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The New Zealand Farm Assurance programme is making gains in the industry, with more than 8,000 farmers now signed up, as well as a number of red meat and wool companies…  The voluntary farm assurance programmes aim to provide confidence and certainty to consumers worldwide that the meat and wool produced from New Zealand's sheep, beef and deer farms is authentic, genuine, and safe… General Manager...

A sign of the times - Oamaru’s iconic Whitestone Cheese has been forced to close its Auckland cheese bar in Wynyard Quarter, simply because it can’t find staff…  To tell us more, we’re joined now by Whitestone Cheese Managing Director Simon Berry…

 Hamish & Rebecca had a longer-than-traditional debrief this week, so we thought it deserves its own special podcast clip. To hear any of the interviews they just mentioned, listen back on the full REX Episode or go back and listen right here on the REX Podcast network.

On this episode…   We hear from a woman who moved from the city to the country in search of the good life and discovered an industry divided…  We talk to a man who’s embarked on a new career teaching ag to school students…  And we hear from Forestry Minister Stuart Nash…

   One of the country's most iconic stations, Mangaohane Station, is up for sale by international tender, and word on the street is that it's already been sold to pines…  A syndicate has been established to try and save it... But what does that tell us about the state and sale of our productive land in NZ?...  REX Today host Dom George caught up with Forestry Minister Stuart Nash to talk more abou...

We all know that attracting young people to the ag industry is a challenge... One place we have an opportunity to make a difference is in the classroom, and in New Zealand there’s a dire need for more ag and hort science teachers… Support and financial incentives are available for those who are considering this as a career - or even those who might consider a career change…  We’ve got one of those...

It’s time to head to the deep south to catch up with the one and only Laura Koot - the Real Country and Fairlight Foundation extraordinaire…

Time to have a look back at the week that was with REX Today host, Dom George.

We catch up with champion shearer Jack Fagan who will attempt the eight hour solo lamb world record this December and get the low down on his training, this season's shearing show circuit and shearing his 500,000th sheep in the Cumbrian Mountains. 

Nicola Harvey was a burnt out journalist and media executive who moved home to New Zealand with a vision to live from the land and grow good food. She's turned her story of running Slow Stream Farm into a book, “The Making of a Climate Activist”.

A New Zealand company has developed a world-first fire-resistant, acoustic wall panel made entirely from New Zealand strong wool, T&R technical director Hedda Landreth joins us now, and can the Black Ferns take it home? Former Sports broadcaster and REX host Hamish McKay joins Dom for his weekly look ahead to a jam-packed sporting weekend.

Former Sports broadcaster and REX host Hamish McKay joins Dom for his weekly look ahead to a jam-packed sporting weekend.

A New Zealand company has developed a world-first fire-resistant, acoustic wall panel made entirely from New Zealand strong wool, T&R Interior Systems Limited has spent the past two years refining its wool panels to ensure they meet New Zealand’s strict building and fire compliance standards and are now taking their product to market. T&R technical director Hedda Landreth joins us now

On Today's show, Mike Casey, owner of the Net Zero Forest Lodge Cherry Orchard, and Grant Dodson, Chair of the NZ Game Animal Council

On today's show: New research has confirmed the carbon footprint of New Zealand beef and lamb is amongst the lowest in the world, To find out more, Chief Insights Officer at Beef + Lamb, Julian Ashby joins Dom. After two years of absence, the Canterbury A&P Show has returned! To get a grasp of the return, and look into the "Clash of the Colleges", Tracy Ahern, Canterbury A&P Show GM joins...

Shane Bird, Former NZ Farmer turned Lifecoach has his regular catchup on the programme.

After two years of absence, the Canterbury A&P Show has returned! To get a grasp of the return, and look into the "Clash of the Colleges", Tracy Ahern, Canterbury A&P Show GM joins Dom.

New research has confirmed the carbon footprint of New Zealand beef and lamb is amongst the lowest in the world. The comprehensive study by AgResearch has found that a kilo of New Zealand sheepmeat has a carbon footprint of just under 15 kilograms (kgs) of CO2 equivalent emissions per kilo. To find out more, Chief Insights Officer at Beef + Lamb, Julian Ashby joins Dom.

On the show today, Richard Burke: Leaderbrand CEO and Patsy Bass & Angus Hay from Reefton Distilling Co.

On todays show: Jim Van de Poel - DairyNZ Chairman and Author of What Your Chickens Want You To Know, Dr Andrea Graves jouns Dom on REX Today.

Author of What Your Chickens Want You To Know, Dr Andrea Graves joins Dom on REX Today.