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Annalize and Stefan Du Plessis came to Aotearoa from South Africa in 2001 with two thousand dollars to their name… They’re now successful, award winning dairy farmers and share milkers in Dipton, Southland, running two farms under their business Mosa Farming Ltd… Annalize joined us on the Sunday edition of REX to tell us more…

This week for Yes Minister we’ve managed to rein in the one and only Winston Peters… The NZ First leader joins us now for his debut on REX!

Manawatu farmer and author Tim Saunders has followed his first book, This Farming Life, with a new publication; Under A Big Sky… Dom caught up with him this week, right in the middle of lambing, to talk farming and writing…

This week’s spotlight on the Agritech sector, in association with AgriTechNZ, is focussing on Snap Information Technologies… They deal in a high definition image capturing, processing, transmission and analytics system… To tell us more, we we’re joined now by CEO Chris Rodley on tg=he Sunday edition of REX…

We took a look at what’s making headlines in the rural print media - Managing Editor of NZ Dairy Exporter and Country Wide Tony Leggett joined us on the Sunday edition of REX.

On this episode… we asses the damage for the top of the South Island following the recent deluge… We look ahead to the upcoming whitebait season which kicks off in a few days - we give you the lowdown on the new rule changes… And we talk to someone who works for one the world’s largest food growing businesses…

Agri Academy is changing the game when it comes to training people in the sector - you don’t even have to step foot into a classroom… Alister Shennan joined us on the Saturday edition or REX to tell us more.

For this week’s View From the Top Paddock, we bid a very warm REX welcome to Nathan Guy, a man whose hat stand is filling up fast, as he wears quite a few different ones these days...

A Northland plant nursery has left scientists scratching their heads, wondering how on earth their seedlings are growing so well… The Akerama Marae Nursery is cropping Totara seedlings out in weeks, instead of months, and support manager Thelma Horne reckons it all comes down to a bit of TLC, waiata and korero… She joined us on the Sunday edition of REX to tell us more.

A representative of one of the world’s largest food growing businesses, Western Growers, has been touring New Zealand orchards, farms and hortical operations this week… Vice President of Innovation at Western Growers, Walt Duflock, is over here as a guest of Callaghan Innovation, and keynote speaker at the apple and pears conference… He joined us on the Saturday edition of REX.

Well, the Whitebait season is upon us - it kicks off this week on the first of September… But this year there are a few changes, and to tell us all about them, we were joined by our resident whitebait expert, Richard Davidson from Davo’s Hunting & Fishing on the Saturday edition of REX.

We hear a lot about environmental sustainability in the agricultural sector, along with climate change and extreme weather events… But what does environmental sustainability actually look like on-farm?... To talk more about it, we we're joined now by Todd Halliday, who, together with his wife Renee, milk 520 cows at Reporoa.

Dom George and Hamish Mckay look back at the week that was, and look ahead to the All Blacks taking on the 'Argies under the floodlights in Christchurch..

Flood waters are beginning to recede on Tasman and Marlborough farms, giving farmers an idea of the amount of damage to their properties... Some farms were left completely underwater and cut off after torrential rain late last week… The Rai Valley in Marlborough was particularly hard hit when over 1 metre of rain fell in just four days... And that's where we head now; Dom caught up with Rai Valley farmer Justin Morrison to see how the locals are holding up…

Hosted by agricultural journalist Dominic George, REX Today focuses inside and outside the farm gate, featuring rural news, detailed weather reports and sport while covering hot on-farm topics as well as some off-farm too.

Ben Speedy, Head of Rural Banking at ASB talks to REX Today’s Dominic George about ASB winning Canstar's inaugural Green Excellence Award for its innovative Rural Sustainability Loan and shares his thoughts on the wider topic of financial sustainability.

Castlegate James, formally known as James & Son, are stockfeed specialists who specialise in custom blending and co-product stock feeds. General Manager Greg Pillar spoke to REX hosts Hamish McKay and Laura Koot about what they do and why they do it

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From the grove to the table; that's the motto for homegrown premium extra virgin olive oils, Lot Eight, in Martinborough. Co-founders Nalini and Colin Baruch are considered to be among the original pioneers of the olive industry in New Zealand and today, they're the only olive oil pioneers still marketing and managing the process from farmgate to kitchen. Nalini spoke to Rural Exchange's Hamish McKay and Laura Koot about their journey.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A New Zealand wool product is set to be making its way into space this month… It’s part of NASA’s mission to the moon… The Orion Spacecraft is set to launch on an unmanned test flight on August the 30th, ahead of scheduled man missions… On board will be Kiwi company Lanaco’s filters, made from NZ sheep wool… Dom caught up with Lanaco founder Nick Davenport to find out all about it.

From the grove to the table; that’s the motto for homegrown premium extra virgin olive oils - Lot Eight - in Martinborough. Co-founders Nalini and Colin Baruch are considered to be among the original pioneers of the olive industry in New Zealand, and today, they’re the only olive oil pioneers still marketing and managing the process from farmgate to kitchen. Nalini joined us on the Sunday edition of REX to tell us more.

