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Farmers Weekly in Focus, brought to you by Ballance Agri-Nutrients, is a weekly podcast covering the big issues in the food and fibre sector. Each week managing editor Bryan Gibson...
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Farmers Weekly in Focus, brought to you by Ballance Agri-Nutrients, is a weekly podcast covering the big issues in the food and fibre sector.
Each week managing editor Bryan Gibson presents a no-frills look at the news with the Farmers Weekly editorial team and the newsmakers they report on.
It’s rich farming news for time-poor farmers.
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Each week managing editor Bryan Gibson presents a no-frills look at the news with the Farmers Weekly editorial team and the newsmakers they report on.
It’s rich farming news for time-poor farmers.
Farmers Weekly In Focus
Farmers Weekly In Focus
Full Show | 26 July
26 JUL 2024 · Bryan attended the Red Meat Sector Conference in Wellington and caught up with Meat Industry Association chair Nathan Guy, who outlined some of the structural shifts in the industry and gave his views on the big challenges sheep and beef farmers are facing at the moment.
Immigration settings are still causing headaches for farmers as calving begins. Many are struggling to get migrant worker visas processed so they can begin work. Federated Farmers dairy chair Richard McIntyre tells Bryan what he’s doing to help improve the process and gives some tips on how farmers can give themselves the best chance of clearing the hurdles.
Neal Wallace joins Bryan to wrap up the Red Meat Sector Conference, which brought together processors, industry groups, stakeholders and farmers. The sector is doing it tough right now and judging by the conference programme, there’s more uncertainty ahead.
Feature | Red meat sector faces up to the challenge
25 JUL 2024 · Bryan attended the Red Meat Sector Conference in Wellington and caught up with Meat Industry Association chair Nathan Guy, who outlined some of the structural shifts in the industry and gave his views on the big challenges sheep and beef farmers are facing at the moment.
News Wrap | Tough going for sheep and beef sector
25 JUL 2024 · Senior reporter Neal Wallace joins Bryan to wrap up the Red Meat Sector Conference, which brought together processors, industry groups, stakeholders and farmers.
The sector is doing it tough right now and judging by the conference programme, there’s more uncertainty ahead.
Feds Focus | Calving starts with many facing labour shortage
25 JUL 2024 · Immigration settings are still causing headaches for farmers as calving begins. Many are struggling to get migrant worker visas processed so they can begin work.
Federated Farmers dairy chair Richard McIntyre tells Bryan what he’s doing to help improve the process and gives some tips on how farmers can give themselves the best chance of clearing the hurdles.
Full Show | 19 July
19 JUL 2024 · Bryan talks with Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey about how the government plans to tackle the mental health crisis in rural communities.
Doocey says local organisations are best placed to meet the needs of their communities and he outlines a new decentralised approach.
Bernadette Hunt from Federated Farmers in Southland also joins the studio, to discuss concerns about how sites and areas of significance to Māori are being categorised. She says farmers have no clue about how to identify specific sites on their land.
Senior reporter Neal Wallace unpacks the challenges exporters face as some of our biggest trade partners embrace a more protectionist approach to trade. And, recent sales may be signalling a lift in farmgate returns for sheep and beef farmers.
Feature | A local approach to rural mental health
18 JUL 2024 · Bryan talks with Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey about how the Government plans to tackle the mental health crisis in rural communities.
Doocey says local organisations are best placed to meet the needs of their communities and he outlines a new decentralised approach.
News Wrap | Trade winds turn into headwinds as protectionism emerges
18 JUL 2024 · Senior reporter Neal Wallace has been looking at the challenges exporters face as some of our biggest trade partners embrace a more protectionist approach to trade. And, recent sales may be signalling a lift in farmgate returns for sheep and beef farmers.
Feds Focus | Southland Feds scratching heads on significant sites
18 JUL 2024 · Bernadette Hunt from Federated Farmers in Southland has some concerns about how sites and areas of significance to Māori are being categorised.
She says farmers have no clue about how to identify specific sites on their land.
Full Show | 12 July
12 JUL 2024 · Bryan catches up with senior reporter Richard Rennie who has just returned from a trip through Brazil, taking in its arable and beef farming systems. He visited the Mato Grosso state, which is Brazil’s third largest and most productive agricultural state, claiming the bulk of the country’s cattle, corn, cotton and soybean production. Its scale is eye-wateringly vast, accounting for a land area four times that of New Zealand, with half NZ’s population.
Keep an eye out for a special feature on Richard's trip to Brazil on FarmersWeekly.co.nz next week.
He also chats with newly re-elected Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford following last week’s successful Primary Industries Summit. Wayne talks about the federation’s priorities for the coming year.
Feature | Journey through Brazil’s agricultural state
11 JUL 2024 · This week Bryan catches up with senior reporter Richard Rennie who has just returned from a trip through Brazil, taking in its arable and beef farming systems.
He visited the Mato Grosso state, which is Brazil’s third largest and most productive agricultural state, claiming the bulk of the country’s cattle, corn, cotton and soybean production. Its scale is eye-wateringly vast, accounting for a land area four times that of New Zealand, with half NZ’s population.
Keep an eye out for the special feature on Richard's trip to Brazil on FarmersWeekly.co.nz next week.
Farmers Weekly in Focus, brought to you by Ballance Agri-Nutrients, is a weekly podcast covering the big issues in the food and fibre sector. Each week managing editor Bryan Gibson...
show more
Farmers Weekly in Focus, brought to you by Ballance Agri-Nutrients, is a weekly podcast covering the big issues in the food and fibre sector.
Each week managing editor Bryan Gibson presents a no-frills look at the news with the Farmers Weekly editorial team and the newsmakers they report on.
It’s rich farming news for time-poor farmers.
show less
Each week managing editor Bryan Gibson presents a no-frills look at the news with the Farmers Weekly editorial team and the newsmakers they report on.
It’s rich farming news for time-poor farmers.
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