# Full Show | September 4 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/full-show-september-4 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/full-show-september-4.md Podcast: [Farmers Weekly Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233) Published: 2026-09-04T00:00:02+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/full-show-september-4--74881438 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74881438/farmers_weekly_ep154_master.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/episodes/full-show-september-4 Duration seconds: 1476 ## Resource (00:00:00) Full Show | September 4 (00:01:29) Councils target truckers to fund road repairs (00:04:49) Sheep markets turn from old to new (00:11:37) More than a competition: the bond behind dog trialling (00:17:12) Amalgamation angst in Otago This week, Farmers Weekly’s Neal Wallace examines road rates hitting farmers and foresters, AgriHQ’s Fiona Quarrie tracks the changing sheep market, NZ dog trial team manager Pat Coogan reflects on a Trans-Tasman victory, and Federated Farmers Otago president Anna Gillespie weighs up council amalgamation options. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/episodes/full-show-september-4/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/farmers-weekly-podcast-6523233/full-show-september-4.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.