El Niño Watch with Farmers Weekly

Ep.10 | 10-weeks later, how’s El Niño tracking?

In this last El Niño Watch podcast for 2023, Phil and Suz reflect on the 10-weeks of a broken El Niño and look ahead to the rest of December as longer dry periods, wester

Ep.9 | El Niño-like weather pattern starting to form

In this episode, Phil talks of a more El Niño-like weather pattern starting to form with more high pressure, more westerlies coming into the New Zealand area. Then speci

Ep.8 | Why farmers should heed long range El Niño advice

In this episode, Suz Bremner and Phil Duncan chat with FENZ wildfire manager Tim Mitchell as the country moves from an unsettled November to a drier pattern emerging thro

Ep.7 | El Niño and livestock markets not behaving as normal

Phil Duncan delves into the spring that was and how the ‘broken’ El Niño system has favoured Kiwi farmers. He also explains why some areas are getting so much rain at the

Ep.6 | Animal welfare tips for hot, dry conditions

In this episode, Phil Duncan reflects on a messy spring as dry spells increase and explains why the chaotic season will shorten the dry season when it comes. Suz and Phi

Ep.5 | Exploring on-farm options as El Niño settles in

In this episode, Phil Duncan talks of moving into a classic El Niño pattern of wetter in the west and drier in the east. Suz and Phil are joined by North Waikato farmer

Ep.4 | Steve Wyn-Harris challenges El Niño forecasts

In this episode, special guest Steve Wyn Harris, a semi-retired Hawke’s Bay farmer, questions WeatherWatch NZ forecaster Phil Duncan on the El Niño weather system and sha

Ep.3 | El Niño breaks pattern, what does that mean for farmers?

In this episode WeatherWatch forecaster Phil Duncan talks about a ‘broken’ El Niño and how that is causing some unusual weather patterns, which are not necessarily a bad

Ep.2 | Personalities, gales and being proactive

In this episode Phil Duncan from WeatherWatch explains why El Niño is a personality rather than a weather forecast and gives an update on what farmers around the country

Ep.1 | El Niño outlook and the livestock market

In the inaugural episode of the El Niño Watch series, host Suz Bremner chats with Phil Duncan. Duncan talks listeners through the current state of El Niño and its impact

Trailer | El Niño Watch with Farmers Weekly

Join New Zealand’s premiere rural weather communicator Phil Duncan (WeatherWatch) and Hawke’s Bay farmer and AgriHQ senior analyst Suz Bremner every Wednesday as they tra