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Farmers Weekly Podcast

The Farmers Weekly Podcast covers 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.Follow the Farmers Weekly Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.Send us your feedback or get in touch at farmers.weekly@agrihq.co.nz

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7:27

News Wrap | Precise pasture measurement at your...

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/04/16

Senior reporter Richard Rennie discusses a new app that gives farmers a precise pasture measurement by simply taking a short video of a paddock on a smartphone. He reports on the government’s plan to wind up the Green Investment Fund and talks to one of its success stories, Ruminant Biotech. And there’s news on a big farm sale in the Waikato/Coromandel region.

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5:48

Feds Focus | Celebrating our strong wool, with govt...

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/04/16

Federated Farmers spokesperson Sandra Faulkner is over the moon at the government’s decision to favour wool products in state buildings. She says it will bring confidence back to an industry that has been lacking it for some time.

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30:37

Full Show | April 11

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/04/11

In this week’s show:AgriHQ senior analyst Mel Croad tries to find some sense in Donald Trump’s tariff strategy. She says that our meat exports to the United States are holding up well and with shortages of supply there, we could find they continue to perform well.Bryan sits down with five Lincoln University students to find out their views of New Zealand’s food and fibre sector. Second-year students Cameron Brans, Crystal Jewell, Brooke Jewell and Georgia Checkley, and fourth-year honours student

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12:47

Feature | How future farmers view the food & fibre...

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/04/10

Bryan sits down with five Lincoln University students to find out their views of New Zealand’s food and fibre sector.Second-year students Cameron Brans, Crystal Jewell, Brooke Jewell and Georgia Checkley, and fourth-year honours student Natasha Hastie discuss why they chose a career in agriculture and what they think the big issues the industry faces are.

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8:49

Market Insight | Exporters on edge as Trump imposes...

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/04/10

AgriHQ senior analyst Mel Croad tries to find some sense in Donald Trump’s tariff strategy. She says that our meat exports to the United States are holding up well and with shortages of supply there, we could find they continue to perform well.

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7:12

Feds Focus | Call to strip Greenpeace’s charity status

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/04/10

Federated Farmers spokesperson Richard McIntyre joins the show to tell us why he thinks Greenpeace should be stripped of its charity status. Richard reckons the recent action that saw activists take over a part of Port Taranaki in protest of the use of palm kernel by the dairy industry crosses the line.

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27:16

Full Show | April 4

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/04/04

In this week’s show:Senior reporter Neal Wallace wraps up his trip to Singapore, where he visited some of the innovative food technology and production businesses that are at the heart of the nation’s big food business.Forest scientist Simeon Smaill from Scion tells Bryan that if we’re to plant the number of native trees we need to, we’re going to have to apply the same scientific rigour we showed when we were focused on pine trees. Federated Farmers health and safety spokesperson David Birkett says

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11:29

Feature | Bringing down the cost of planting natives

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/04/03

Forest scientist Simeon Smaill from Scion tells Bryan that if we’re to plant the number of native trees we need to, we’re going to have to apply the same scientific rigour we showed when we were focused on pine trees.

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6:24

News Wrap | Singapore: the food tech powerhouse

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/04/03

Senior reporter Neal Wallace wraps up his trip to Singapore, where he visited some of the innovative food technology and production businesses that are at the heart of the nation’s big food business.

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7:52

Feds Focus | Farmers back health and safety law overhaul

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/04/03

Federated Farmers health and safety spokesperson David Birkett says changes to the health and safety regulations are a positive step for farmers. He says improved farm safety will come from a ground-up approach, not from more box-ticking.

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35:43

Full Show | March 28

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/03/28

In this week’s show:Senior reporter Richard Rennie chats about his recent visit to Scion’s headquarters in Rotorua, where he caught up with the latest research on both exotic and native trees. He also has the results of the recent Champions of Cheese awards and the inside information on a new wood pellet processing plant in the central North Island.AgriHQ analyst Fiona Quarrie joins the show to talk about the calf sales in the South Island. Early sales have continued the good prices vendors enjoyed

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13:24

Feature | How do we train and retain people in farming?

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/03/27

William Beetham, chair of the Food and Fibre Centre of Vocational Excellence, tells Bryan about the recent work of the organisation and why he’s keen to see it continue past the end of its government funding at the end of the year.New Zealand’s goal of doubling the value of food exports over the next few decades will rely on attracting and training talent and William says the CoVE’s research has revealed the strategies that will help achieve that goal.

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9:23

News Wrap | Scientists look to replicate pine...

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/03/27

Senior reporter Richard Rennie chats about his recent visit to Scion’s headquarters in Rotorua, where he caught up with the latest research on both exotic and native trees.He also has the results of the recent Champions of Cheese awards and the inside information on a new wood pellet processing plant in the central North Island.

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3:43

Market Insight | A look at the South Island calf sales

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/03/27

AgriHQ analyst Fiona Quarrie joins the show to talk about the calf sales in the South Island. Early sales have continued the good prices vendors enjoyed at North Island weaner fairs and she says upcoming sales in the south should also bring high returns.

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8:18

Feds Focus | Contract milkers up against it as...

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/03/27

Federated Farmers Taranaki spokesperson Brendan Attrill gives an update on the drought that’s affecting parts of the North Island. He’s particularly concerned about contract milkers who are paid directly by processors and says there will need to be constructive and ongoing conversations with farm owners to ensure contractors can get through the year.

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44:42

Full Show | March 21

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/03/21

In this week’s show:Senior reporter Neal Wallace talks us through the The Future of Wool special report. He and Annette Scott spent the last few weeks talking to the major players in the strong wool industry and learned how they plan on returning value to farmers.AgriHQ senior analyst Suz Bremner joins the show to talk about the latest sale yard news. She says drought and access to feed is influencing some buying decisions, but prices are still strong across the country.Visiting Nuffield scholar

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19:31

Feature | Different countries, same farming challenges

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/03/20

Visiting Nuffield scholar Wilco Brouwer de Koning tells Bryan about life as a Dutch dairy farmer and says they’re facing the same regulatory and market-driven challenges we face in New Zealand.Wilko is researching how a biodiversity credit system might work to reward farmers and says transparency of data is the key to success.

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7:06

News Wrap | The future of strong wool

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/03/20

Senior reporter Neal Wallace talks us through the The Future of Wool special report. He and Annette Scott spent the last few weeks talking to the major players in the strong wool industry and learned how they plan on returning value to farmers.

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8:51

Market Insight | Drought does little to dent...

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/03/20

AgriHQ senior analyst Suz Bremner joins the show to talk about the latest sale yard news. She says drought and access to feed is influencing some buying decisions, but prices are still strong across the country.

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8:30

Feds Focus | Answers sought on continued afforestation

Farmers Weekly Podcast ·

2025/03/20

Federated Farmers Southland’s Dean Rabbidge tells Bryan that whole-farm forestry conversions are still occurring down south and he wants some answers from the government.The Prime Minister told farmers in Gore last year the practice would end, but Dean says there appears to be a loophole.

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