-bashing like the good sport he is and he talks of some of the financial challenges facing farmers.
Sir Brian Lochore
Listen to the Sir Brian Lochore Interview26/08/09 - Our roving North Island Farming Ambassador reflects on a good spell of farming weather in the Wairarapa and a change of fortunes for the All Blacks.
Tony Alexander
Listen to the Tony Alexander Interview19/08/09 - The chief economist of the Bank of New Zealand tells us everything we ever wanted to know about exchange and interest rates, but were afraid to ask!
David Carter
Listen to the David Carter Interview18/08/09 - We ask the Minister of Agriculture about live sheep and dead dogs!
Keith Cooper
Listen to the Keith Cooper Interview18/08/09 - The Chief Executive of Silver Fern Farms wants farmer shareholders to support his cooperative but not another farmer cooperative, CRT, which is planning to enter the livestock trading business.
Hayley Moynihan
Listen to the Hayley Moynihan Interview13/08/09 - Is a senior analyst for Rabobank who looks at her bank’s August Food and Agri-Business Review.
Dick Tayler
Listen to the Dick Tayler Interview11/08/09 - Our Roving South Island Farming Ambassador shares thoughts from his travels around the Mainland.
Owen Poole
Listen to the Owen Poole Interview07/08/09 - We chat to the chairman of the Alliance Group and he is bullish about lamb.
Eoin Garden
Listen to the Eoin Garden Interview31/07/09 - The chairman of Silver Fern Farms reviews yesterday’s crucial vote in favour of the capital restructuring proposal for the cooperative.
Larry Bilodeau
Listen to the Larry Bilodeau Interview31/07/09 - The Chief Executive of Ballance Agri-Nutrients explains the rationale behind the fertilizer cooperative’s annual result - a $3.2 million loss after tax.
Wendy Voss
Listen to the Wendy Voss Interview30/07/09 - Is a Rabobank Food and Agri-business analyst specializing in animal proteins who takes a look at the state of the Australian sheep industry and what the ramifications are Kiwi cockies.
Keith Cooper
Listen to the Keith Cooper Interview28/07/09 - We hear from the chief executive of Silver Fern Farms ahead of this week’s big vote on the cooperative’s proposed capital restructuring.
Sir Brian Lochore
Listen to the Sir Brian Lochore Interview28/07/09 - The Farming Show welcomes on board its new Roving North Island Farming Ambassador.
Dr Steven Saunders
Listen to the Dr Steven Saunders Interview27/07/09 - Is a self-proclaimed farmers’ “shrink” who talks about stress and how it is affecting up to 20% of dairy farmers.
Mike Petersen
Listen to the Mike Petersen Interview23/07/09 - The Chairman of Meat and Wool New Zealand discusses and defends the finalized levy proposal for sheep and beef farmers.
Gray Baldwin
Listen to the Gray Baldwin Interview21/07/09 - In the first of a series of eight interviews, we talk to the Waikato regional winner of the Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA).
Sam Strahan
Listen to the Sam Strahan Interview21/07/09 - We chat to a Manawatu farmer and former All Black about, not surprisingly, farming and footy!
Hayley Moynihan
Listen to the Hayley Moynihan Interview17/07/09 - Is a senior analyst with Rabobank who reviews her bank’s recently-released Global Focus report on the meat industry.
Graeme Williams
Listen to the Graeme Williams Interview17/07/09 - Is an entertaining East Coast farmer/poet who has a beef with the unproductive and unpleasant in our society.
Iain Abercrombie
Listen to the Iain Abercrombie Interview16/07/09 - The chief executive of Wool Partners International.
Dick Tayler
Listen to the Dick Tayler Interview14/07/09 - We yarn to the newly-appointed “Roving South Island Farming Ambassador” who was also a pretty useful athlete in his day!
Henry van der Heyden
Listen to the Henry van der Heyden Interview14/07/09 - The chairman of Fonterra refutes criticism of the cooperative made on yesterday’s show by high-profile dairy farmer Grant Paterson.
Tim O’Sullivan
Listen to the Tim O’Sullivan Interview13/07/09 - We talk to the winner of the 2009 National Bank Young Farmer Contest, which culminated in Palmerston North on Saturday night.
John Clarke
Listen to the John Clarke Interview03/07/09 - We talk to a former Gisborne mayor about an impending crisis for grape growers in his region as a major player in the industry pulls the pin on buying from some local producers.
