# Full Show | July 9 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/full-show-july-9 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/full-show-july-9.md Podcast: [Farmers Weekly Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233) Published: 2026-07-09T00:55:43+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/full-show-july-9--72877701 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72877701/farmers_weekly_ep146_master.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/episodes/full-show-july-9 Duration seconds: 1853 ## Resource (00:00:00) Full Show | July 9 (00:01:52) Is America's beef boom starting to slow? (00:09:46) A closer look at Ingka’s new Hawke’s Bay forest (00:20:13) Red light for Green water policy Ingka Investments country manager Kelvin Meredith joins the Farmers Weekly Podcast to discuss the company's newest Hawke's Bay forest and its long-term approach to production forestry and sustainability. AgriHQ senior analyst Mel Croad explains why America's appetite for beef may be starting to cool, and what that could mean for red meat prices. Plus, Federated Farmers national board member Mark Hooper shares his concerns about the Green Party's freshwater policy and its potential impact on farming and food prices. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/episodes/full-show-july-9/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-9.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.