In this week’s “Change Maker” show of Sarah’s Country: A game-changing ‘smart pivot' developed by Feilding-based software engineers will be able to monitor crop health. Zimmatic’s Technology Strategy Advisor, Stu Bradbury, explains. Honest Wolf’s Sophie Hurley shares Papanui Station’s journey from handpiece to handbag. A sustainable beef patty trial has been a success. New Zealand Roundtable for Sustainable Beef’s Chair, Grant Bunting, explains. Plant & Food Research scientist Kerry Templeton outlines the new hop cultivars with unique flavours developed for our premium craft beer markets. 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, Kerry Templeton from Plant & Food Research outlines the new hop cultivars with unique flavours developed for our premium craft beer markets. New Zealand has some of the most sought-after hops in the world. Not only does the hop industry benefit from New Zealand's reputation for environmental sustainability, but our hops have unique flavours brewers, particularly those with a taste for something different, search for. The hop breeding programme has pioneered the release of a series of highly successful seedless triploid cultivars. The breeding programme focuses on developing high performing bittering-type hops as well as novel aromatic-type hops which impart unique flavours to beer. For more information, visit the Plant & Food Research website: https://www.plantandfood.co.nz/ 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, Grant Bunting from New Zealand Roundtable for Sustainable Beef discusses the success of a sustainable beef patty trial. The $350,000 trial, 50:50 funded by industry and the Government, has proven it is possible to produce a beef patty sustainably right across the supply chain in NZ. The project aimed to help meet the growing demand for ethically sourced and sustainable products. To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/beef/view/sustainable-beef-patty-trial-a-success 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, Sophie Hurley from Honest Wolf shares Papanui Station’s journey from handpiece to handbag. Sam and Sophie Hurley had for a while been thinking about finding new avenues for their wool, and a couple of years ago they saw an opportunity in New Zealand’s ban on single-use plastic shopping bags. Today, Honest Wolf branded products are being bought by people across the country and around the world. To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/other-sectors/on-farm-story/pack-leaders-in-honest-products 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, Stu Bradbury from Zimmatic ANZ discusses a game-changing ‘smart pivot’ developed by Feilding-based software engineers that will be able to monitor crop health. Lindsay, which produces the Zimmatic brand of pivot irrigators, has just introduced the concept of the world’s first ‘smart pivot’ to its markets around the globe. Now, they are inviting New Zealand farmers and irrigation industry colleagues to give feedback so the product can be tailored to their needs. For details about the webinar on 4th March – The Future of Irrigation, follow this link: https://fb.me/e/4K5xtuAXc To read more about the smart pivot, visit: https://www.lindsay.com/smartpivot 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 Opinion Maker show of Sarah’s Country: Deer Industry NZ’s velvet marketing manager Rhys Griffiths will discuss how three companies marketing deer velvet antlers in Asia have formed a coalition to develop a market for New Zealand velvet as a health food ingredient in China. Silver Fern Farms Group Marketing Manager, Nicola Johnston, explains the impact of Covid on venison prices in Europe & North America and how they have pivoted their efforts into venison’s third largest market, China, on a venison marketing project with DINZ. Mark McCoard from Deer Farmers Association and Phil McKenzie from Deer Industry NZ discuss how deer farmers are going to be able to meet climate change emission reduction targets. 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 “Opinion Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Mark McCoard from Deer Farmers Association and Phil McKenzie from DINZ discuss how deer farmers are going to be able to meet climate change emission reduction targets. While the industry welcomes many aspects of the Climate Change Commission’s interim report, it will be a challenge for deer farmers. If the commission’s recommendations are adopted, livestock farmers will need to reduce their net methane emissions from 2018 levels by 13% by 2030, a further 7% by 2035 and another 4% by 2050. To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/agribusiness/deer/unclear-how-deer-farmers-will-meet-emissions-targets 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 “Opinion Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Nicola Johnston from Silver Fern Farms explains the impact of Covid on venison prices in Europe and North America, and how they have pivoted their efforts into venison’s third largest market, China on a venison marketing project with DINZ. To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/agribusiness/deer/sff-dinz-team-up-on-venison-project 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 “Opinion Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Rhys Griffiths from Deer Industry NZ discusses how three companies have formed a coalition to develop a New Zealand velvet market as a health food ingredient in China. Deer velvet and red ginseng, two of the two most highly prized ingredients in traditional oriental medicine, have in recent years enjoyed an explosion in demand from South Korea for use in branded natural health products to combat fatigue and boost immunity. In a marketing-only China velvet coalition – CK Import Export, PGG Wrightson and Provelco – will work together to get the critical mass needed to make an impact with the proposed new health food in China. To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/agribusiness/deer/velvet-coalition-targets-china 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