David Skiffington
Listen to the David Skiffington Interview01/07/09 - We catch up with the 2008 National Bank Young Farmer of the Year ahead of next week’s 2009 final in Palmerston North.
Jock Ross
Listen to the Jock Ross Interview29/06/09 - We yarn to a Mid Canterbury farmer, contractor, former All Black and father of new All Blacks star Isaac Ross.
Alison Holst
Listen to the Alison Holst Interview29/06/09 - We review “Marvelous Mince & Sensational Sausages” – the new offering from a New Zealand cooking icon.
Craig Norgate
Listen to the Craig Norgate Interview25/06/09 - The PGG Wrightson chairman comments on the woes of the dairy industry and warns that the current good returns for lamb could be short-lived.
Hayley Moynihan
Listen to the Hayley Moynihan Interview25/06/09 - Is a senior Rabobank analyst who reviews her recent talk on the state of the dairy industry at the South Island Dairy Event.
Ken Ring
Listen to the Ken Ring Interview24/06/09 - The man who predicts the weather by the moon is predicting a cold winter for all.
Keith Cooper
Listen to the Keith Cooper Interview23/06/09 - The chief executive of Silver Fern Farms explains the benefits of his cooperative’s new X-ray grading system.
Jim Hopkins
Listen to the Jim Hopkins Interview22/06/09 - The voice behind the National Bank Young Farmer Contest.
Sir Brian Lochore
Listen to the Sir Brian Lochore Interview16/06/09 - An iconic New Zealand farmer and footy player joins us to sort out the woes of the wool industry and All Blacks’ loose forwards!
Rod Oram
Listen to the Rod Oram Interview16/06/09 - We catch up with the winner of the Landcorp Agricultural Communicator of the Year Award to discuss water and the economy.
Henry van der Heyden
Listen to the Henry van der Heyden Interview09/06/09 - The Fonterra Chairman finds some good news amidst a backdrop of recent bad news for dairy farmers.
Michael Oliver
Listen with Windows Media Player08/06/09 - We chat to the co-author of I am a Working Dog – Natural Training for Sheepdogs about improving shepherding on farm.
Rob Davison
Listen with Windows Media Player08/06/09 - The Executive Director of Meat and Wool New Zealand’s Economic Service reviews the “Sheep and Beef Farm Input Inflation” report which came in at 7.6% for the year ended March 2009.
Tony Rogers
Listen with Windows Media Player05/06/09 - We talk to a former high-flying international businessman who has a dire warning for New Zealand and its dependence on oil.
Richie McCaw
Listen with Windows Media Player04/06/09 - The All Blacks captain makes a cameo appearance on the Farming Show to promote the Southern DC3 Trust’s trip to the Mystery Creek Fieldays.
Wendy Voss
Listen with Windows Media Player04/06/09 - Is a Rabobank senior analyst, specializing in animal proteins, who comments on the position of beef, lamb and mutton in the international commodity market.
Blue Read
Listen with Windows Media Player03/06/09 - The Chairman of the Fonterra Shareholders Council reflects on the tough times facing dairy farmers.
Kelvin Wickham
Listen with Windows Media Player03/06/09 - The Managing Director of Fonterra Global Trade review’s last night’s dismal on-line auction that resulted in a 12% drop in the price milk powder in $US terms.
Graeme Williams
Listen with Windows Media Player29/05/09 - Is an East Coast farmer, poet and mountaineer who never ceases to amaze with his tall tales!
Hamish Midgely
Listen with Windows Media Player28/05/09 - We get a good news and a bad news story from Rabobank’s Executive Manager.
Dick Tayler
Listen with Windows Media Player26/05/09 - We go into bat for a former sporting icon with a farming connection and recognize his efforts with some new Skellerup Quatro gumboots.
Kate Steel
Listen with Windows Media Player21/05/09 - We talk to Rabobank’s business programmes manager about her bank’s Executive Development and Farm Manager’s programmes, the applications for which close on May 29.
Mike King
Listen with Windows Media Player20/05/09 - We talk to the disgruntled celebrity who has lifted the lid on some questionable pig farming practises.
Hans Kriek
Listen with Windows Media Player19/05/09 - We talk to the leading animal activist from SAFE about cruelty to pigs in a story that is putting the pork industry to the sword.
Ben Russell
Listen with Windows Media Player15/05/09 - The GM of Rabobank New Zealand has some good and bad financial news for farmers.
