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The Mudder is back after a two-year covid-induced hiatus! Runners got down and dirty in Marton on Saturday, with the infamous adventure obstacle course featuring some of the country's best hill country, lots of mud, water, dams, bogs, and of course some man-made obstacles too. The Mudder event Manager Andrew Stewart joins us to tell us more.

A swapper bottle and milk keg system in the Waikato has been given a cash injection from the Government's brand new plastic innovations fund.  Kaipaki Dairies have a zero waste packaging scheme, swapping reusable glass bottles, and also have 18-litre food grade kegs used for milk taps.  Co-owner and founder John Heskett joined us on REX Today to share more.

REX caught up on the week in politics with Teanau Tuiono, Greens spokesperson for Agriculture and 11 other portfolios!

In today’s episode;  we profile a Kiwi company which takes salmon waste product and turns it into a biostimulant…  We catch up with Green Party Ag Spokesperson Teanau Tuiono…  And we examine what farming for profit in the hill country looks like…

Farming for profit in the hill country - what does that look like? Well, a Beef and Lamb field day held in the hills of North Canterbury this week covered exactly that. Some of the topics hot off the agenda were issues North Canterbury sheep and beef farmers are facing, and lucerne and legumes…  Extension Manager Lucy Murray joined us on REX to let us in on more.

We kicked of the Sunday edition of REX with a look at what’s happening in the rural print media with Managing Editor of NZ Dairy Exporter and Country Wide, Tony Leggett.

The New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards has just finished its annual conference ahead of entries opening next week, so we caught up with Robin Congdon to hear all about it. 

Dunedin agritech company OmniEye has been selected as a finalist in the Fieldays Innovation Awards for the Growth and Scale category, so we found out what they're all about from Chief Executive Grey Peyroux.   

This is The Rural Exchange Podcast for Saturday the 24th of September, with Hamish McKay & Rebecca Greaves, On this episode…  we put the spotlight on the dairy industry with NZX Head of Analytics Julia Jones…  We look at a joint initiative between NZ and Australia to boost training programmes in the wool sector…   And we put the spotlight on Dunedin agritech company OmniEye…  You can also list...

For this week’s View From the Top Paddock, we we're joined by Former MP and the Chair of Apiculture NZ and the Meat Industry Association, Nathan Guy.

New Zealand and Australia are now on the same page when it comes to the standards of our wool harvesting industries, staffing shortages and promoting the industry…  A memorandum of understanding has been signed between our Elite Wool Industry Training and two of Australia’s major industry players…  Chief Executive and former world champion shearer Tom Wilson joined us on REX to tell us more.

A seemingly more relaxed REX Today host Dom George joined Hamish and Rebecca after a big awards win last night! The team also cross over the weather, and the GDT rises.

FishIT takes salmon waste product and turns it into a bio-stimulant, so Hamish and Rebecca were joined by FishIT General Manager Richard Diack to hear more. 

Hugh Dampier-Crossley joined REX to tell us about completing the toughest and most grueling horse race on earth - racing 1,300km across the barren Mongolian Steppes on horseback for eight days. 

We talked with Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury Dairy Chair Nick Giera to discuss restrictions to rid the last pocket of mycoplasma bovis in Mid Canterbury that will see thousands of cattle culled. 

Leading agri-business expert Julia Jones joined REX to discuss why our dairy sector should stop looking at and comparing to other countries, after the Global Dairy Summit in India left industry leaders with a bitter taste in their mouths. 

Ahead of tomorrow's Bledisloe showdown, host of REX and former Sports broadcaster Hamish McKay joins Dom for their weekly sport-themed sit-down. and 

For this week's Market Update, Dom caught up with the General Manager of Rural for Property Brokers, Conrad Wilksire.

Host of REX and former Sports broadcaster Hamish McKay joins Dom for their weekly sport-themed sit-down.

On today's show, Fonterra has published their FY22 Annual Results and for expert analysis and opinion, ASB Chief Economist Nick Tuffley called into REX Today to help crunch the numbers,  Rabobank has a new report out concerning the race to net zero, and after GST has been changed for farm dwellings the third time since 1996, Findex advisor Craig Macalister calls up Dom to find some answers.

As Fonterra publish their FY22 Annual Results, Dom called up ASB Chief Economist Nick Tuffley to crunch the numbers.

For the third time since 1996 the IRD has changed the way it treats GST on farm dwellings, to find out more, Taxation Advisory Partner, Findex Invercargill, Craig Macalister joined Dom on the show to find some answers.

In the report Foodservice Race to Net Zero, Rabobank says addressing climate change and reducing emissions have taken on increasing importance in the consumer foods sector, with foodservice chains among the most ambitious target setters. to tell us more, Rabobank NZ Head of Sustainable Business Development Blake Holgate called into REX Today.

On today's episode, Craig Wiggins caught up with Dom to talk about what he's seeing in his community as some Farmers are trading in the tools of the trade for welders and wages, and after its second increase on the bounce, Dom caught up with Dairy Insights Manager at the NZX, Stu Davidson to talk about the most recent GDT rise. 

Craig Wiggins caught up with Dom to talk about what he's seeing in his community as some Farmers are trading in the tools of the trade for welders and wages.