Right, time to head to the Beehive…. But it’s not apiculture on the agenda, it’s politics with Yes Minister… Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor joined us on the Sunday edition of REX.

Well, there’s plenty happening around the globe at the moment in farming circles - the Dutch farmers protests being just one example… So, Dom George thought he’d find out a bit more, and had a chat this week with his Welsh farming friend and media personality, Gareth Wyn-Jones…

Environmental consultancy Landpro has been named as The Dairy Women’s Network 2023 conference naming rights partner, and The Landpro DWN2023 conference is set to be held in Invercargill on the 3rd and 4th of May next year and will be a must go-to event on the calendar of hundreds of passionate dairy farmers, To tell us more, Landpro CEO Jason Harvey-Wills joined us on the Sunday edition of REX.

We’re all about helping farmers fam better here at REX - and to that end, Castlegate James, formally known as James & Son, are stockfeed specialists who specialise in Custom blending and Co-Product stock feeds… To tell us more about what they do, we we're joined now by Castlegate James General Manager Greg Pillar on the Sunday edition of REX

Bridgit Hawkins grew up on a sheep and beef farm and attended Massey University before founding farming tech company Regen… These days she’s the Chief Sustainability Officer at CropX, and the Chair of AgriTechNZ, & she joined us on the Sunday edition of REX to tell us more...

A new programme is underway in a partnership between DairyNZ and WorkSafe to help farmers look after their bodies better. Called "Sprains and Strains", DairyNZ Senior Scientist, Callum Eastwood spoke to Rural Exchange's Hamish McKay and Dominic George about the initiative.

Winer-maker, wine expert and co-chair of the judging panel for the 2022 New World Wine Awards, Jen Parr, spoke to REX Today’s Dominic George about the history and success of Pinot Noir in New Zealand and International Pinot Noir Day.

This week, Minister of Agriculture, Damien O’Connor, spoke to REX about the flooding in Nelson, a record year for food & fibre exports, Food & Mouth and Government support for agriculture and horticulture in schools.

On this episode… We hear from the founder and director of The Team Building Company Jenny Gray… We shine a light on the wool industry… And we check in with West Coaster and Vice-President of the World Farmers’ Organisation Katie Milne…

For this week’s View From the Top Paddock, we head to the West Coast where the rain has been falling in no uncertain terms - there we find the Vice-President of the World Farmers’ Organisation Katie Milne…

A new programme is underway in a partnership between DairyNZ and WorkSafe to help farmers look after their bodies a little better… It’s called “sprains and strains”.... And well that’s pretty self explanatory isn’t it!. DairyNZ Senior Scientist Callum Eastwood joined us to give us the lowdown…

Hamish and Laura caught up with John Sullivan to talk Wool on the Saturday edition of REX.

Well, this week we saw the celebration of International Pinot Noir Day (Thursday)... It’s also the week in which the 2022 New World Wine Awards are judged in Blenheim… The co-chair of the judging panel is Jen Parr, who’s also a winemaker and expert… Dom caught up with her to talk more about International Pinot Noir Day…

Jimmy Cleaver is a farm manager at Rangiriri, milking 360 cows… He was named the 2022 Auckland/Hauraki Dairy Manager of the Year, and currently he’s in the thick of calving… He joined us on the Saturday edition of REX to catch up on how the season is going and he let us into his secret of finding and retaining staff… and, importantly, how to look after them during this busy season on-farm

REX hosts Laura Koot and Hamish McKay look back at the week that was...

Laura Koot recently hosted Jenny Gray, the Director and founder of Tauranga-based The Team Building Company, at Fairlight Station… Laura caught up with Jenny this week to find out more about the programme and the impact it could have on NZ’s rural sector…

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A New Zealand wool product will be making its way into space later this month, as part of NASA's mission to the moon. On board for the ride will be Kiwi company Lanaco's filters, made from New Zealand sheep wool. Lanaco founder Nick Davenport spoke to REX Today’s Dominic George about the innovation behind the product.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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New eight-week programme aimed at giving women tools to exercise their mental health and wellbeing.

A shearing programme saw 300 students clip their tickets to graduate last year, with numbers nearing 400 this year. WOMO Life, which stands for Work wise, Move wise, was set up to help trainees to succeed in the first years of employment. WOMO Manager, Luke Mullins, spoke to Rural Exchange’s Hamish McKay and Dominic George about the initiative.

A leading Kiwi electric vehicle start-up founded and based in Tauranga has been named emerging company of the year at the NZ High Tech Awards. UBCO provides an electric solution for agriculture and adventure transportation and they’ve been taking the global power sports industry by storm. CEO Katherine Sandford spoke to Rural Exchange’s Hamish McKay and Dominic George about the company.

On today’s episode; We put the spotlight on a shearing training course with a difference… We discuss the mental health of rural women with Kate Ivey from DediKate… And we assess the current state of the dairy industry with outgoing DCANZ Chair Malcolm Bailey…