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Speaker 1: However, was some good news. We're going to Jamie McKay

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Speaker 1: hosted the Country, because the primary industry is proving once

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Speaker 1: again why they are the backbone of this country. Jamie,

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Speaker 1: good evening to you. Great to have you back on

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Speaker 1: the show.

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Speaker 2: Yep, good to be on. Ryan and your bang on

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Speaker 2: farming is the backbone of the economy. And if you

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Speaker 2: needed any proof, it came this morning with the Situation

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Speaker 2: and Outlook for primary industries reports from MPI. It's worth

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Speaker 2: nearly fifty seven billion to us. It's up seven percent

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Speaker 2: a year on year. Director General Ray Smith said MPI

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Speaker 2: was going to help the government deliver its goal of

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Speaker 2: doubling export value within ten years, and he says the

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Speaker 2: global economic environment was showing signs of improvement. That's all

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Speaker 2: good news. Here's the numbers, Ryan, and I'll run through

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Speaker 2: them quickly. Leading the charge derry lifting by ten percent

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Speaker 2: to be worth twenty five and a half billion dollars

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Speaker 2: to the New Zealand economy. That's forty five percent of

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Speaker 2: our primary sector exports and Greenpeace won to ban it.

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Speaker 2: Go figure that one and number two coming in at

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Speaker 2: number two is meat and wool. Although let's be honest,

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Speaker 2: apart from fine wool. The other wall's not worth much,

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Speaker 2: so it's effectively meat eleven point four billion, treading water

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Speaker 2: coming in at number three, and this will overtake meat

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Speaker 2: and wool in the next few years. I would think

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Speaker 2: of that as horticulture another strong performer, up twelve percent

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Speaker 2: to eight billion, Kiwi fruit breaking through the three billion

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Speaker 2: dollar barrier for the first time. Apple and pear is

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Speaker 2: now worth an excess in excess should I say of

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Speaker 2: one billion, and that industry has really recovered after being

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Speaker 2: badly affected obviously by cyclone. Gabrielle forestry has been a

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Speaker 2: bit of a problem child because it used to be

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Speaker 2: third equal with horticulture. It's up four percent, but it's

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Speaker 2: at six billion. It's trailing horticulture by two billion. A

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Speaker 2: bit of an up and comer in the export industry

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Speaker 2: is seafood. It's now worth two point two billion dollars

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Speaker 2: for US and a cherry on top. Ryan Food and

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Speaker 2: fiber accounted for eighty one point one percent of New

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Speaker 2: Zealand's goods exports in the twenty twenty four year. Without

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Speaker 2: farming Ryan, we'd debugget very soon.

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Speaker 1: It is no exaggeration to say that Jamie thank you

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Speaker 1: very much. Great to have you on as always. Jamie mckaye,

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