Full Show | 16 August

Two South Island farmers have launched an online platform, Landify, which helps young farmers looking to get into farm ownership find investors and sellers. Co-founder Sarah How tells Bryan that while the sector has talked about the problem of succession for years there has been relatively few tools developed to deal with the problem.Landify is a place where succession conversations can begin and How hopes it will not only help more people get on the property ladder, but also attract more people to the sector in general as it provides a visible career pathway to farm ownership.Federated Farmers is celebrating regulatory changes that exempt those who supply drinking water to fewer than 25 people from costly and time-consuming administration. Its local government spokesperson Sandra Faulkner says the changes are a win for common sense. She says the process of registering, testing and reporting on their water supply would have added significant cost, risk and hassle for absolutely no gain. Skyrocketing power prices are hitting farmers and processors hard. Senior reporter Richard Rennie says it looks like a challenge that will be here for some time as there’s no obvious fix on the horizon. Meat and dairy processors, orchardists and irrigators are all grappling with the problem and many are looking for efficiencies and ways to trim costs in other areas.