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041 | The rural banking inquiry, we have all heard about it but were we really aware of how necessary it was! We certainly weren't form Reserve bank policy settings to the actual banks themselves and even as farmers how we handle the situation. And overhaul is well called for. Thanks to the team at NZAB (not sponsored, just really liked their info) for putting together such thorough, informative information on this and providing a voice for the sector at the beehive!
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040 | This week we are joined by guest co-host Dr Ellen Joan Ford, a leadership expert. Dr Ellen was recently invovled as a co-researcher in the Rural Leadership report devloped in partnership by the Food and Fibre CoVE and Rural Leaders. The report is available here.
We also touched on Ellen's own research and her leadership framework - belogning, automony, purpose and how that applies to the food and fibre sector, and also her latest passion project #workschoolhours, which is really all about bringing your whole self to work and employers recongising that employees have a life outside of the office walls or farm gate. Ellen has penned a book on the subject which is available through her website - https://www.ellenjoanford.com/shop
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039 | A fully electric ute is about to hit the NZ market - with a petrol generator to provide range, its electric its a hybrid, listen along to find out more. We have also celebrated the winners at the Beef and Lamb NZ awards and the woos of the arable farmers coming into their season.
This week we explore the Canadian dairy market, it's not currently somewhere we export a great deal of products to and for good reason. But their industry is signficantly different to ours, listen along and find out more.
The Whole Story do an epic job of expanding our minds and providing education on sustainability. There blog is currently showing us how to apply the SDGs (sustainable development goals) on the ground - take a read here.
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038 | This week Emily dove into the differences in milk on our supermarket shelves, aside from price why do prices vary so greatly? Does it make a difference nutrtionally and importantly are the farmers earning more from some of your purchases than others?
In the news we touch on a new tech device out of the University of Canterbury - LuMoo that supports early detection of Johne's disease (their give-a-little page to support them on their trip to Paris is here) Zespri's push to secure year round shelf space in the northern hemisphere, the growing wild rabbit population and how pests should be managed.
Finally, we heard your asks for a conversation about Rural Women's Mental Health across the country, unfortunately we can't be there in person this year but we have put our heads together to make the next best thing happen - a webinar - with the most epic panel - Deanne Parkes, Charlotte Heald and Kathryn Wright. Grab your tickets now!
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037 | With all the extreme weather events both here in NZ and around the globe, it seemed obvious that we should dig into the wide reaching impacts of these types of events. We dig into the impacts of climate change on the insurability of our farms and assets. It's a scary thought but one that is forseeable in the not to distant future.
Make sure you take a look at our new website (we are very excited and proud) - aginconversation.com and whilst you're there nab a ticket to our upcoming webinar on Rural Women's Mental Health - here
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026 | We are back to normal programming, bringing you global ag conversations to your ears. This week we dig into the Amercian Farm Bill, just what is it and why can't they agree on it. Is it going to impact us in NZ?
In the news we cover the new free trade agreement with the UAE, the closing of Alliance's plant in Timaru - Smithfield and the new approach to planting natives - via drones.
Finally, get in behind the Ballance Environmental Awards! Entries are open now!
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035 | Week 4 of our Rural Women's Mental Health Series - we are joined by Kate Steadman, a registered Clinical Psychologist based in Fielding. She is the owner of Second Nature Psychology where she specialises in rural mental health, offering psychological assessment and therapy for individuals and couples.
To learn more about Kate and her life changing work, check her webiste out, or find her on Instagram or Facebook - Second Nature Psychology.
Our Rural Women's Mental Health Series shines a spotlight on an important and often overlooked topic - rural women’s mental health. We delve into the unique challenges rural women face and explore how mental wellness plays a crucial role in their everyday lives.
From the struggles of moving to the country and adjusting to life away from familiar surroundings, to balancing careers, raising children, and starting businesses in rural settings - these experiences are often accompanied by feelings of isolation, guilt, and the pressure of constantly serving others.
But alongside these challenges, we also celebrate the resilience of rural women, the strength of their communities, and the deep connections that form in these environments. Our podcast episodes this month featured stories of hope and practical strategies to help refind and maintain a strong sense of self amidst it all.
The content discussed in this podcast maybe triggering and relate to mental health challenges such as depression, anixety and suicide. Its intended for informational and educational purposes only. We are not mental health professionals, and the discussions shared here are based on personal experiences.
If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, please reach out for help.
In New Zealand, you can contact Lifeline at 0800 543 354 or text 4357 for free, 24/7 support. You can also reach out to the Rural Support Trust at 0800 787 254 for confidential assistance. For those outside New Zealand, we encourage you to seek local resources or speak to a healthcare professional. Remember, you don't have to go through this alone—help is available.
Big thanks to our partners Cinta Insights and Ag Assist for supporting our podcast.
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034 | Week 3 of our Rural Women's Mental Health Series - we are joined by Annabelle Matson, a Christchurch based Coach who talks us through strategies and practical tools to keep well and thrive in our daily lives.
To learn more about Annabelle and her life changing work, check her webiste out, or find her on instagram or Facebook or jump into her podcast.
Our Rural Women's Mental Health Series shines a spotlight on an important and often overlooked topic - rural women’s mental health. We delve into the unique challenges rural women face and explore how mental wellness plays a crucial role in their everyday lives.
From the struggles of moving to the country and adjusting to life away from familiar surroundings, to balancing careers, raising children, and starting businesses in rural settings - these experiences are often accompanied by feelings of isolation, guilt, and the pressure of constantly serving others.
But alongside these challenges, we also celebrate the resilience of rural women, the strength of their communities, and the deep connections that form in these environments. Our podcast episodes this month featured stories of hope and practical strategies to help refind and maintain a strong sense of self amidst it all.
The content discussed in this podcast maybe triggering and relate to mental health challenges such as depression, anixety and suicide. Its intended for informational and educational purposes only. We are not mental health professionals, and the discussions shared here are based on personal experiences.
If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, please reach out for help.
In New Zealand, you can contact Lifeline at 0800 543 354 or text 4357 for free, 24/7 support. You can also reach out to the Rural Support Trust at 0800 787 254 for confidential assistance. For those outside New Zealand, we encourage you to seek local resources or speak to a healthcare professional. Remember, you don't have to go through this alone—help is available.
Big thanks to our partners Cinta Insights and Ag Assist for supporting our podcast.
Sign up to our newsletter HERE.
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033 | Week 2, a partners persecptive. Tyler Langford joins us to talk us through her family's journey through depression.
Our Rural Women's Mental Health Series shines a spotlight on an important and often overlooked topic - rural women’s mental health. We delve into the unique challenges rural women face and explore how mental wellness plays a crucial role in their everyday lives.
From the struggles of moving to the country and adjusting to life away from familiar surroundings, to balancing careers, raising children, and starting businesses in rural settings - these experiences are often accompanied by feelings of isolation, guilt, and the pressure of constantly serving others.
But alongside these challenges, we also celebrate the resilience of rural women, the strength of their communities, and the deep connections that form in these environments. Our podcast episodes this month featured stories of hope and practical strategies to help refind and maintain a strong sense of self amidst it all.
Our partners Cinta Insights are running a survey, in support of our Rural Women's Mental Health focus, to understand more about what Rural Women are experiencing, which hopefully will give us a voice. Pease take 5 mins to complete the survey https://surveys.cinta.co.nz/wix/p466854350333.aspx
The content discussed in this podcast maybe triggering and relate to mental health challenges such as depression, anixety and suicide. Its intended for informational and educational purposes only. We are not mental health professionals, and the discussions shared here are based on personal experiences.
If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, please reach out for help.
In New Zealand, you can contact Lifeline at 0800 543 354 or text 4357 for free, 24/7 support. You can also reach out to the Rural Support Trust at 0800 787 254 for confidential assistance. For those outside New Zealand, we encourage you to seek local resources or speak to a healthcare professional. Remember, you don't have to go through this alone—help is available.
Big thanks to our partners Cinta Insights and Ag Assist for supporting our podcast.
Sign up to our newsletter HERE and get your ticket to the Ladies Long Lunch at Riverstone in Oamaru, HERE
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032 | This week we kick of our Rural Women's Mental Health Series, we’re shining a spotlight on an important and often overlooked topic - rural women’s mental health. We delve into the unique challenges rural women face and explore how mental wellness plays a crucial role in their everyday lives.
From the struggles of moving to the country and adjusting to life away from familiar surroundings, to balancing careers, raising children, and starting businesses in rural settings - these experiences are often accompanied by feelings of isolation, guilt, and the pressure of constantly serving others.
But alongside these challenges, we also celebrate the resilience of rural women, the strength of their communities, and the deep connections that form in these environments. Our podcast episodes this month featured stories of hope and practical strategies to help refind and maintain a strong sense of self amidst it all.
The content discussed in this podcast maybe triggering and relate to mental health challenges such as depression, anixety and suicide. Its intended for informational and educational purposes only. We are not mental health professionals, and the discussions shared here are based on personal experiences.
If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, please reach out for help.
In New Zealand, you can contact Lifeline at 0800 543 354 or text 4357 for free, 24/7 support. You can also reach out to the Rural Support Trust at 0800 787 254 for confidential assistance. For those outside New Zealand, we encourage you to seek local resources or speak to a healthcare professional. Remember, you don't have to go through this alone—help is available.
Big thanks to our partners Cinta Insights and Ag Assist for supporting our podcast.
Sign up to our newsletter HERE and get your ticket to the Ladies Long Lunch at Riverstone in Oamaru, HERE
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031 | We take a political theme to the news this week, covering ACT's suggestion to sell of PAMU/Landcorp's assets, look at the latest rates bill increases felt across the country and also the fast track bill and its latest changes.
We then dive into Generative AI - What is it? How will it change our lives? and How is it going to contribute to doubling our exports? We're sure you all have lots of questions (just like us) on this, a conversation to be continued!
Finally, jump in and join the Beef and Lamb webinars over the next few weeks - https://beeflambnz.com/events/blnz-central-otago-farming-profit-silver-lining-webinars
Big thanks to our partners Cinta Insights for supporting us, and this episode. To join their community of farmers - Join Our Community | Cinta
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030 | Inspired by last weeks news item, Myfanwy leads us on a deep dive into the potential Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India, why this needs to be mutally beneficial and stand the test of time.
In the news this week we look at a new business Landify who is changing the way people can get into and exit from farming, Clarkson's Farm and their push to support mental health and finally, how protecting the Welsh family farm is protecting their language.
Finally - Of the West Podcast - get it in your ears for some great business lessons and inspiration.
Big thanks to our partner Cinta Insights for supporting us. To join their community of farmers - Join Our Community | Cinta
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029 | Does NZ have a secure food supply? We dig into what's happening out there between rising food prices, fragile and volatile supply chains and the way our food production is geared for exporting.
In the news we talk about Bostocks selling to Inghams, the US propping up red meat exports and discussions about a Free Trade Agreement with India.
Big thanks to our partners Cinta Insights for supporting us, and this episode. To get in touch with George regarding the spring omnibus survey, flick him an email [email protected]
To join their community of farmers - https://www.cinta.co.nz/join-our-community
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028 | We are joined by Philippa Cameron from Whats for Smoko (her amazing instagram page), she is also a multiple, best selling author and amazing wife and mother hailing from Otematata. Pip joins us for a chat about the myth or truth of the rural urban divide, we debunk it based on some research completed in 2023 by Massey University as part of the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge - https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/the-urbanrural-divide-debunked-aotearoa-new-zealand-values-our-farming-sector/
This week in the news we go into what's happening in Ireland with Straw (Country Wide Podcast Episode), quad bike safety and the excellent scheme SaferFarm's have run, and finally BX Foods are unfortunately laying on approximately 1/3 of their staff.
Find Philippa on Instagram or her website - https://whatsforsmoko.com/
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027 | The Olympics are on and like most of the country we are fixated on all things sporting and Olympics. Alongside becoming armchair experts in every sport we have never heard of, we've done a deep dive into how agriculture is featured at the games and news flash - its through everyone attendings belly's! They are going to serve up 13 million meals over the month of Olympics and Paralympics and Paris 2024 have stated they are going to slash the carbon footprint of these meals by half.
In the news this week we look into vending machines on farm in the UK, the current state of the rural real estate market and Fonterra's partnership with Nestle to create a net zero dairy farm in the Taranaki.
Finally, check out Diana Rodgers (Instagram) her book Sacred Cow and the associated film on YouTube
HOSTS | @emilywalker @myfanwyalexander
Thanks to Cinta Insights for supporting and sponsoring this episode. To take part in their tractor survey, sign up at this link - https://surveys.cinta.co.nz/wix/p696732910127.aspx
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026 | Myfanwy took us deep into the world of dairy farming this week - inspired perhaps by the early calves arriving at her place. We talk immigration policy, UK farm income and the impact of Tik Tok bans in the US on meat and diary consumption. Before discussing precision fermentation - what it is, what it could be used for and the impact it might have on the NZ dairy industry. To learn more about precision fermentation check out Anny Benny on LinkedIn.
We wrap up by talking about Loshni Manikam, the rural personal and professional coach and her new AI platform - https://www.delphi.ai/loshni
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025 | It's an exciting week at Ag in Conversation HQ, not only did we record this episode in person! Only our second ever! We are also welcoming our first partner to the podcast! Cinta Insights, an award-winning full-research, market research & insights agency providing high quality services to our clients for the past 20 years.
We encourage every listener to join their community - https://www.cinta.co.nz/join-our-community to participate in their research and support the future of the agri sector but also for everyone that joins Cinta's community they donate to a charity of your choosing - NZ Young Farmers, Rural Women New Zealand or Rural Support Trust.
This week we dive head first in to the new report released by the Food and Fibre CoVE and NZRural Leaders - ‘A Path to Realising Leadership Potential in Aotearoa NZ’s Food and Fibre Sector’ The research proposes an ecosystem that can be interacted with, leveraged, adapted and shared. This thinking is synthesised to provide a framework for the sector to develop a flow of prepared leaders to step into ever more impactful roles.
In the news this week we look at the latest with Synlait, IKEA's big investment in NZ farm land, Otis Oat Milk's new factory in Auckland and Chickpeas in Australia.
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024 | Before we dove deep into the world of electrification and solar on farms we touched on Denmark's latest annoucement - the first country in the world to tax agri emissions but its not law yet! - will they make it further than anyone else? The UK have had a change in govt, what does it mean for ag and trade? and finally maze maze the amazing maize, well not quite so quickly! there are huge supply chain issues cause all sorts of problems for those growing maize for grain in the North Island.
This week we had the epic Mike Casey from Forest Lodge Orchard and Rewiring Aotearoa co-hosting the pod with us. He is a "nerd" (of his own admission) in the world of electrification, he's blazing the trial right out front showing the rest of us what can be done. He's then very kindly sharing all his knowledge so we can learn and uptake as quickly as possible. This is an exciting conversation that really ignited the flame of opportunity and how farming can be a solution to the country!
Mike Casey - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikesimoncasey/
Forest Lodge Orchard (Mike's Cherries) - https://www.instagram.com/forestlodgeorchard/
Rewiring Aotearoa - Website Instagram
Electric Farms report - https://www.rewiring.nz/electric-farms
Electric Homes report - https://www.rewiring.nz/electric-homes-report
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023 | The FOMO is real! UK Groundswell have brought music concert vibes to farming with their latest "conference" (not sure you can call it that) bringing together farmers, foodies and everyone in between to talk about regenerative agriculture - this one is on the bucket list for sure! We also discuss the NZ rural banking inquiry and AgriZERO's work in reducing methane emissions via practical tools for farmers.
This week we debate Gene Editing, and the fact that NZ has been silent on the topic for over 20 years. Now is the time to have the conversation as we are quickly falling behind the rest of the world and we need to know what our renewed stance is and why? NZ Food strategy anyone?
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022 | This week we were joined by Hon Jo Luxton, Labour's spokesperson for agriculture to discuss how we can get more enduring change in government despite the changing parties every 3,6,9 yrs. We also touched on Alliance's woolshed meetings, a big win for NZ's poultry farmers in reducing their antibiotic usage and Waitrose supermarkets in the UK willing to pau for sustainability.
Finally Future Farmers have removed the age cap - anyone can you - sign up here - https://futurefarmersnz.org/be-a-future-farmers-member
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