# Full Show | July 31 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/full-show-july-31 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/full-show-july-31.md Podcast: [Farmers Weekly Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233) Published: 2026-07-31T00:06:21+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/full-show-july-31--73265941 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73265941/farmers_weekly_ep149_master.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/episodes/full-show-july-31 Duration seconds: 2322 ## Resource (00:00:00) Full Show | July 31 (00:02:10) What climate policies are parties pitching? (00:07:58) Ewe market steady as lambs enter mix (00:13:56) Indian appetite for strong wool grows (00:21:47) How to farm smarter through El Niño (00:31:29) Feds take issue with ACT hunting policy This week on the Farmers Weekly Podcast, senior reporter Neal Wallace examines the political parties' climate policies and what they could mean for farmers, before looking at how declining global livestock numbers are supporting New Zealand's red meat outlook. AgriHQ analyst Fiona Quarrie reviews the ewe market, Associate Agriculture Minister Mark Patterson discusses opportunities for strong wool in India, Ravensdown's Mike White shares El Niño advice, and Federated Farmers responds to ACT's proposed game animal policy. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/episodes/full-show-july-31/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-31.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.