WITH so much uncertainty surrounding what the summer show season will mean for the industry and, indeed, an audience hungry for a return of farm events, we are publishing our usual list of events for the coming year. However, as we all found out to our cost, we can never take anything for granted and Covid-19 road a coach and horses through many well-intentioned – and sometimes costly – plans for almost the entire brigade of 2020 s shows, that months of preparation had gone into. Nothing will ever be the same again, we suspect, for Scotland and, indeed, the UK and Ireland s rich tapestry of farming events which breath much needed fresh air into an industry which is sometimes all too often marked by long and lonely working hours.
Rabobank Best of The Country - December 19, 2020 18 Dec, 2020 03:59 PM 2 minutes to read The Country This week on the Best of The Country, Jamie Mackay caught up with Rabobank senior dairy analyst Emma Higgins, who finally shed her nickname The Grinch as the bank upped its forecast milk price. This week s top interviews were: Jane Smith: The North Otago farmer and former winner of the BFEAs gave us her good, bad and ugly nominations for 2020. She also told us why this year was brought to you by the letter W. Advertisement Emma Higgins: The Rabobank senior dairy analyst shed her Jamie Mackay-appointed nickname The Grinch as the bank ups its forecast milk price.
The Country - Sailing edition Quick Read The Country Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay celebrated the America s Cup World Series in Auckland by playing sailing tunes. On with the show: Katie Milne: The first female president of Federated Farmers, who stepped aside mid-year, casts her eye over 2020 and nominates her Ag Person of the Year. Advertisement Judith Collins: National s leader looks back on a turbulent 2020 and admits her ascension to the top job was a hospital pass. She also takes the opportunity to condemn Trevor Mallard s recent behaviour. Doug Avery and Shane McManaway: Today s panel features the Resilient Farmer and the former chief executive of Allflex, who is also a Wairarapa farmer and hospital builder.