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Andrew Steven was one of the team behind the scenes, organising the recent five-day NZ Farm Forestry Conference… Hosted by South Canterbury, the delegates saw the best the region could offer - with a visit into the Mackenzie to two big stations there, and to a dairy farm and sheep and beef farms near Geraldine… They saw a stand of 150 year old oak trees and redwoods planted in 1864… That even makes me feel young! We find Andrew on his home farm, on Rolling Ridges Road, which was also one of the farms toured during the event…

The Fairlight Foundation is on a mission to advance women in agriculture… It’s run by Laura Koot, who spends a year with a group of selected interns and gets them ready for a career in agriculture.

On Wednesday night Rebecca Greaves attended the Tararua Excellence in Farming Awards at the Tui Brewery in Mangatainoka, where they handed out three new awards. Becks recorded this interview with the MCI & Associates Tararua Agricultural Industry Champion winner, Allan Benbow, on the night.

For this week’s View From the Top Paddock, we’re joined by the man spreading his knowledge and expertise far and wide these days, the former Minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy.

The Glenmore Station Farmer & Mackenzie Waitaki Two-Tooth Competition Organiser spoke with Hamish McKay to discuss what went down after a big few days. And we head to Marlborough for a chat with Anna Flowerday from Te Whare Ra Wines.

We head to Marlborough now for a chat with Anna Flowerday from Te Whare Ra Wines.

The Glenmore Station Farmer & Mackenzie Waitaki Two-Tooth Competition Organiser spoke with Hamish McKay to discuss what went down after a big few days.

Genevieve Steven, Chair of Women in Agribusiness NZ, Fed Farmers Board Member Richard McIntyre, & Amy Castleton from the NZX are on REX Today with Hamish McKay.

Hamish McKay sits in for Dom George today, and yesterday Dom spoke with Dr Ali Rashidinejad, Riddet Institute Research Officer. And Hamish catches up with Robin Congdon GM at NZ Dairy Industry Awards.

Kate Acland joins REX Today's Dom George for her first radio interview in her new role as the Beef + Lamb NZ Chair Also on the show Nick O'Connor, Tasman FMG Young Farmer Of The Year and REX's Jo Grigg was out and about on Friday at the South Island Ag Field Days and caught up with some of the vendors at the Kirwee event.

REX's own Jo Grigg was out and about on Friday at the South Island Ag Field Days and caught up with some of the vendors at the Kirwee event.

Kate Acland joins REX Today's Dom George for her first radio interview in her new role as the Beef + Lamb NZ Chair

We're broadcasting out of the Christchurch studios this weekend after a fun-filled few days at the South Island Agricultural Field Days, with more guests lined up from the Kirwee event and some more great interviews from Kiwis across the country, up and down the land. As fabled co-host of REX Hamish Mckay says - "REX never sleeps!"

Beaming out of the Christchurch studio this weekend after a stunning few days at the South Island Agricultural Field Days, we have a great bunch of guests lined up throughout the show. And to address the elephant in the room - REX is here to stay!

Live from South Island Ag Field Days, Hamish and Beks has a chat with REPOST Co-founder Greg Coppell around their sustainable practices.

The National Party's MP for Selwyn Nicola Grigg joins the REX team for a round of "Yes Minister".

Time to look back at the last week of events with REX Today host, Dom George.

Beks and Hamish caught up with the Committee Chair for South Island Agriculture Field Days Hayden Dorman. Due to off-site recording, the quality of this audio is a bit harsher than normal.

Sustainability is a word we hear a lot these days, but what does it actually mean? We’re joined today by The Whole Story founder Becks Smith, who is inspiring sustainable change from the ground up. She recently launched ‘Weather Together’ following Cyclone Gabrielle, an online space connecting and supporting those impacted by climate volatility.

Hamish and Beks caught up with South Island Agricultural Field Days Executive Committee Member and Demonstration Co-ordinator in Kirwee.

Dom George caught up with Silver Fern Farms Director Adrian Ball and Clark Taylor, shareholder relations manager at the South Island Agricultural Field Days earlier this week

Middlehurst Station is a 16, 500 hectare property in Marlborough, owned by the Macdonald family. Lucy and Sophie, along with the rest of the MacDonald family, have taken a dream of theirs and turned it into a reality, by supplying lamb directly from their high-country station, to the people of New Zealand. The last couple of weeks have been big ones for the two sisters. They won a Gold medal at the 2023 Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards for their Middlehurst Station - Deluxe edition box, then were invited to travel to Sydney to speak at the Rabobank Farm2Fork summit. Lucy is back in NZ and joining us from north Canterbury.