Henry van der Heyden
Listen with Windows Media Player12/05/09 - The chairman of Fonterra talks about the payout, exchange rate, capital structure and rugby.
Brendon Fox
Listen with Windows Media Player12/05/09 - We talk to a Te Puke kiwifruit grower who was hit by yesterday’s freak hailstorm in the Bay of Plenty region.
Mike Petersen
Listen with Windows Media Player11/05/09 - We catch up with the Chairman of Meat and Wool New Zealand who’s on the road for the organization’s five-yearly rounds of consultation over the future of farmer-paid levies.
Rick Bettle
Listen with Windows Media Player06/05/09 - The former CEO of the Alliance Group comments on the new relationship between Silver Fern Farms and Rissington Breedline (of which he is chairman).
Hayley Moynihan
Listen with Windows Media Player05/05/09 - Is a senior analyst with Rabobank who looks at her bank’s latest farmer confidence survey which continues the recent downward trend.
Tony St Clair
Listen with Windows Media Player04/05/09 - We track down the former chief executive of Federated Farmers in London and ask him why the World Algae Conference was so important for the future of the world’s bio-fuel production.
Adam Morris
Listen with Windows Media Player29/04/09 - Is a Rabobank senior analyst for the Global Beverages team whose passion is wine!
Dr Sharleen Johnston
Listen with Windows Media Player28/04/09 - We talk to a medical expert who (all but) clears the Farming Show host of Swine Flu.
Jim Hopkins
Listen with Windows Media Player27/04/09 - The voice behind the National Bank Young Farmer Contest reviews yesterday’s Aorangi final, the final of seven regional contests as we look forward to the big national final in Palmerston North in July.
Keith Cooper
Listen with Windows Media Player27/04/09 - We hear comment from the chief executive of Silver Fern Farms on Friday’s settlement with PGG Wrightson (valued in excess of $40 million) over the failed joint venture.
Tim Hunt
Listen with Windows Media Player02/04/09 - We talk to Rabobank’s senior dairy analyst about a positive medium-term outlook for the industry beyond a challenging 2009.
Todd Clark
Listen with Windows Media Player01/04/09 -We track down a Kentucky tobacco grower on holiday in Florida and ask him if he has any ethical dilemmas growing such a controversial crop.
Tony Grindle
Listen with Windows Media Player01/04/09 - We head to Whangarei to give Northland some long overdue exposure on the Farming Show.
Marieke de Rijke
Listen with Windows Media Player25/03/09 - Is a Rabobank expert in her field of potatoes!
Iain Abercrombie
Listen with Windows Media Player25/03/09 - The chief executive of Wool Partners International (and former Baby All Black) talks farming and footy.
Henry van der Heyden
Listen with Windows Media Player18/03/09 - We ask the chairman of Fonterra whether he can, hand on heart, deliver on the promise of a $5-10 payout?
Ken Taylor
Listen with Windows Media Player17/03/09 - We journey to Western Southland to chat to the 2009 Glammies Grand Champion and ask the winner how he grows the best leg of lamb in the land.
Ben Russell
Listen with Windows Media Player12/03/09 - The GM of Rabobank New Zealand looks for some positives for New Zealand farmers amongst the economic gloom.
Tim Boys
Listen with Windows Media Player12/03/09 - Is a Highlanders’ loose forward who talks about his early farming days in Richie McCaw country.
David Fagan
Listen with Windows Media Player09/03/09 - In one of the great sporting stories of the year, we chat to the man who won his 16th Open Title at the Golden Shears in Masterton on Saturday night.
Colin Meads
Listen with Windows Media Player09/03/09 - The Farming Show yarns to the greatest living New Zealander, Sir Colin Meads, following the National government’s reinstatement of knights and dames to our honours system.
Luke Chandler
Listen with Windows Media Player05/03/09 - Is a Senior Commodity Analyst with Rabobank and today he updates the international market for soft commodities.
Kelvin Wickham
Listen with Windows Media Player04/03/09 - Fonterra’s Managing Director of Global Trade reports on a 16.6% lift in prices for whole milk powder at the March Trading Event of Fonterra’s internet-based sales platform.
Hayley Moynihan
Listen with Windows Media Player26/02/09 - Rabobank’s Senior Analyst reviews her bank’s annual “New Zealand Agriculture in Focus” report which does contain some good news.
Peter McIntyre
Listen with Windows Media Player26/02/09 - Is an investment adviser with ABN Amro Craigs who reviews PGG Wrightson’s six month result (a $32 million accounting loss) released this morning.
