FULL SHOW - 14th May 2026

We kick off at 11:05 with Trade Minister Todd McClay as concerns grow that President Trump’s administration could target New Zealand lamb exports with new tariffs under fresh US trade investigations, raising wider questions around trade volatility and the future of global agricultural access. At 11:18, NZ Deer Farmers Association Chair Evan Potter wraps the Deer Industry Conference and discusses confidence, markets and where the sector heads next. At 11:33, rural commentator Tony Leggett joins us to discuss why meat co-op share prices are falling despite strong livestock pricing and improving processor profitability, and what that says about the future of farmer ownership structures. At 12:00 it’s Rural News with Farmlands. At 12:05, Westland Milk Products CEO Alex Turnbull discusses Westgold butter being named New Zealand’s best supermarket butter in Consumer NZ’s blind taste test and why grass-fed dairy provenance is becoming increasingly valuable globally. At 12:18, Craig “Wiggy” Wiggins joins us for a wider discussion around rural health, wellbeing, stress and resilience across rural New Zealand. We finish at 12:30 with Dr Thomas Carlin from the Bioeconomy Science Institute discussing new research showing wilding pines may be adapting faster than previously understood, including evidence some NZ pine populations are already evolving and why current control assumptions may need rethinking.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.