In this week’s “Change Maker” show of Sarah’s Country:
- There is a new online tool to record efforts to improve water quality. Roger Young from Cawthron Freshwater Sciences says one of the goals is to give landowners confidence to invest in the most efficient actions, accelerating investment in catchment improvements.
- Scott Townshend, Trev CEO - Explains how ‘trev’ technology allows farmers to build a database of operational information in a quick and easy format. It will automate the flow of livestock data from operational into financial reporting.
- A $25 million Future Ready Farms programme led by Ballance Agri-Nutrients will be put in place to meet national environmental targets. Mark Wynne, Ballance CEO, says this programme represents their ongoing commitment to partnering with farmers and growers on that journey.
- What are the downsides of robots on-farm? Robert Sparrow, Professor at Monash University maintains robots could risk affecting our relationship to food, nature and farming in ways not yet appreciated.
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Growing food and fibre is an exciting but complex world to be in.
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About Sarah
As a leading voice in New Zealand agriculture, Sarah Perriam has worked for over a decade behind & in front of the camera in rural media, recognised for her extraordinary commitment to progressing the conversation of farming food and fashion-forward with an open heart & open mind.
Sarah has led an impressive career well-known from her nation-wide role as a radio host and a rural commentator on the AM Show.
It was through this pivotal part in her career she was thrust into a position of representing the role females play in the growth of agribusiness & global trade whilst balancing an important emotive and educated discussion with our consumers around farming.
Sarah is both a host of the popular show 'Sarah's Country' and businesswomen with her production agency, Perriam Media with a team of 7 and a video & radio studio in Canterbury New Zealand.
Sarah’s Country is produced in a strategic alliance with the country’s largest rural newspaper, Farmers Weekly, broadcast LIVE 7 pm three nights a week and on-demand on the podcast to an audience of 70,000. She discussing the matters that matter most to passionate producers of food & fibre with open hearts & open minds.