Cameron Bagrie
Listen with Windows Media Player25/02/09 - The chief economist of the National Bank says the worst has yet to come and the road to recovery will be a long one.
Mike Petersen
Listen with Windows Media Player24/02/09 - The chairman of Meat and Wool New Zealand reflects on 1967 and the benefits of a Free Trade Agreement with India.
Larry Bilodeau
Listen with Windows Media Player24/02/09 - The chief executive of Ballance Agri-Nutrients reckons fertilizer prices are as low as they’re going to get and farmers should take advantage of the very competitive market conditions that exist between the two major cooperatives.
Rod Oram
Listen with Windows Media Player23/02/09 - Is a leading business analyst who continues his excellent series on the state of our economy during these troubled times.
Tony Alexander
Listen with Windows Media Player19/02/09 - We catch up with the chief economist of the Bank of New Zealand following a three week sojourn to Europe for work and play.
Keith Cooper
Listen with Windows Media Player18/02/09 - The Chief Executive of Silver Fern Farms explains the breakdown in the relationship with PGG Wrightson and looks at lamb's bright prospects.
Rod Slater
Listen with Windows Media Player18/02/09 - The Chief Executive of Beef and Lamb New Zealand previews next month's "Glammies" and May's "Steak of Origin" as a nationwide search goes on for the best lamb and beef in the land.
Matt Dicey
Listen with Windows Media Player17/02/08 - We add some (some would say much-needed) culture to Farming Show by journeying to Bannockburn, Central Otago, to talk wine with the GM of Mt Difficulty wines.
Henry van der Heyden
Listen with Windows Media Player17/02/09 - The Chairman of Fonterra agrees that the payout has to begin with a '5' to keep faith with farmer shareholders.
Mark Bennett
Listen with Windows Media Player16/02/09 - The Victoria State Manager for Rabobank updates the tragic Australian bushfire situation, saying the cost to agriculture has yet to be counted.
Grant Cuff
Listen with Windows Media Player11/02/09 - We find out what's behind the resurgence of lamb with the Alliance Group's Chief Executive.
David Fagan
Listen with Windows Media Player10/02/09 - We ask an iconic New Zealander about his memories of milk in schools and whether he's still competing on the national shearing stage.
Rod Oram
Listen with Windows Media Player09/02/09 - Is a leading business analyst who says we are heading for a depression rather than a recession!
Phil Goff
Listen with Windows Media Player03/02/09 - The Labour leader reveals a surprising farming background!
Tony St Clair
Listen with Windows Media Player02/02/09 - Australian-based former chief executive of Federated Farmers.
Ben Russell
Listen with Windows Media Player30/01/09 - The GM of Rabobank New Zealand is proud to say his bank was the first cab off the rank when it came to lowering mortgage interest rates for farmers.
Blue Read
Listen with Windows Media Player28/01/09 - The Chairman of the Fonterra Shareholders Council passes comment on the cooperative's updated forecast payout of $5-10 per kg of milksolids for the 2008/09 season.
Professor Alan Robb
Listen with Windows Media Player28/01/09 - Is a retired accountancy lecturer who is, on occasions, an outspoken Fonterra critic and a leading commentator on cooperatives.
Chris Trengrove
Listen with Windows Media Player27/01/09 - The "most difficult of the last 30 years" is how the chairman of New Zealand Pork describes 2008. We ask if things will be any easier for pig farmers in 2009.
Craig Norgate
Listen with Windows Media Player26/01/09 - The Chairman of PGG Wrightson says 2008 was not his 'annis horribilis' despite a rather tough final quarter.
Keith Cooper
Keith Cooper Part 1 Keith Cooper Part 226/01/09 - In a two part interview, the chief executive of Silver Fern Farms explains the rationale behind the weekend's lift in the lamb schedule and the difficulties of doing business in a global environment with wildly fluctuating exchange rates.
Conor English
Listen with Windows Media Player23/01/09 - We chat to the younger brother of the Minister of Finance, who wears a very high-profile hat in New Zealand agriculture as the chief executive of Federated Farmers.
Dick Tayler
Listen with Windows Media Player23/01/09 - We venture back in time 35 years to remember a time when the nation stopped to applaud a 25 year old South Canterbury farmer.
