CountryWide CONNECT

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CountryWide CONNECT is the latest innovative daily livestreamed rural video/radio show broadcast at lunchtime 11am – 1pm Monday-Friday from Christchurch, New Zealand.


The show is hosted by respected award-winning agribusiness broadcasters, Sarah Perriam-Lampp (formerly Sarah’s Country & Rural Exchange) and Andy Thompson (formerly The Rural Round-Up).


Over two hours, Sarah & Andy cover the latest in New Zealand rural news, views, politics but most importantly in-depth technical farming advice to help improve farmers bottom lines!

For more information & to subscribe to CountryWide, visit www.country-wide.co.nz


Episode Date
9th July 2026 // Rural News
Jul 09, 2026
Sport Panel: Experimental AB’s and Warriors winning ugly
Jul 09, 2026
Karen Williams - Nationwide deluge highlighting water storage priorities
Jul 09, 2026
Mark Dillon - NZ Ploughing team’s gear shipping mess raises 2029 hosting concerns
Jul 09, 2026
Tracy Brown - Plan Change 1: DairyNZ push to avoid farm plan duplication
Jul 09, 2026
Shane McManaway - ‘Put your hand up and ask for help – it is there’: Wairarapa weather hits again
Jul 09, 2026
Matt Campbell - Up-and-coming spreading business wins Young Achiever’s Award
Jul 09, 2026
Tony Grindle - Northland market update: Record sales on per hectare basis
Jul 09, 2026
Jenny Cameron - Where do export opportunities lie in China’s wine consumption?
Jul 09, 2026
8th July 2026 // Rural News
Jul 08, 2026
Laura Koot - The ag programme advancing young women’s careers
Jul 08, 2026
Nicola Grigg - ‘Leading the way’: Insights into drop in farm acc claims
Jul 08, 2026
Harriet Bremner & Tim Gorton - Farmer panel: What it’s like to be on Country Calendar
Jul 08, 2026
Rosalind Crickett - Supply outpacing demand sees GDT dive 4.9%
Jul 08, 2026
Dean Lester - How to make weather event recovery insurance claims work for you
Jul 08, 2026
Kate Truffit - NZ’s top chip pick revealed
Jul 08, 2026
Peter Savage - BNZ backs farmers to cut gas use under new loan scheme
Jul 08, 2026
7th June 2026 // Rural News
Jul 07, 2026
Tony Trewinnard - Settled weather to follow this system
Jul 07, 2026
Dr Holly Blue - ‘Don’t panic, remain vigilant’: Strangles outbreak update
Jul 07, 2026
Mark Hooper - Feds name Greens fert phase out policy ‘completely mad’
Jul 07, 2026
Steve Abel - Greens respond to backlash over fert phase out policy
Jul 07, 2026
Blair Drysdale - 'It was a hell of a rigamarole': Changes simplify hemp growing
Jul 07, 2026
Phill Hunt - Where there's support for weather event recovery
Jul 07, 2026
Brook van Velden - ‘Let’s take death seriously’: Health and safety bill passes
Jul 07, 2026
6th July 2026 // Rural News
Jul 06, 2026
Todd McClay - Trade Minister: India PM visit to NZ ‘very positive sign’
Jul 06, 2026
Louisa Kraitzic - ‘You’ve got to front up’: Comms expert on Rural Women response to bill
Jul 06, 2026
Jeremy Bryant - New satellite tech means less manual pasture management
Jul 06, 2026
Andrew Hoggard - Minister addresses alarm over blueberry import standards
Jul 06, 2026
Alan Thomson - Can dairy beef prove industry can collaborate?
Jul 06, 2026
Sam McIvor - Consultation open on OSPRI levy increases
Jul 06, 2026
Thomas Slee - Back to reality for 2026 FMG Young Farmer of the Year winner
Jul 06, 2026
Bex Green - ‘Plenty of difficult conversations’: Feds names their advocate of the year
Jul 06, 2026
Tony Leggett - Ag expert talks ANZCO buying Greenlea and Devold's $30 merino contracts
Jul 05, 2026
Cameron Luxton - Still no time frame for rule changes for large ag vehicles
Jul 05, 2026
Campbell Parker - ‘We are an outlier’: Developing enduring dairy beef systems
Jul 05, 2026
Willy McSkimming - App for shearing management changing the game
Jul 05, 2026
Quilae Wong - A real gnarly issue': Opportunity on gene tech bill
Jul 03, 2026
Tony and Michelle Roberts - Deer farmers named national sustainable farming ambassadors
Jul 03, 2026
Brad Olsen - B+LNZ On Farm Inflation report
Jul 03, 2026
Full Show - 3 July 2026
Jul 03, 2026
Craig Smith - ‘True collaboration’: Devold locks in four-year merino supplier contracts
Jul 02, 2026
Kate Truffit - Growers feeling good as potato yields recover
Jul 02, 2026
Alistair King - How badly squeezed are viticulture margins becoming?
Jul 02, 2026
Farmer Panel - What would you make a townie do on farm for a day?
Jul 02, 2026
