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From across this ditch comes Shane Bird! he joins us for our fortnightly wellness catchup.

Nicky Hyslop joins Dom for a look at the damning deep dive that Beef & Lamb NZ has delivered on the government's emissions pricing proposal.

On today's show, we get a weather update from Phil Duncan at Weatherwatch, and Chloe Butcher-Herries has been crowned the 2022 Ahuwhenua Young Maori Award Winner for sheep and beef. and she joins Dom on the show to share her good news.

Chloe Butcher-Herries has been crowned the 2022 Ahuwhenua Young Maori Award Winner for sheep and beef. The 30-year-old is an Assistant Farm Manager at Newstead Farms in Puketapu, Napier, and joins Dom on the show to share her good news.

Dom caught up with Phil Duncan from Weatherwatch for a much needed update.

On today’s episode; We catch up with NZ Merino CEO John Braknridge… We chat politics with NZ First leader Winston Peters, and we look at a new regenerative farming initiative with the CEO of Atkins Ranch, Pat Maher.

We take a look at the week in rural newspapers with Tony Leggett, the man behind Country Wide and NZ Dairy Exporter.

We tied Winston Peters down to ask him all about pricing agricultural emissions, the big issues he wants to address and where we're going backwards as a country.

LIC has published a sustainability report which states the goal of being both sustainable and profitable is well within reach for NZ dairy farmers, so we spoke to Chief Executive David Chin.

Hunters are being warned not to relocate feral animals and risk spreading tuberculosis… OSPRI has eradicated TB in possums from large parts of the country, but introducing and releasing TB-infected pigs to that area can undo all the hard work… OSPRI North Island Regional Partner Phil Dawson join us now to discuss this further...

The New Zealand Merino Company Limited has announced its financial results for the year to June, rounding off the year with record volumes of bales sold and earnings… To tell us more we’re joined now by CEO John Brakenridge…

On this episode… We catch up with Groundswell NZ Co-founder Bryce McKenzie following Thursday’s tractor protest… We talk with Supie founder Sarah Balle… And we this week’s View From the Top Paddock features the former Minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy…

We caught up with Bryce McKenzie to debrief on Groundswell NZ’s tractor protests this week and get his reaction to the Minister of Agriculture comments calling them "embarrassing."

This week's View From the Top Paddock with Nathan Guy, the Chairperson of both the Meat Industry Association and ApiNZ.

Ok, time now to take a look at the rural real estate market, and we do that with the GM of Rural at Property Brokers, Conrad Wilkshire.

Time now to reflect on the last week in rural news with the REX team.

We catch up with Supie founder Sarah Balle, who aims to create a better and fairer grocery alternative and discuss how the ag emissions pricing plan will increase inequality.

Groundswell NZ Co-Founders Bryce McKenzie & Laurie Paterson met Dom in Dunedin during Thursday's tractor protests for an on-the-ground interview as the protest happened, and REX host and former Sports broadcaster Hamish McKay joined Dom for their weekly sports wrap.

REX host and former Sports broadcaster Hamish McKay joined Dom for their weekly sports wrap.

Groundswell NZ Co-Founders Bryce McKenzie & Laurie Paterson met Dom in Dunedin during Thursday's tractor protests for an on-the-ground interview as the protest happened.

Ahead of the larger convoys arriving from towns afar, REX Producer Erin Speedy is on the ground at the Christchurch Groundswell Protests, and People's Coffee Founder Matt Lamason joins us on REX Today to tell us more about his fairtrade apporach to making great coffee.

Most of us love good coffee, and some of us need good coffee - but how often do you think about where your beans come from? People's Coffee in Wellington uses organic Fair Trade beans and was the first food and beverage business to be B-Corp certified in the country. Founder Matt Lamason joins us on REX Today to tell us more.

Ahead of the larger convoys arriving from towns afar, REX Producer Erin Speedy is on the ground at the Christchurch Groundswell Protests.

On today's show, have a market update from Stu Davidson from the NZX, Craig "Wiggy" Wiggins joins Dom for his weekly catch-up, and as REX is putting the spotlight on Rural Women this week, Dom chats to Courtney Altmeier, the ASB Taranaki Regional Manager.

At REX we've got the spotlight on rural women this month and today, we're heading to Taranaki to catch up with ASB Rural Manager, Courtney Altmeier. Courtney grew up on a sheep and beef farm in NSW, studied Ag and accounting at uni, and went on to join the Ag graduate program at CBA in Australia. She met her Taranaki-born and bred partner while traveling and they moved back to Inglewood a couple of years ago.