PHOTO :: Graeme Smith
View his form by clicking herePhotos of the Ballance Agri-Nutrients' Sales and Marketing Manager in the Crowd Speed-Serving Contest at the Heinekin Tennis Open.
PHOTO :: Jamie Mackay Outed
View Jamie's form by clicking hereIn response to the criticism of his tennis serve (see above) Graeme Smith provides photgraphic evidence of a side of the Farmingshow host we wish he kept hidden.
Henry van der Heyden
Listen with Windows Media Player22/01/09 - The chairman of Fonterra defends the cooperative's decision not to bring forward its forecast payout announcement in light of falling global commodity prices and Westland Dairy's shock pre-Christmas move.
Ben Russell
Listen with Windows Media Player22/01/09 - Amidst the economic dire, the GM of Rabobank New Zealand looks at some of the positives for New Zealand agriculture in 2009.
Colin Riden
Listen with Windows Media Player21/01/09 - We yarn to an outspoken financial analyst who says the dairy industry is facing a debt tsunami.
Glenys Christian
Listen with Windows Media Player20/01/09 - The editor of the New Zealand Dairy Exporter ponders next week's announcement of the revised Fonterra forecast payout.
Philippa Stevenson
Listen with Windows Media Player19/01/09 - Is a freelance writer, editor, columnist, television host and blogger who has her say on the big farming issues of the day.
Mike Petersen
Listen with Windows Media Player16/01/09 - The Chairman of Meat and Wool New Zealand offers news of improved returns for sheep and beef farmers from his organisation's Economic Service's newly released Mid-Season Update.
Blair Fitzharris
Listen with Windows Media Player16/01/09 - Climatologist Blair Fitzharris was a leading member of the group which was awrded the Nobel Peace Prize alongside Al Gore in 2007 for its work on Climate Change. These days the former Otago University Professor is semi-retired in Queenstown. He offers a pragmatic view on what climate change means for New Zealand farmers and how best to combat it.
Ingrid Baynes
Listen with Windows Media Player14/01/09 - We talk to the new female world eight-hour record-holder for lamb shearing who, alongside her mother Marg, jointly shore 903 lambs on a farm near Te Kuiti yesterday.
Keith Quinn
Listen with Windows Media Player14/01/09 - We find out what a legendary New Zealand sports broadcaster has in common with vintage farm machinery!
John Key
Listen with Windows Media Player18/12/08 - The PM paints a frightening picture of the economy and Lockwood Smith in speedos.
Jim Hopkins
Listen with Windows Media Player18/12/08 - We revisit 2008 with the voice of the Young Farmer Contest.
Clive Matthew-Wilson
Listen to Part 1 and Part 216/12/08 - Have you ever wondered what's the best and most reliable ute for your farm? Or what about the best cockie's car for getting to town? We yarn to Clive Matthew-Wilson, the author of the Dog and Lemon Guide, to answer all of the above.
Chris Russell and Rich Vetter
Listen with Windows Media Player12/12/08 - We head to Chicago where it's two for the price of one with our Australian and American correspondents.
Don Fraser
Listen with Windows Media Player11/12/08 - The man behind Fraser Farm Finance encourages farmers to stay positive in a negative environment.
Patrick Clement
Listen with Windows Media Player08/12/08 - We are joined by the CEO of Nufarm - our new major co-sponsor on the Farming Show - and we discuss the world's most powerful agricultural brands.
Andrew Fenton
Listen with Windows Media Player08/12/08 - The President of Horticulture New Zealand updates the lot of the nation's fruit and vegetable growers.
Keith Cooper
Listen with Windows Media Player05/12/08 - The chief executive of Silver Fern Farms explains the reasons behind his company pulling out of some beef contracts, citing a 25% crash in international markets in the past six weeks.
Frank Brenmuhl
Listen with Windows Media Player04/12/08 - We track down the fourth most important man in New Zealand agriculture - the vice president of Federated Farmers.
Chris Kelly
Listen with Windows Media Player03/12/08 - We track down the most powerful man in New Zealand agriculture, if you're to believe the New Zealand Listener's Power List for 2008.
John Clarke
Listen with Windows Media Player02/12/08 - Is a former Gisborne mayor who illuminates us on the state of the wine industry during these tough economic times.
Aaron Hoyle
Listen with Windows Media Player01/12/08 - We ask McDonalds' Purchasing Manager for Australia and New Zealand why animal traceability is so important for the fast food giant.
Sam Lewis
Listen with Windows Media Player28/11/08 - We are joined by the chairman of Affco to discuss the company's good annual result, which resulted in an after-tax profit of $60 million.
Henry van der Heyden
Listen with Windows Media Player27/11/08 - The Chairman of Fonterra reflects on a surprisingly subdued AGM in Palmerston North yesterday, despite the falling payout and the San Lu scandal.
Mike Petersen
Listen with Windows Media Player25/11/08 - We find the Chairman of Meat and Wool New Zealand in Berlin where he's on his annual pilgrimage to promote New Zealand lamb and beef.
Rob Davison
Listen with Windows Media Player24/11/08 - The Executive Director of Meat and Wool New Zealand's Economic Service comments on a 15% drop in the 2008 lamb crop and a 23% drop in the number of lambs available for export in the 2008/09 killing season.
Dennis Lillee
Listen with Windows Media Player19/11/08 - In an extended interview we talk to an Aussie sporting great about Steel Blue boots for the farm, drinking beer fast and fast bowling!
Grant Cuff
Listen with Windows Media Player14/11/08 - The Chief Executive of meat processing cooperative, the Alliance Group, reports on a very strong annual result.
John Key
Listen with Windows Media Player13/11/08 - We welcome the Prime Minister-elect on to the Farming Show and ask about his aspirations for the next three years.
Blue Read
Listen with Windows Media Player11/11/08 - In its Annual Report to Fonterra Farmers 2007/08, the Fonterra Shareholders' Council Chairman says: "On one hand Fonterra delivered a record payout, achieved record revenues and exceeded its value add earnings' target. Yet the value of our shares fell significantly, the capital structure proposal was withdrawn and the season was latterly overshadowed by the experience in China."
Bill English
Listen with Windows Media Player10/11/08 - To the victor the spoils! We talk to the man who will very shortly take hold the nation's purse strings.
Hayley Moynihan
Listen with Windows Media Player06/11/08 - Is a senior analyst for Rabobank and the co-author of a newly-released industry report on the global dairy industry.
Ross Hyland
Listen with Windows Media Player06/11/08 - We head to China to catch up with our Waikato dairy farming correspondent.
Winston Peters
Listen with Windows Media Player05/11/08 - The most controversial politician in New Zealand is defiant until the very end!
Helen Clark
Listen with Windows Media Player04/11/08 - After eight and a half years, is a beautiful relationship about to end?
Keith Cooper
Listen with Windows Media Player04/11/08 - The Chief Executive of Silver Fern Farms offers an open door to the Alliance Group after shutting the door on a deal with PGG Wrightson.
Grahame Thorne
Listen with Windows Media Player03/11/08 - We pick the brain of a former MP and All Black about politics and rugby, two subjects near and dear to this heart.
Eoin Garden
Listen with Windows Media Player31/10/08 - The Chairman of Silver Fern Farms announces a dramatic turnaround in profit for the country's biggest meat processing and marketing company.
Craig Norgate
Listen with Windows Media Player31/10/08 - The Chairman of PGG Wrightson reflects on the good news and the bad news from yesterday's AGM.
Henry van der Heyden
Listen with Windows Media Player29/10/08 - The Chairman of Fonterra says the $6-60 forecast payout for the 2008-09 season is safe, for the meantime.
Ben Russell
Listen with Windows Media Player29/10/08 - The GM of Rabobank New Zealand previews the bank's global review of the dairy industry, due to be released next week.
Keith Cooper
Listen to Part 1 and Part 221/10/08 - In a two-part interview the chief executive of Silver Fern Farms updates progress in the proposed partnership with PGG Wrightson and says it business as usual despite the hold up in securing finance to progress the deal.
Joan Baker
Listen to Part 1 and Part 208/10/08 - In a two-part interview we catch up with the colourful author of "Your Last Fencepost - Succession and Retirement Planning for New Zealand Farmers".
Craig Norgate
Listen with Windows Media Player01/10/08 - The Chairman of PGG Wrightson relives a nightmare day when he tried to stitch together the finance for the Silver Fern Farms deal while world money markets imploded around him.
Keith Cooper
Listen with Windows Media Player30/09/08 - The Chief Executive of Silver Fern Farms takes a swipe at Federated Farmers' T150 campaign.
Bruce Wills
Listen with Windows Media Player29/09/08 - We head to Hastings where the Meat and Fibre Chairman of Federated Farmers launched the T150 campaign which sets a goal of a $150 return per lamb for the sheep meat industry to work towards over the next five years.
