FULL SHOW - 20th May 2026

CountryWide Connect – Show Summary Live from Out the Gate, Te Pae Christchurch At 12:45pm we finish the show with Beef + Lamb New Zealand Chair Kate Acland, discussing the mood inside the sector after spending the week at Out the Gate, the battle over methane and pine forestry, diversification at Mt Somers Station, and what she believes young farmers need to back themselves in modern agriculture. At 12:33pm, in our BNZ Agribusiness segment, leading global livestock analyst Simon Quilty joins us to discuss global protein markets, livestock pricing, inflation pressures and whether sustainability and methane reduction will genuinely deliver future premiums for farmers. At 12:18pm Hilton Collier from the Tairāwhiti Whenua Charitable Trust joins us for one of the conference’s deeper conversations — discussing Māori agribusiness, Cyclone Gabrielle recovery, whenua resilience and how commercial farming and kaupapa Māori can work together rather than against each other. At 12:05pm we cross the Tasman to Cattle Australia CEO Will Evans to discuss producer advocacy, sustainability reporting, levy transparency and how Australia is trying to unify the voice of grass-fed cattle producers. At 12pm we have the Farmlands Rural News update live from Te Pae Christchurch. At 11:48am we have a Dairy Country panel discussion looking at where the dairy sector goes next beyond the current strong payout environment. At 11:33am MPI Director-General Ray Smith joins us straight off stage from his keynote address to discuss the government’s ambition to double primary export value, balancing biosecurity with deregulation, and where sheep and beef farming sits in New Zealand’s global future. At 11:18am Sheep Producers Australia CEO Bonnie Skinner joins us to discuss how Australian sheep producers are rebuilding flock confidence, what’s changing across the Tasman, and what New Zealand producers should be paying attention to. And at 11:05am we open the show with Macaulay Jones from Beef + Lamb New Zealand, fresh back from the World Meat Congress in Brazil, discussing global meat demand, emissions policy, protectionism and what international markets are really saying about New Zealand farmers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.