Time for our weekly catchup with Wiggy - the 2022 Ag Communicator of the Year.

Time now for our look at the markets with Stu Davison from the NZX.

On today's show, we continue our tour around some of the New World Wine Awards 2022 Top 50 with Bruce Taylor from ohu Awatere Valley, and with spring at our doorstep - so is the short but sweet Asparagus season. To get our ear on the ground, Dom caught up with Mike Arnold, an Asparagus Farmer from the bustling metropolis of Chertsey.

With spring at our doorstep - so is the short but sweet Asparagus season. To get our ear on the ground, Dom caught up with Mike Arnold, an Asparagus Farmer from the bustling metropolis of Chertsey.

The New World Wine Awards 2022 top 50 has been announced, and we go through some of the successful vineyards, we're joined by Bruce Taylor from Tohu Awatere Valley Wines.

On today's show, Todd Muller is back in the Ag space as the National Parties Agriculture spokesperson, replacing Barbara Kuriger, he speaks to Dom about his plans after returning to the role, and The New World Wine Awards 2022 top 50 has been announced, and we go through some of the successful vineyards, we're joined by Chris Drummond from Anchorage Family Wines.

The New World Wine Awards 2022 top 50 has been announced, and we go through some of the successful vineyards, we're joined by Chris Drummond from Anchorage Family Wines.

Todd Muller is back in the Ag space as the National Party's Agriculture spokesperson replacing Barbara Kuriger, he speaks to Dom about his plans after returning to the role.

Today for Yes Minister where we ask the questions and they say “yes”. Well mostly they don’t say yes but that would ruin the name of our favorite political segment.

A few months ago an open letter titled “Waka Adrift” was written and published, criticising the He Waka Eke Noa recommendations… At least three authors were considered ‘subject matter experts’ sitting on He Waka Eke Noa in its early stages,One of those, Simon Hales, joins us here on REX.

There’s one sector that has been left out of the Government’s emissions pricing plan and they’re probably thanking the high heavens right about now - we’re talking about Pig farming… Brent Kleiss, NZ Pork CEO joins us on REX.

Kate Cullwick runs Foxtrot home, a sheep and beef farm, an angus stud and mental health initiatives from a Hawke’s Bay kitchen table. She also just won the Emerging Business award at the Rural Women NZ Business Awards.

Irrigation NZ CEO Vanessa Winning on why we need a national water strategy, and the connection of water as an enabler to climate change mitigation and adaption.

Dairy Women's Network Chair Trish Ranking on the UN International Day of Rural Women, agriculture emissions pricing and why it's a disappointment.

On today’s episode; We continue to shine a light on the proposed agricultural pricing proposal with Simon Hales from Waka Adrift… We get the thoughts and opinions of Irrigation NZ CEO Vanessa Winning… And this week’s Yes Minister features the Nats

Corteva Agriscience has developed a forage brassica portfolio specifically for New Zealand growers so REX caught up with Nicole Morris to hear all about it.

Māori are seriously injured or killed at work at a rate that is 55% higher on average than non Māori, Arne Burgess from WorkSafe told REX.

The ag emissions pricing plan makes for pretty grim reading for iwi and Maori… Māori land owners have a substantial primary sector asset base, including $8.6 billion in sheep and beef farming, $4.9 billion in dairy farming and $2.6 billion in other agriculture... We’ve got Federation of Maori Authorities representative Hilton Collier on the line to tell us more…

REX hosts Hamish and Bex hash out the week in news dominated by agriculture emissions pricing with REX Today host Dom George.

World Farmers' Organisation Vice President Katie Milne talks about the agriculture emissions pricing plan and the impact it'll have on NZ communities + the world, driving down food production and planting trees instead.

We kick off the show on the International Day of Rural Women with none other than the amazing Jackie Elliot, the Australian founder of NFP enterprise Australian “Rural Women’s Day” - a community for all rural and regional women to connect, collaborate and celebrate.

Dean Rabbidge, former Zanda McDonald Award winner and Federated Farmers' exec member is all about good outcomes but thinks taxing farmers won't produce any good outcomes at all.

Joining Dom from across the ditch is Shane Bird, a Former NZ Farmer turned Lifecoach over in Australia.

Our weekly Market update is brought to you by Property Brokers, and to provide this week's update, we're joined by Conrad Wilkshire: GM of Rural at Property Brokers.

REX Host and Former sports broadcaster Hamish McKay joins Dom for a look ahead of the weekend of sport.