Fonterra Press Conference
Listen with Windows Media Player24/09/08 - We hear from chief executive Andrew Ferrier and chairman Henry van der Heyden as we take in a slice of the action from today's payout announcement.
Mike Petersen
Listen with Windows Media Player24/09/08 - The chairman of Meat and Wool New Zealand says a Free Trade Agreement with the United States is especially good news for beef producers.
Philippa Stevenson
Listen with Windows Media Player23/09/08 - We hear from a leading rural blogger (www.ruralnetwork.co.nz)who's leading the charge on the Fonterra food contamination scandal in China, as the problem goes from bad to worse.
Frank Brenmuhl
Listen with Windows Media Player23/09/08 - The newly-elected vice president of Federated Farmers backgrounds his farming and political background and denies he's a cheerleader for Fonterra!
John Minto
Listen to Part 1 and Part 219/09/08 - In a two part interview, we catch up with a man whose name is synonymous with the protests surrounding the 1981 Springbok tour and find out his views on the Fonterra food scandal in China.
Andrew Ferrier
Listen with Windows Media Player18/09/08 - We take in action from Fonterra's media conference yesterday on the San Lu product contamination issue, where the chief executive defended the cooperative's response to a tragic situation.
Don Agnew
Listen with Windows Media Player18/09/08 - In light of Fonterra's difficulties in China, we ask a New Zealand businessman why it's such a challenging country in which to conduct commerce.
Andrew Ferrier
Listen with Windows Media Player16/09/08 - We take in action from Fonterra's media conference yesterday on the San Lu product contamination issue, where the chief executive explained the cooperative's response to a tragic situation.
Phillipa Stevenson
Listen with Windows Media Player16/09/08 - Is a leading rural blogger (www.ruralnetwork.co.nz) who takes a strong line on the San Lu scandal.
Phillipa Stevenson
Listen with Windows Media Player10/09/08 - Is a leading rural blogger for ruralnetwork.co.nz who shares her views on the meat industry, saying mergers are not the answer, marketing is!
Ian Corney
Listen with Windows Media Player10/09/08 - It's time to get the facts straight about the proposed National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) system, so says the independent chairman of the joint industry/government initiative.
Owen Poole
Listen with Windows Media Player09/09/08 - The Chairman of the Alliance Group passes cautious comment on yesterday's momentous meat industry vote.
Keith Cooper
Listen with Windows Media Player08/09/08 - We get the result of today's big farmer vote on meat industry reform, hot off the press, from the chief executive of Silver Fern Farms.
Bryan Hocken
Listen with Windows Media Player05/09/08 - The former president of Taranaki Federated Farmers adds some down-on-the-farm colour to the Farming Show!
Graeme Williams Poem
Listen with Windows Media Player02/09/08 - Due to popular demand we repeat last Friday's poem about Winston, Helen and the Olympics.
Kelvin Whall
Listen with Windows Media Player15/08/08 - Meat and Wool New Zealand's regional manager in North America tells us why a country in recession is eating more New Zealand beef than ever.
Bill Davey
Listen with Windows Media Player14/08/08 - Is a British arable farmer who saw the light and relocated to Raikaia, Mid Canterbury, where he's farming a 480 hectare mixed-cropping and lamb-finishing property.
Siu-Lin Shim
Listen with Windows Media Player14/08/08 - We ask the Beijing-based marketing manager for Meat and Wool New Zealand in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong what she's doing in Wellington while the Olympics are on.
Owen Poole
Listen to Part 1 and Part 213/08/08 - In a two-part interview the Chairman of the Alliance Group has his say on the meat industry impasse.
Rob Davison
Listen with Windows Media Player12/08/08 - The Executive Director of Meat and Wool New Zealand's Economic Service reports on the national flock number being its lowest since the 1950s.
Paul Holmes
Listen with Windows Media Player05/08/08 - Paul gives us the low down on his Hawks Bay olive empire.
James Parsons
Listen with Windows Media Player04/08/08 - Is a Northland Sheep farmer who has just completed 5 and a half Month world tour masquerading as a Nuffield scholarship.
Craig Norgate
Listen with Windows Media Player01/08/08 - We talk to the Chairman of PGG Wrightson, a man who is leading the charge to restructure the meat and wool industries.
