All Episodes

From the Field: Farm safety from the ground up with Roger Barton

Cultivating to the market with Xinyu Wu — 175-Year Scholarship Winner

Tech Talk: The heavyweight champion of pasture systems - Clover with Dr Jay Howes

From the Field: Farming in an El Niño with Hugh Ritchie

Envisioning a new future for Bobby Calves with Hamish Shaw - 175 Year Scholarship Winner

Are we ready for the next wave of AgriTech? with Sarah Bell of the Helen Clark Foundation

Tech Talk: Don't be a buzzkill with PGG Wrightson's Chris Lambert

Tech Talk: Calf Rearing Basics

Keep what works, working with A Lighter Touch's Livia Esterhazy

Daffodil Day with Cancer Society NZ

Behind the scenes: What happens at our R&D site?

Moving up the ladder with Laura Morgan

Support you can trust with Michelle Ruddell, Rural Support Trust Chair: Fieldays 2026

Meet Pacala - software innovation built for farmers with Cait Majeski

The Zen of Winemaking with Young Winemakers of NZ

Whenever you need them: a conversation with LANDSAR's Alan Gregory at Fieldays 2026!

Kiwi Innovation - a conversation with Halter's Kate Clausen at Fieldays 2026

Let's get honest with Sophie Hurley of Honest Wolf

Tech Talk: The Hidden Transition for Dairy Cows with Christian Muller

El Niño - What's in store with Chris Brandolino.

Madam President with Heather Sorensen: Fieldays 2026

Rural Woman: Hear us Roar! Sandra Kirby at Feildays 2026

Building Trust in AI with Caitlyn AI's Julie Ryan & Josh Smith: Fieldays 2026

Only for the young with NZ Young Farmers' Cheyne Gillooly & Kate Denholm: Fieldays 2026!

Safety First with Lindy Nelson: Fieldays 2026

Making Fieldays Tick with Richard Lindroos, National Fieldays CEO

Kenna on Kiwifruit with Daniel Kenna of Future Farmers: Fieldays 2026

Stories of Succession with James Robbie, Future Farmers: Fieldays 2026

A Girl Who Grows with Future Farmer's Aimee Blake

Opportunity Party's rural vision with Daniel Eb

ACT Party's rural vision with Andrew Hoggard: Fieldays 2026

NZ First's rural vision with Mark Patterson: Fieldays 2026

Green Party's rural vision with Steve Abel: Fieldays 2026

National's rural vision with Minister Todd McClay: Fieldays 2026

Labour's Rural Vision with Labour's Jo Luxton: Fieldays 2026

Wool Renaissance with Rachel Shearer: Fieldays 2026

Taking it to the bank with Dan Huggins, BNZ CEO: Fieldays 2026

Infrastructure of rural life with Charlie Reynolds: Fieldays 2026

The Mana of Ahuwhenua with Nukuhia Hadfield: Fieldays 2026

Fieldays '26 - Meet the PGW CEO - Stephen Guerin

To bifenthrin or not? That is the question with the EPA's Shaun Presow

Funding future farming innovation with Brendan O'Connell, CEO AgriTech NZ

Advice for young winemakers with Mark Cairns

The Supply Chain Squeeze with Rabobank's Paul Joules

Keeping ewes fed and healthy with Dr Andrew Dowling

The future of frozen veg with Antony Heywood and Matt Thorn

Watching your wallet with Emma Burke

The future of farming with Milton and Shane McDowall.

Kiwifruit: post-harvest advice with Louise Shepherd

Arable Farmers feeling the pinch with David Birkett

Tickled Pink! Celebrating IHC Pink Week with Greg Millar

Learning on the job with Primary ITO's Ginny Vincent

Maximising Autumn Fertiliser with Dr Jay Howes

The Economics of War with Shamubeel Eaqub

Reforming the RMA, again with Fox Meyer

Pests! Getting them under control with Chris Lambert

Good time to buy? Rural real estate questions with Peter Newbold, PGG Wrightson General Manager of Real Estate & Livestock

Country Calendar celebrates 60 years with Dan Henry

Hark! Restoring a forest with Miranda Wells of the 800 Trust

Mothballing Vineyards with Jon Peet

Predicting the weather with Chris Brandolino, Principal Scientist at Earth Sciences NZ

Stayin' Strong with Farmstrong's CEO Gerard Vaughan

Tech Talk: Spiking the Competition with Gary Bosley

International Influence with Charles Finny, Saunders Unsworth

Women of the century with Sandra Kirby, Rural Women New Zealand CEO

Tech Talk: Dealing with Diamondback moths with Pete McKnight, Technical Specialist - Agronomy

Tech Talk: Managing pests with Chris Lambert

On the Vine: Growing the perfect Kiwi with Matt Glenn, Kiwifruit Breeding Centre CEO

How do you like them apples? - Tech Talk with THR Gary Speers

Meet the Interns - Putting PGG Wrightson's Interns in the spotlight

The Perfect Break with Surfing for Farmer's Dom Huxley

Rounding Up the facts on Glyphosate with the EPA's Dr Shaun Presow

Stayin' Alive with Safer Farms' Lindy Nelson

Killer Cats with Richard Dawkins of Federated Farmers

Ep. 50: Goodbye 3G - how its demise affects Rural Communities with Craig Young of TUANZ.

