In this week’s “News Maker” show of Sarah’s Country: - The term dirty dairying is gone, and a new approach is needed to acknowledge that society is concerned about the environment and that groups such as farmers are also making changes, says Ray Grubb Fish & Game NZ’s new Chair. - Post-covid demand from China pushes dairy prices to recent record levels, Westpac analyst Nathan Penny explains. - Drier weather than average ahead for most of New Zealand, weather commentator Phil Duncan gives us the latest long-range rural weather. - A bid to stop pest control is rejected, Hawke’s Bay Farmer, Lloyd Holloway shares his frustrations. To listen to the interview, visit www.sarahscountry.com Subscribe to Sarah’s Country on the podcast and if you love us, please leave a review! Sarah’s Country is produced in a strategic alliance with Farmers Weekly - New Zealand’s most trusted source of agri-journalism - www.farmersweekly.co.nz Contact the show: sarah@sarahscountry.com Follow Sarah’s Country on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahperriam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahscountry

As part of this week’s “News Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Nathan Penny from Westpac explains how post-covid demand from China for milk powder and a resurgent appetite for milk fat products in several markets has lifted dairy prices to recent record levels. The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index rose 4.8% in the second auction of January and has now risen 17% over the past three months. The index is the highest it has been since May 2014, incorporating the highest whole milk powder (WMP) average since December 2016. To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/dairy/view/post-covid-demand-pushes-dairy-prices To listen to the interview on podcast, visit www.sarahscountry.com Subscribe to Sarah’s Country on the podcast and if you love us, please leave a review! Sarah’s Country is produced in a strategic alliance with Farmers Weekly - New Zealand’s most trusted source of agri-journalism - www.farmersweekly.co.nz Contact the show: sarah@sarahscountry.com Follow Sarah’s Country on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahperriam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahscountry

As part of this week’s “News Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Ray Grubb from Fish & Game NZ discusses how the term dirty dairying is gone, and a new approach is needed to acknowledge that society is concerned about the environment and that groups such as farmers are also making changes. The term, coined by Fish & Game NZ (FGNZ) to describe the environmental impact of dairy farming, has been widely vilified by farmers and credited with the deteriorating relationship between anglers, hunters and farmers. New FGNZ Chair, Ray Grubb, agrees and promises to dispense with the campaign in what he says will be a less antagonistic approach to farmers under his reign. To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/agribusiness/view/the-tide-has-shifted-fgnz To listen to the interview on podcast, visit www.sarahscountry.com Subscribe to Sarah’s Country on the podcast and if you love us, please leave a review! Sarah’s Country is produced in a strategic alliance with Farmers Weekly - New Zealand’s most trusted source of agri-journalism - www.farmersweekly.co.nz Contact the show: sarah@sarahscountry.com Follow Sarah’s Country on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahperriam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahscountry

As part of this week’s “News Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Hawke’s Bay Farmer, Lloyd Hollaway, shares his frustrations after a bid to stop pest control is rejected. An application to prevent a possum control programme on a block of land in Hawke’s Bay has been dismissed in the Maori Land Court. Last year an Ospri-backed control programme on the 15,000-hectare Tataraakina C block was put on hold after trust member Nigel Baker applied to the court for an injunction preventing what was described as further damage and injury to the block and associated wahi tapu sites. To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/agribusiness/view/bid-to-stop-pest-control-rejected To listen to the interview on podcast, visit www.sarahscountry.com Subscribe to Sarah’s Country on the podcast and if you love us, please leave a review! Sarah’s Country is produced in a strategic alliance with Farmers Weekly - New Zealand’s most trusted source of agri-journalism - www.farmersweekly.co.nz Contact the show: sarah@sarahscountry.com Follow Sarah’s Country on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahperriam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahscountry

