The Rural Roundup

Former dairy farmer and radio veteran Andy Thompson brings listeners the rural news of the day and an in-depth analysis of the current farming industry in New Zealand.

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Rural Hero of the Week with Fern Energy - Ryan ...
4 min
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Wayne Langford - Federated Farmers 2025 plan
6 min
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Patrick Meates - Kumara Races
Andy chatted to Patrick Meates from the Kumara Races about what is truly one of the great days on the calendar year
7 min
254
Tavendale & Partners On Farm Legal Series - Lea...
Leandra joined the show to discuss equity parneternips when it comes to your farming business
9 min
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NZTR Welfare Segment - Tracey Oakes – Thoroughb...
Tracey joined the show to discuss specifics around caring for horses in the Summer months
8 min
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Datamars Livestock Golf Getaway Winner
Duane Monkley from Datamars Livestock joined the show to announce the winner of our Golf Giveaway
6 min
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NZTR Welfare Segment - Brad Molander from Wentw...
Brad Molander who is Yearling Manager for Wentwood Grange talks about his role ahead of the Karaka Sales
9 min
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Open Country Dairy Discussion - Cristina Alvara...
Cristina joined Andy to talk about the recent fall in the GDT and the 2025 outlook
5 min
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Fruitfed - Growing Matters | Daniel Sutton - Re...
Fruitfed - Growing Matters | Daniel Sutton - Research, Development and Extension Manager at Vegetables NZ
10 min
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Rural Hero of the Week with Fern Energy - Chris...
Colin Hurst, Fed Farmers Vice President talks about Chris Allen who sadly passed away recently. We award Chris the Rural Hero of the Week for his outstanding work in the community
6 min
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Damian McKenzie
All Black first five Damain McKenzie joins the show to discuss his role as captain in the upcoming Datamars Livestock Golf Giveaway
5 min
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Mainland Coachworks Equestrian Segment - Lisa T...
Lisa Tennekoon talks to us about the upcoming inaugural Queenstown Show Jumping Classic
7 min
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The Wonderful World of Biological Wine with Gol...
We catch up with Mike Eaton to talk about the upcoming Summer and the important things to get right. Mike also gives his best wine suggestions for Summer
8 min
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Dairy Discussion with Open Country
Libby Price joins us for this weeks Dairy Discussion on Fonterra NZ & Aussie milk price differential
7 min
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On Farm Legal - Tavendale and Partners Henry M...
On Farm Legal - Tavendale and Partners Henry Moore and Pippa Hayward on making the transition from grassroots sport to elite level
10 min
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Matt Gibb - Datamars
We caught up with Matt Gibb to launch the Datamars Golf Getaway
7 min
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Bayleys - Karl Davis
We caught up with Karl Davis to hear about how his Charity Golf Day ended up last week in the Hauraki. Pluss the final figures of money raised for a great cause
7 min
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Richard Macintyre- Net Zero Banking Alliance Co...
Richard Macintyre- Net Zero Banking Alliance Commission Banks not funding petrol stations
9 min
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Fern Energy Rural Hero of the Week - Jayden Warner
Jayden Warner, Operations Manager for Central Feeds Limited is this weeks Rural Hero for all his great work in the mental health space
4 min
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All Black fullback Will Jordan
Will Jordan joins the show to discuss the Datamars Golf Giveaway and how he will go as skipper of his golf team
5 min
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John Atkinson | New Zealand Farriers Association
6 min
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Fern Rural Hero of the week | Toby Williams
9 min
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Glyn Eason | Permapine latest fencing products
6 min
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Andrew Hoggard | Chicken Armageddon
6 min
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Emma Crutchley - Maniototo Sheep and Beef Farmer
Emma Crutchley joined Andy from the NZ Agriculture and Climate Change Conference in Wellington, to talk about her presentation and giving farmers a voice
5 min