Tony Trewinnard - ‘Hope is not a strategy’: El Niño officially declared
Jul 02, 2026
Phil & Robin Mangos - Tauranga venue on market ‘has it all’
Jul 02, 2026
Marijke Dunselman - NZ agritourism 'incomparable' on the world stage
Jul 02, 2026
Dino Kudrass - Evolution range launches single-use recyclable shells and silicone liners
Jul 02, 2026
Craig Wiggins - Lean on a Gate: Training your people to look after their people
Jul 01, 2026
Nick Beeby - Back-to-back months of record returns: what is the meat industry getting right?
Jul 01, 2026
James Meager - Herds of Special Interest changes stamped into law
Jul 01, 2026
Hugh Jackson - Outgoing FMG Young Farmer of the Year reflects on year with title
Jul 01, 2026
Libby Price - Aus reallows controversial weedkiller Paraquat
Jul 01, 2026
Chris Gourley - What has to happen to get diesel below two dollars
Jul 01, 2026
Jack Gibbs - Possum free farming on Banks Peninsula
Jul 01, 2026
Tony Trewinnard - What's in store for July's weather?
Jun 30, 2026
Nicole McKee - New ACT Party deputy leader keeping arms act in sight
Jun 30, 2026
Alistair Rayne - DAIRY Country Panel
Jun 30, 2026
Mark Patterson - Where does ‘Minister for Wool’ see the industry going?
Jun 30, 2026
30th June 2026 // Rural News in partnership with Farmlands
Jun 30, 2026
Richard Dawkins - Feds challenge perception of conservation act stewardship land
Jun 30, 2026
Te Radar - 'Fabric of rural NZ': Finals week for FMG Young Farmer 2026
Jun 30, 2026
Shane McManaway - ‘Facing the consequences’: Wairarapa recovery reveals bigger issues
Jun 30, 2026
George Wilson - Secondhand machinery hitting new highs at clearing sales
Jun 30, 2026
Cameron Hussey - Why it pays to order your maize seed early
Jun 29, 2026
Ginny Dodunski - Research pressure on as severe weather could up liver fluke
Jun 29, 2026
Karen Williams - 'Inconsistent' to deny water significant infrastructure status
Jun 29, 2026
Kate Scott - What HortNZ's regional reps will mean for growers
Jun 29, 2026
29th June 2026 // Rural News in partnership with Farmlands
Jun 29, 2026
Rex Newman - Industry award celebrates supporting ag in schools
Jun 29, 2026
Sandra Faulkner - New Feds Vice President bringing ‘team player’ mindset
Jun 29, 2026
Sarah Donaldson - Push to get aerial footage of Wairarapa damage
Jun 29, 2026
Penny Hoogerbrug - ‘Magnificent animal’: Record-breaking $220,000 bull
Jun 29, 2026
Sport panel: Cricket, rugby and football chances
Jun 26, 2026
26th June 2026 // Rural News in partnership with Farmlands
Jun 26, 2026
Mike Casey - 'Get it in now': Slam-dunk solar policy
Jun 26, 2026
Trudy O'Halloran & Dan Peach - NZ crops threatened by proposed blueberry import rules
Jun 26, 2026
Justin Ruygrok - Northern Young Farmer up for grand final round two
Jun 26, 2026
Stu Neal - Winter grazing programme three years in the making
Jun 26, 2026
Steve Abel - ‘Find me a farm without debt’: Green tax policy explained
Jun 26, 2026
Colin Hurst - ‘Business as usual’ for new National Feds head
Jun 26, 2026
Andrew Olsen - Urgency to fix Ag vehicle weight rules before season starts
Jun 26, 2026
Duncan Humm & Toby Williams - Farmer Panel: New Feds leader, levies, and conferences
Jun 25, 2026
Ray Smith - Director on MPI being a regulator, investor and partner
Jun 25, 2026
Matt Lythe - Primary Industry Awards: Technology and Innovation winners
Jun 25, 2026
Danielle Hovmand - First farm Kiwisaver advocate named Primary Industries Emerging Leader
Jun 25, 2026
Rosalind Crickett - Breaking down the feed market for incoming dairy season
Jun 25, 2026
Neil Bateup - ‘It’s a team effort’: Rural support stalwart wins Champion Award
Jun 25, 2026
Dino Kudrass - Skellerup’s square milking liners outselling round
Jun 25, 2026
25th June 2026 // Rural News in partnership with Farmlands
Jun 25, 2026
Jo Luxton - Labour ag policy ‘shouldn’t be a surprise’ when released
Jun 25, 2026
Will Burrett - Pāmu building relationships between dairy and beef
Jun 24, 2026
Luke Fisher - Reinventing Farmlands to better support farmers
Jun 24, 2026
Ben Dooley - Repairing rural governance relationships in Southland
Jun 24, 2026
Simon Cameron - Feds encouraging own conservation bill research
Jun 24, 2026
24th June 2026 // Rural News in partnership with Farmlands
Jun 24, 2026
Dr William Rolleston - Is stalled gene tech bill leaving NZ behind?
Jun 24, 2026
Jim Van Der Poel - Dairy stalwart standing on shoulders of those who went before
Jun 24, 2026