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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…

Otago Polytechnic has a new programme pathway aimed at refining wine-growing and fruit production skills…  The New Zealand Diploma in Horticulture Production is designed for those already working in the sector, and is organised to accommodate the rhythms of the seasons, so in-work learners can concentrate their energy where it's needed during peak times…  Dom caught up with Otago Polytechnic Senio...

Well this week’s Character of the Country has seemingly done it all - Malcolm Bailey is a former Federated Farmers President, NZ’s Special Agricultural Trade Envoy and a Fonterra Board member, and for the last 15 years he’s been the Chair of Dairy Companies Association of NZ…  He’s about to step down from that role, and joined us on Sundays edition of REX.

Dom George caught up with Executive Director of the Fairlight Foundation and REX's Stockwhip's & Lattes host Laura Koot on the Sunday Edition of Rural Exchange.

Well, Kiwi consumers should brace for further pain at the checkout over the coming months, with no end in sight for soaring food prices inflation…  Not the news we want to hear, but Dom caught up with Emma Higgins from Rabobank, who discussed this on a recent podcast, A Look Inside the Grocery Basket… 

An Otago fitness instructor is kicking off a new initiative on Monday the 15th of August - Work Out for Mental Health - while also raising money for mental health charities Will To Live and The Blue Tree Project…  Kate Ivey’s eight-week programme is aimed at giving women tools to exercise for their mental health and wellbeing and encourages them to prioritise themselves… Find out more information,...

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…  Manager Luke Mullins joined us on the Sunday edition of REX to tell us how it’s been going… 

Hamish McKay & Dom George catch up with Tony Legget, NZ Farm Life Media Managing Editor on the Sunday edition of Rural Exchange.

On this episode…   we look at the plight of RSE workers…  We profile the electric farm bike company UBCO…  And we get the View From the Top Paddock with former MP Nathan Guy…    

For this week’s View From the Top Paddock, we’re joined by Horowhenua farmer, former MP and current Chair of the Meat Industry Association and Apiculture NZ, Nathan Guy…

The 2020 pandemic saw Quinn Morgan pivot from personal training in Perth to a dairy farming career in New Zealand -  and it’s fair to say he hasn’t looked back…  Since entering the industry, he’s placed both third and runner up in the Bay of Plenty Dairy Industry Awards and together with his wife Samantha, he’s now the Regional Manager for the 2023 Central Plateau Dairy Industry Awards…

50 workshops are being held across the country to help farmers understand and calculate their green house gas emissions…  The partnership between B+LNZ, Silver Fern Farms, Alliance, Greenlea Premier Meats, ANZCO and Deer Industry New Zealand is aimed to reach as many farmers as possible…  Beef and Lamb’s Sarah Crofoot joined us on the Saturday edition of REX to tell us more.

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…  They’ve been taking the global power sports industry by storm and CEO Katherine Sandford joins us now to tell us more…