Farmingshow - Friday 27th August 2010

Farmingshow for Friday 27th August 2010

Show Intro & Bob McDavitt

The Met Service Weather Ambassador says spring is on the way – but just not yet!

Billy Joe Miles

In part two of a two-part interview, we chat to a fascinating American with extensive farming interests around the world about topics as diverse as grain growing in Bolivia, the dangers of farming in Romania, his role in pioneering tractor pull competitions, his passion for new technology and medicine and why he built a golf course specifically for farmers.

Richie Smith & Jo Thorpe

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We head to Lyndhurst in Mid Canterbury to give away a year’s free high-speed broadband internet to a “sheep lover with a crappy dial-up connection”.

Neil Gardyne

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We talk with the 2010 Rabobank Executive Development (EDP) Management Project Award winner, a Southland famer who was chosen from a graduating class of 34 primary producers from around New Zealand and Australia.

Harvey Smith

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We catch up Ballance Agri-Nutrients’ Upper South Island area sales manager and talk about farming in Canterbury.

Jim Paterson

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The former president of the New Zealand Federation of Wool Merchants reviews a wool market on the rise and says Southland is a great bet in Blenheim tonight.