Ep 49: Shepherdess - telling stories about women and the land with Kristy McGregor, Editor-in-Chief

Ep 48: Ditching the agchem? Growing with A Lighter Touch with Livia Esterhazy

Ep 47: Farming Free of Fossil Fuels with Electric Cherry's Mike Casey

Ep 46: Diversifying your income through Agritourism with Marijke Dunselman

Ep 45: Sorted! Recycling farm plastic scheme gets green light with Minister Penny Simmonds

Ep 44: It's Banned! What can you do now that Chlorpyrifos is banned?

Ep 43: Investing in Science at PGG Wrightson

Ep 42: We want your sheep poo! A conversation with Cara Brosnahan

Ep 41: Bug guts is science. What eDNA is revealing about NZ's insects with Richard & Aimee

Ep 40: Targeting the Methane Targets with James Renwick

Ep 39: Targeting the Methane Targets with David Frame.

Ep 38: Our Sustainable Journey with Michael Anderson

Ep 37: Defining Agronomy with Elaine Gould of Fruitfed Supplies

Ep 36: Happy Birthday, PGW with CEO Stephen Guerin

Ep 35: Is there room for AI and agriculture with Kylie Horomia of AgriTech New Zealand

Ep 34: Supporting Rural Communities with Jonathan Bell of Rural Support Trust

Ep 33: Making wine with New Zealand Young Winemaker of the Year Ruby McManaway

Ep 32: Vine and Wine with New Zealand Winegrower's CEO Philip Gregan

Ep 31: What does it take? Celebrating our Young Grower of the Year Phoebe Scherer

Ep 30: Growing the Future with Kate Scott, Horticulture NZ CEO

Ep 29: Fighting farm pests with Joseph Watts

Ep 28: EPA's Assessment Protocols with EPA's Dr Shaun Presow

Ep 27: At the Biosecurity coalface with MPI's Stuart Anderson

Ep 26: Business responsibility for Biosecurity with Debbie Teale

BONUS: Trade tariff troubles with Felicity Roxburgh of NZIBF

Ep 25: Caring for Calves with Jo Harris

Ep 24: Dux de Luxe with Ben Chambers

Ep 23: Tale of two economies with Cameron Bagrie

Ep 22: Future of Farming with Melissa Clark Reynolds

Ep 21: Building relationships with iwi with Dave McMillin at Fieldays

Ep 20: Māori agriculture with Dr Charlotte Severne at Fieldays

Ep 19: ACT Party's rural vision with Andrew Hoggard at Fieldays

Ep 18: Farming the Game -- solving Agricultural solutions with Minecraft. Talking to Craffft's Alex Radley at Fieldays

Ep 17: Putting drones to work with Skycount's James Steele at Fieldays

Ep 16: The Future of Fieldays with their new CEO Richard Lindroos

Ep 15: What goes in to making Fieldays work? A conversation with PGW's Ben Innes

Ep 14: National's Rural Vision with Minister Todd McClay at Fieldays

Ep 13: In the Field with TFR Sophie Holst at Fieldays

Ep 12: Sam the Trapman - author, Catchment Coordinator, & Future Farmer with Sam Gibson at Fieldays

Ep 11: A path for farm ownership with Seb Chapman at Fieldays

Ep 10: How Green is our Primary Sector with MP Steve Abel (Green) at Fieldays

Ep 9: Labour's farming vision with MP Jo Luxton (Labour) at Feildays

Ep 8: From Waikeria Prison to Farm Manager with Ahuwhenua 2024 winner Ben Purua

Ep 7: New Zealand First's view with Minister Mark Patterson at Fieldays

Ep 6: The future is wool with PGG Wrightson GM of Wool Rachel Shearer at Fieldays

Ep 5: Talking to the Big Boss with PGG Wrightson CEO Stephen Guerin at Fieldays.

Ep 4d: Spotlight on LandSAR's new Searchlight 2025 campaign with CEO Carl McOnie

Ep 4c: Rise in Dairy Conversions with PGG Wrightson Technical Field Representative Brent Dalley

Ep 4b: Crops vs Worms. Summer Forage Crops prove to be a new tool against worm challenge and drench resistance with PGG Wrightson Technical Expert - Animal Production Jason Leslie

Ep 4a: The Budget - what's in it for me? with Chris Nixon, NZIER Principal Economist

Ep 4: Summer Forage Crops, Budget 2025, Dairy Conversions & More! (May 2025)

Ep 3c: Soil solutions for autumn with PGG Wrightson's Jay Howes

Ep 3b: AgPlastic Reform with Minister Penny Simmonds and AgRecovery's Tony Wilson

Ep 3a: Tariff turmoil for NZ Farmers & Growers with Minister Todd McClay

Ep 3: Todd McClay on Tariffs & Agriculture, Plastic AgWaste, and Autumn Fertilser

Ep 2: Trade & Tariffs, Right to Repair Legislation, Regulating the Regulators, and Proprietary Seeds

Ep 1: Introducing The Blue Shed Diary