In this episode, Neal Wallace reports from Europe on trade tensions, regenerative farming and the Anuga Food Fair. Back home, AgriHQ’s Fiona Quarrie covers booming yearling sales, while Gallagher’s Mark Maitland discusses the surge in farmers adopting tech to boost efficiency and meet regulatory demands.

News Wrap | Meeting the Market – Stockton to Cologne
1:30 – Senior reporter Neal Wallace, who is on a Meeting the Market tour, checks in from Brussels, where he’s been meeting up with European Union officials to hear how they’re dealing with the challenges of war in Ukraine and the US trade war. He also talks about regenerative farming in Stockton, Illinois and the Anuga food Fair in Cologne, Germany.

Market Insights | Young cattle fetching top dollar in the south
8:34 – AgriHQ analyst Fiona Quarrie is in the South Island and the big news is the yearling cattle sales, which are going great guns as buyers vie for stock.

Feature | NZ primed for a tech transformation
13:50 – Mark Maitland of Gallagher Animal Management joins the show to talk about the uptick in enquiries he’s seeing from farmers looking to utilise technology on-farm. He says high farmgate returns, regulatory requirements and farm diversification are all driving farmers to find out how technology can help them create more value and save time.

Feds Focus | Boy racer legislation needs more grunt
26:37 – Federated Farmers police spokesperson Karl Dean says while he’s behind the tougher stance on boy racers, he’s keen to see farmer interests protected, with issues like animal welfare on farm thefts included.

The Final Word
31:35 – The Police have submitted to public pressure and withdrawn a plan to reduce staffing numbers in Canterbury. While budget pressures are a reality for them, moving police from country to city is no way to make ends meet. Law and order is built on a foundation of agreement between citizens and the state, and the backdown shows the citizens still have sway.