It's the whole show in one go! Today The Country is brought to you by Nathan Guy, as the Minister for Primary Industries talks Mycoplasma Bovis.
On with the show: Nathan Guy: The Minister for Primary Industries defends his Ministry's handling of the Mycoplasma Bovis (M Bovis) outbreak and the government's biosecurity protection at our borders.
Dr Tim Mackle: The chief executive of Dairy NZ urges calm over the M Bovis outbreak saying it is not a disease that affects humans and it is really an animal welfare and production issue.
Chris Brandolino: We ask NIWA's Principal Scientist - Forecasting about the "Outlook for Thursday".
Tony Laker: We preview The Country's farming, sporting and sightseeing sojourn to the southern states of the USA in November.
Richard Hegan: ASB's GM Rural talks about why he reckons the recent dairy downturn created an opportunity to strengthen financial literacy in the rural sector because farmers were "forced to stare harder into their financial position and it required a lift in financial reporting to support decision making".
Andy Thompson: Is a West Coast cow cocky who's all fired up about the M Bovis outbreak saying it's MPI's job to keep such incursions out.
Andrew Little: The Labour leader reflects on his meeting yesterday with Boris Johnson and he carefully avoids passing judgement on Metiria Turei.
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