Geoffrey Young is the newest Director of Beef + Lamb NZ, after being elected to the Southern South Island Ward last week. He is a farmer but has spent a lot of time over the years on the road, travelling to meetings - leading Federated Farmers Southland, and most recently, getting vocal in the Ground Swell choir. Today we are hearing a bit more about the man behind the name. He has tramped the boards on stages around the South in the past, doing a bit of singing and acting, and is now about to step into the bright lights of the Beef + Lamb boardroom.

Beks and Hamish bumped into the National Party Leader at the South Island Ag Field Days.

We have a look at what’s happening in the rural print media alongside the one and only Tony Leggett.

Dog and Country are a North Canterbury-based business that strives to provide the best quality pieces for farmers and their dogs looking for quality products that will last the test of time, Jess Belle is the owner of Dog and Country and was joined by the REX team in her tent at the South Island Ag Field Days.

The CEO of Silver Fern Farms Simon Limmer joins Dom George for a chat about their Annual results, and as it's Friday, we go to our resident sports nut, the former Sports journalist turned REX host Hamish McKay.

The CEO of Silver Fern Farms Simon Limmer joins Dom for a chat about their Annual results.

Well as it's Friday, we go to our resident sports nut, the former Sports journalist turned REX host Hamish McKay.

Stan and Dom have a good catchup in-person at the South Island Agricultural Field Days in Kirwee.

Dom George is down in Kirwee and caught up with Keith Cameron from Lincoln University and CarlAhlfeld from Ravensdown to talk about EcoPond, which won the Agri-Innovation Award at the South Island Agricultural Field Days.

Special Agricultural Trade Envoy Mel Poulton joins Dom today, we have our Property Brokers "Property of the Week", and New Zealand Feijoa Growers Association Manager Ian Turk joins the show as well.

Agritourism is a growing industry worldwide. It's where agriculture and tourism meet, and gives people from both ends of the rural/urban divide the opportunity to connect and provides some much-needed tourism numbers back to rural areas of the country. Marijke Dunselman is the founder of Agritourism NZ and joined Dom for some insight into the ever-growing sectors return to form post-pandemic. And Craig 'Wiggy' Wiggins will be in Kirwee this week at the South Island Ag Fieldays cooking up all sorts of fine meats at the Carters Tyre Service tent, and "Leaning on a gate, and chatting to a mate" - the new initiative spearheaded by Wiggy to get Farmers talking about their mental health.

Wiggy will be in Kirwee this week at the South Island Ag Fieldays cooking up all sorts of fine meats at the Carters Tyre Service tent, and "Leaning on a gate, and chatting to a mate" - the new initiative spearheaded by Wiggy to get Farmers talking about their mental health.

Let’s kick things off this morning by putting the spotlight on an event taking place in just a matter of days - the South Island Agricultural Field Days at Kirwee, just out of Christchurch, 29th to 31st of March… And joining us for a preview is Executive Committee Member and Demonstration Co-ordinator Andrew Stewart

With dry conditions hitting the lower South Island over the last few summers we cross to Mark Patterson, who is Otago's Fed Farmers President for his insight into what's happening on the ground. 24-year-old Hugh Jackson was announced as the winner of the Otago Southland FMG Young Farmer of the Year over the weekend, he joins Dom after the big weekend. And Dom crosses the ditch for a catchup with former farmer turned life coach and good friend of REX Shane Bird.

Dom crosses the ditch for a catchup with former farmer turned life coach and good friend of REX Shane Bird.

24-year-old Hugh Jackson was announced as the winner of the Otago Southland FMG Young Farmer of the Year over the weekend, he joins Dom after the big weekend.

With dry conditions hitting the lower South Island over the last few summers we cross to Mark Patterson, who is Otago's Fed Farmers President for his insight into what's happening on the ground.

On today’s episode; We head across the ditch for a chat with a third generation cropping and sheep farmer… We catch up with Craigmore Chief Executive Che Charteris… And we profile the Tarras Collie Club’s Centenary celebrations.