David Graham
Listen by clicking here31/07/08 - The Chairman of Ballance Agri-Nutrients reviews his cooperative's outstanding annual result, the highlight of which was an average rebate and dividend of $36 per tonne of fertilizer purchased for shareholders.
Keith Woodford
Listen by clicking here30/07/08 - Is a Professor of Farm Management and Agribusiness at Lincoln University who looks at some of challenges facing the sheep meat industry.
Mike Petersen
Listen with Windows Media Player29/07/08 - The Chairman of Meat and Wool New Zealand looks at the politics surrounding the restructuring of the wool industry.
David Wright
Listen with Windows Media Player25/07/08 - To A2 or not A2? We discuss the merits of A2 milk with the new owner of New Zealand's largest producer.
Henry van der Heyden
Listen with Windows Media Player24/07/08 - The Chairman of Fonterra lets us know if the mythical $10 payout is possible.
Kevin Eder
Listen with Windows Media Player24/07/08 - The Managing Director of Tradestaff, an industrial employment agency, talks us through some of the pitfalls of employing casual staff.
Keith Cooper
Listen with Windows Media Player23/07/08 - The Chief Executive of Silver Farms talks about the Christchurch plant closure at the Belfast site and the time-frame for voting on the proposed PGG Wrightson purchase of 50% of the meat processing cooperative.
Theresa Gattung
Listen with Windows Media Player18/07/08 - The former Telecom Chief Executive has returned to the world of business after a year's sabbatical. Today we ask her why she has chosen the wool industry.
Philippa Stevenson
Listen with Windows Media Player16/07/08 - The lady behind ruralnetwork.co.nz offers a fascinating insight into a recent forum she attended on the rural/urban divide and gives her thoughts on the recent goings-on in the meat industry.
David Skiffington
Listen with Windows Media Player14/07/08 - The 2008 National Bank Young Farmer of the Year reflects on his victory in the country's most lucrative rural contest.
Stuart Weston
Listen with Windows Media Player14/07/08 - The CEO of AFFCO offers his view on the PGG-Wrightson/Silver Fern Farms proposal and paints his picture for the future structure of the New Zealand meat industry.
Eoin Garden
Listen with Windows Media Player10/07/08 - The Chairman of Silver Fern Farms disputes some of the views voiced this week on the Farmingshow around his company's proposed joint venture with PGG-Wrightson.
Graham Butcher
Listen with Windows Media Player09/07/08 - Is a farm consultant and member of the Meat Industry Action Group who warns Silver Fern Farms shareholders of the eligibility criteria for voting rights in upcoming vote to sell 50% of the meat processing cooperative to PGG Wrightson.
Alistair Polson
Listen with Windows Media Player08/07/08 - We track down a former president of Federated Farmers and former board member of PPCS - a man well qualified to comment on the merits, or otherwise, of the proposed new PGG Wrightson/Silver Ferns entity in the meat industry.
Rob Davison
Listen with Windows Media Player07/07/08 - The Executive Director of Meat and Wool New Zealand's Economic Service confirms farming's worst-kept secret - the cost of farm inputs is skyrocketing!
Don Fraser
Listen with Windows Media Player07/07/08 - We get some good old-fashioned, down-on-the-farm advice on how to avoid a heart attack from a man who's been there, done that and got the tee-shirt. This interview is a must-listen for all middle-aged men!
Peter Stevenson
Listen with Windows Media Player04/07/08 - We head to the coalface of a rural New Zealand transport company to discuss the ramifications of the Government's increase in road user charges.
Charlie Seymour
Listen with Windows Media Player02/07/08 - We catch up with a Gisborne farmer who was last night crowned the winner of the National Ewe Hogget Competition.
Owen Poole
Listen with Windows Media Player01/07/08 - The Chairman of the Alliance Group comments on the proposed new entity in the meat industry - a joint venture between PGG Wrightson and Silver Fern Farms (formerly PPCS).
Keith Cooper
Listen with Windows Media Player01/07/08 - The Chief Executive of Silver Fern Farms responds to some of Owen Poole's critical observations of the proposed new enity.
PGG Wrightson Press Conference
Listen to Part 1 and Part 230/06/08 - The full press conference announcing a proposed new meat industry entity with Silver Farms (formerly PPCS).
Mike Petersen
Listen with Windows Media Player27/06/08 - In today's big story, the Chairman of Meat and Wool New Zealand says he's bitterly disappointed with the disbanding of the Meat Industry Taskforce due to some companies not providing informed consent to enable PWC to develop the strategy.
