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On today’s episode;  We talk to the creators of the revolutionary new product Wise Wool…  We catch up with children’s author Christine Taylor to find out she’s working with the wool industry to help educate the next generation…  And we find out what makes Align Farms in Canterbury a great employer. You can also listen to Rural Exchange on TodayFM Saturdays & Sundays 6 - 8am)  

A Gisborne family, embedded with five generations of wool handling experience, felt a responsibility to their whenua and community in Tairāwhiti Gisborne to bring the wool industry back to its best so they created a super wool - a Wisewool. It’s a revolutionary material engineered by intertwining wool fibres into tiny spring-like buds. Wisewool director, Harry Urquhart-Hay, spoke to Rural Exchange...

The Climate Change Commission wants the government to change the rules around how emissions are priced, with current settings incentivizing tree planting instead of cuts to damaging gases. The Commission has released the first of what will be annual advice on the Emissions Trading Scheme. Climate Change Commission Chair, Dr Rod Carr, spoke to REX Today’s Dominic George about the advice. See omnyst...

If Foot and Mouth were to get into Australia and New Zealand it is believed that it would halt rural trading and there would be hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode…  we get the latest on the Foot & Mouth saga with Bali based vet Ross Ainsworth…  We catch up with outgoing National MP Ian McKelvie…  And we find out who produces the best ham and bacon in the land…   You can also listen to Rural Exchange on Today FM Saturdays & Sundays 6 - 8am.

UBCO bikes are two-wheel electric motorbikes that are driven by both wheels, something that founders, Daryl Neal and Anthony Clyde, viewed as a real point of difference. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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On the show today….. We get an update on how Loey’s Paddock is getting on, we gather some hot tips on how to be a good employer and we meet another pair of brothers, this time doing some ‘wooly’ cool things.  Plus we check in with the top 50% farmer Bart Van de Ven and check out what’s been happening in the world of politics this week with National MP Barbara Kuriger.

With inflation at an all-time high, many families are struggling to put food on the table. Tough decisions are having to be made in some households over whether to pay for rent or kai. It’s put considerable pressure on food charity Meat The Need, so much so that they’re struggling to meet demand. Co-Founder and General Manager, Wayne Langford, spoke to Rural Exchange ’s Hamish McKay and Dominic Ge...

On this episode…  we’re talking foot and mouth disease, meating the need, a brother duo who are taking their stock straight from the paddock to the plate and cutting out the middle men.  We get an update on how winter grazing has been faring in the South Island with all the rain and snow and we check out the view from the top paddock with Ag Proud.    You can also listen to Rural Exchange on Today...

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"If the narrative is always negative about these farming systems, eventually people will say well, that must be true." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Guy Hobson caught up with Dominic George to talk about how they’re leveraging Kiwi drinking habits to protect New Zealand's biodiversity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Each week Rural Exchange hosts Hamish McKay and Dominic George speak to a different Member of Parliament, getting their take on all things rural as part of a segment known as 'Yes Minister'.  This week, National’s Associate Ag Spokesperson and MP for Waikato, and former Young Farmer of the Year, Tim van de Molen, spoke to REX about a range of rural topics including FMG’s Young Farmer of the Year,...

On today’s episode;  We catch up with the new Chair of Deer Industry NZ, Mandy Bell…  We look at a great new initiative teaching urban school kids about life on the farm…  And we look at the growing threat of Foot & Mouth Disease reaching our shores.

"There are different things happening in Korea to what's happening in China. We're seeing velvet being used in the healthy food category."