As part of this week’s “News Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, we get the latest long-range rural weather forecast with Phil Duncan – drier weather than average ahead for most of New Zealand. To listen to the interview on podcast, visit www.sarahscountry.com Subscribe to Sarah’s Country on the podcast and if you love us, please leave a review! Sarah’s Country is produced in a strategic alliance with Farmers Weekly - New Zealand’s most trusted source of agri-journalism - www.farmersweekly.co.nz Contact the show: sarah@sarahscountry.com Follow Sarah’s Country on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahperriam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahscountry

In this week’s “Change Maker” show of Sarah’s Country: - There is a new online tool to record efforts to improve water quality. Roger Young from Cawthron Freshwater Sciences says one of the goals is to give landowners confidence to invest in the most efficient actions, accelerating investment in catchment improvements. - Scott Townshend, Trev CEO - Explains how ‘trev’ technology allows farmers to build a database of operational information in a quick and easy format. It will automate the flow of livestock data from operational into financial reporting. - A $25 million Future Ready Farms programme led by Ballance Agri-Nutrients will be put in place to meet national environmental targets. Mark Wynne, Ballance CEO, says this programme represents their ongoing commitment to partnering with farmers and growers on that journey. - What are the downsides of robots on-farm? Robert Sparrow, Professor at Monash University maintains robots could risk affecting our relationship to food, nature and farming in ways not yet appreciated. To listen to the interview, visit www.sarahscountry.com Subscribe to Sarah’s Country on the podcast and if you love us, please leave a review! Sarah’s Country is produced in a strategic alliance with Farmers Weekly - New Zealand’s most trusted source of agri-journalism - www.farmersweekly.co.nz Contact the show: sarah@sarahscountry.com Follow Sarah’s Country on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahperriam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahscountry

As part of this week’s “Change Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Roger Young from Cawthron Freshwater Sciences discusses a new online tool to record efforts to improve water quality. Action taken by farmers to reduce nutrient losses during the past 20 years has worked, but it will need to accelerate if current regulatory objectives are to be met. Research released this week by the “Our Land and Water (OLAW) National Science Challenge” investigated the impact on water quality of adopting better practices on dairy, sheep and beef farms. To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/agribusiness/view/work-has-improved-fresh-water-but-more-needed To listen to the interview on podcast, visit www.sarahscountry.com Subscribe to Sarah’s Country on the podcast and if you love us, please leave a review! Sarah’s Country is produced in a strategic alliance with Farmers Weekly - New Zealand’s most trusted source of agri-journalism - www.farmersweekly.co.nz Contact the show: sarah@sarahscountry.com Follow Sarah’s Country on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahperriam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahscountry

As part of this week’s “Change Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Scott Townshend from Trev explains how ‘trev’ technology allows farmers to build a database of operational information in a quick and easy format. It will automate the flow of livestock data from operational into financial reporting. To listen to the interview on podcast, visit www.sarahscountry.com Subscribe to Sarah’s Country on the podcast and if you love us, please leave a review! Sarah’s Country is produced in a strategic alliance with Farmers Weekly - New Zealand’s most trusted source of agri-journalism - www.farmersweekly.co.nz Contact the show: sarah@sarahscountry.com Follow Sarah’s Country on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahperriam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahscountry

As part of this week’s “Change Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Professor Rob Sparrow from Monash University discusses how robots could risk affecting our relationship to food, nature and farming in ways not yet appreciated. Most media articles on robotics in agriculture focus on the “gee whiz” aspects of the technology, but two Monash University philosophy academics have shone an ethical torch on how their future application could raise some challenges for what it means to farm. At a time when New Zealand is poised for the new season’s harvest but thousands of hands short, the concept of an army of robots to harvest it all could seem an appealing one. To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/agribusiness/view/downside-of-using-robots-on-farm To listen to the interview on podcast, visit www.sarahscountry.com Subscribe to Sarah’s Country on the podcast and if you love us, please leave a review! Sarah’s Country is produced in a strategic alliance with Farmers Weekly - New Zealand’s most trusted source of agri-journalism - www.farmersweekly.co.nz Contact the show: sarah@sarahscountry.com Follow Sarah’s Country on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahperriam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahscountry