Today on The Country, Jamie, Rowena and Lashes look forward to Labour Day and some time off on Monday. The show will be back on air on Tuesday 23, October.
On with the show:
Angus Hines:
We ask our Met Service forecaster for his Labour Weekend predictions and whether we are headed for dry spring/summer weather?
Dr. Bob Reiter:
We ask the Bayer Head of R&D Crop Science to address the chemical elephant in the room. Is Roundup carcinogenic? What, if anything, can replace glyphosate as a tool for no-till or minimum tillage agriculture? Is there a more environmentally sustainable or chemical-free way to grow crops? And is there a new generation chemical on the horizon to replace Roundup?
Jeremy Rookes and Graeme Smith:
Today's panel features a Canterbury blue blood farmer and the chief executive of the Waikato and Coromandel Drug Detection Agency, who's come off the bench to replace Jason Uden (aka Farmer J).
Grant Edwards:
The GM of PGG Wrightson Wool takes his monthly look at a market that's stuck in the doldrums. However, the good news is there are some creative initiatives happening to get strong wool out of the hole its in.
Barry Soper:
Our political correspondent looks back on a week like no other in New Zealand politics, as the National Party implodes upon itself.
Grant Nisbett:
This week's $100 TAB sports bet of the week sees us taking a metaphoric dollar each way on Canterbury and Tasman in the Mitre 10 Cup semi-final tonight.
Listen below: