Federated Farmers Podcast

Federated Farmers of NZ 105 - Why our pest problem is bigger than hunting | EP 105

The Federated Farmers Podcast is your weekly guide to the issues affecting rural New Zealand. Join us as we unpack the policies, challenges and big ideas shaping life on farm. With frank conversations from farmers, advocates and experts, we break down what matters and why, so you can stay informed, prepared and heard.

Hosted by Ben Chapman-Smith, Federated Farmers' communications manager, who grew up on a sheep and beef farm in Te Akau on Waikato's west coast.

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Episodes

Why our pest problem is bigger than hunting | EP 105

The Kate Acland story: embracing the uncomfortable | EP 104

Why this farmer is leasing his way to farm ownership | EP 103

From crazy idea to new farming industry | EP 102

Quinn and Samantha Morgan: What good farm leadership looks like | EP 101

Christopher Luxon unscripted | EP 100

Jared Crawford – the sharemilker who bought a brewery | EP 99

Gisborne farmers turning pines into pasture | EP 98

How technology is changing farm succession | EP 97

Meet the farmer: Sandra Faulkner | EP 96

Meet the farmer: Colin Hurst | EP 95

Sam Whitelock on leadership, pressure and life after rugby | EP 94

Vangelis Vitalis: Inside NZ’s trade strategy | EP 93

Farming the conservation estate — a fight for common sense | EP 92

Wayne Langford: Five priorities for the next government | EP 91

How to avoid getting burned by solar | EP 90

Kerry Harmer’s fight for consent while winning awards | EP 89

Neat Meat’s Simon Eriksen doesn’t mince his words | EP 88

Five tips for new contract milkers | EP 87

Meet the farmer: Shanice Young’s rise from city kid to rural leader | EP 86

When farmers became heroes — the liberation of Le Quesnoy | EP 85

Meet the farmer: Ian Strahan | EP 84

Five investment moves for your Fonterra windfall | EP 83

Jo Luxton on life, politics and earning farmers’ trust | EP 82

Red meat recovery or short-term bounce? | EP 81

Is our fuel running out? | EP 80

Fertiliser supply: what’s real and what’s noise | EP 79

Glenaray Station and the future of high-country farming | EP 78

Why farm succession fails — even on profitable farms | EP 77

Arable sector in crisis — and why it matters to all farmers | EP 76

Meet the farmer: Carla de Wet | EP 75

What’s next for Federated Farmers — with Mike Siermans | EP 74

Meet the farmer: Jimmy Emmett | EP 73

Jamie Mackay on life, farming and broadcasting | EP 72

Wool — who’s clipping the ticket? | EP 71

AI, gene tech and the trends shaping NZ farming | EP 70

Inside the homekill boom with Toby Barkla | EP 69

Diversifying on-farm to build new income | EP 68

Back on the front foot – driving farming forward with Wayne Langford | EP 67

When farming isn’t the problem – a Farmstrong story | EP 66

Fix or float the farm loan? | EP 65

UK farmers under pressure – with Tom Bradshaw | EP 64

The dos and don'ts of farm equity partnerships | EP 63

Jim Ward and Simon Cameron — bringing grazing back to crown land | EP 62

How do we win the war on pines and pests? | EP 61

How farmers can lead well when the pressure is on | EP 60

The KiwiSaver roadblock facing young farmers | EP 59

Contract milking insights from Colin Glass | EP 58

Unpacking the Alliance–Dawn Meats proposal with Professor Keith Woodford | EP 57

Fonterra and the future | EP 56