# Full Show | July 17 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/full-show-july-17 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/full-show-july-17.md Podcast: [Farmers Weekly Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233) Published: 2026-07-17T00:01:51+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/full-show-july-17--73019370 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73019370/farmers_weekly_ep147_master.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/episodes/full-show-july-17 Duration seconds: 2581 ## Resource (00:00:00) Full Show | July 17 (00:01:51) Zespri to ask growers to back Chinese SunGold again (00:11:54) Ups and downs at Temuka’s in-lamb ewe fair (00:19:03) What El Niño could mean for NZ farmers this spring (00:34:28) River maintenance falls short In this week's Farmers Weekly Podcast, weather expert Phil Duncan explains what a possible El Niño could mean for New Zealand farmers this spring. Senior reporter Richard Rennie also discusses Zespri's possible second grower vote on Chinese SunGold production, livestock emissions research and urease inhibitors, while AgriHQ's Suz Bremner reviews the Temuka in-lamb ewe fair and Federated Farmers Robert Hickson examines river maintenance failures in Wairarapa. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/episodes/full-show-july-17/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/full-show-july-17.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.