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Patrick Crawshaw took home the FMG Young Farmer of the Year title for the East Coast, and he joins Dom for a chat about the win and the upcoming national final. And Craig "Wiggy" Wiggins calls in for another hearty chat about well-being with Dom.

Wiggy calls in for another hearty chat about wellbeing with Dom.

Patrick Crawshaw took home the FMG Young Farmer of the Year title for the East Coast, and he joins Dom for a chat about the win and the upcoming national final.

Pascale and Simon Carthew run Tumeke Farming with farms across the Manawatu and have again been hit by stock rustlers stealing 180 Lambs from their farm at Rangiwahia. This is the third time they have had stock stolen from them and are now fed up. Pascale joined Dom to share more about the thefts, and how some members of her community are supporting the farm's efforts to get justice. And for an up...

For an update in the communications world, we go to Stan Rivett, Netspeed's Managing Director, for a chat about the Wanaka A&P show and some deals for you to get amongst. 

Pascale and Simon Carthew run Tumeke Farming with farms across the Manawatu and have again been hit by stock rustlers stealing 180 Lambs from their farm at Rangiwahia. This is the third time they have had stock stolen from them and are now fed up. Pascale joined Dom to share more about the thefts, and how some members of her community are supporting the farm's efforts to get justice.

French wine producer Edmond de Rothschild Heritage Wines are coming over to visit their recently acquired Central Otago vineyard, Bannockburn, To tell us more, Dom is joined by French winemaker Ann Escalle. And we cross to Sydney now for a yarn with Shane Bird, the former NZ farmer turned life coach.

We cross to Sydney now for a yarn with Shane Bird, the former NZ farmer turned life coach.

French wine producer Edmond de Rothschild Heritage Wines are coming over to visit their recently acquired Central Otago vineyard, Bannockburn, To tell us more, Dom is joined by French winemaker Ann Escalle.

On today’s episode;  We catch up with Silver Fern Farms CEO Simon Limmer…  We talk to Tutira farmer Max Tweedie…  And we profile author and farmer Loshni Manikam.

Dom George was at the Wanaka A&P Show on Friday and caught up with AFFCO National Livestock Manager Tom Young.

Dom George was at the Wanaka A&P Show on Friday and caught up with the former Wanaka A&P Show past President Mike Scurr.

This week saw the celebration of International Women’s Day, and one of the things that can sometimes be overlooked in the rural mental health discussion is women’s well-being…  It tends to be a male-focussed discussion…  But for our next guest, that’s something she’s keen to address…  Southland farmer and author Loshni Manikam, the 2018 Dairy Woman of the Year, joins us now.

We go back to the Wanaka A&P show to look back at the week that was with REX Today Host Dominic George.

Time now for this week’s View From the Top Paddock, and it’s over to the West Coast we go, to catch up with the Vice-President of the World Farmers’ Organisation, Katie Milne.

Thursday night saw another instalment of the annual Findex Wanaka Agribusiness Dinner…  As always, the REX team was proud to be a part of it…  And to that end, we thought we’d have a chat with a local member of the team, Findex Agribusiness Partner, Alistair King, who specialises in viticulture and horticulture…

New research has found feeding cows the leafy herb plantain can reduce nitrogen leaching from dairy farms by up to 60%, and may help improve the quality of the country’s waterways…  The research was led by DairyNZ and carried out at Massey University, and more recently Lincoln…  To tell us more, we’re joined by Professor Peter Kemp from Massey University.

Let’s head back to the Wanaka A&P Show now, where we find the Carter’s Ambassador, Richard Loe…

We head down to Otago University for a chat with Professor Hugh Campbell, who was on our first show of the year back in January…  And at the time we all decided there were a lot more topics we could all discuss using Professor Campbell’s expertise…  Of course, Cyclone Gabrielle has dominated discussions over the last few weeks and it’s our pleasure to welcome Hugh back onto the show for his perspe...

You may remember Craigmore Farms took out last year’s Fonterra Responsible dairying Award at the NZ Dairy Industry Awards…  One of their key philosophies is that there is no single perfect system…  They adapt the farm system on each of their 22 farms to suit the environment and the people…  With entries closing for this year’s Responsible Dairying Award at the end of the month, we’ve decided to to...

Cyclone Gabrielle is shaping up to be NZ’s most expensive weather event in terms o spread and scale, and may even be worse than the Christchurch earthquake…  That’s the assessment of Federated Farmers, and to tell us more, we’re joined now by CEO Terry Copeland.

Time now for this weekend’s edition of Yes Minister, and we’re the ACT Party’s Agriculture Spokesperson, Mark Cameron.

Let’s head back to the Wanaka A&P Show, where we’re joined now by the CEO of Silver Fern Farms, Simon Limmer.

The farming district of Tutira was slammed by Cyclone Gabrielle, including the property of sheep and beef farmer Max Tweedie. Max also runs Hallmark Angus Stud, and has one of the largest recorded Angus herds in New Zealand. He joins us now to tell us how they are faring, almost a month on from the catastrophic event.