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Melissa Clark-Reynolds is a New Zealand entrepreneur, foresight practitioner, and professional director…  She was awarded the Insignia of an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2015 for services to the technology industry, and she joins us now to have a chat about some of the issues facing the future of farming, food and fibre.

Time now for this week’s View From the Top Paddock, and it’s a very good morning to the Vice-President of the World Farmers’ Organisation, Katie Milne.

Support Hear 4 U here The East Coast copped a pasting from Cyclone Gabrielle and there are many people in the region working around the clock to help those in need…  One of those legends is our good friend, Krissy Mack, from the charity Hear 4 U…  Krissy oozes community spirit from every pore and we welcome her on to the show today to talk about the response in the Tairawhiti area.

We can always rely on our next guest to have an interesting insight into a range of various topics in the ag sector, and the topic on a lot of people’s minds right now is, of course, the devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle…  NZX Head of Analytics Julia Jones is on the line

Should twins born to ewe hoggets and grown out to heavy weights be retained as replacements and mated as ewe lambs? Well, that’s the question which a Beef + Lamb NZ and Massey University research project sought to answer by following the lifetime performance of single and twin ewe lambs born in 2017 from a hogget mating…  The project has now concluded, or is close to it, and has been led by Profes...

Time now for A Week Of It…  And joining us this week for our panel discussion, is the GM of Rural at Property Brokers, Conrad Wilkshire…  Welcome onto A Week Of It!

During the 2020 drought in Hawke’s Bay, Diana Greer started up the Collective Hug to help farmers during the crisis…  In the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle, she has cranked it up again in an effort to spread kindness, in the form of baking and home-cooked meals, to those in the rural sector affected by the Cyclone…  She joins us now to tell us more about it

Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium is wrapping up after 20 odd years, and with a report summarising its work just being dropped, we have Mark Aspin, the PGgRc General Manager on to tell us more. And REX host and former Sports broadcaster Hamish McKay joins Dom to talk all things Sport on a Friday.

Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium is wrapping up after 20 odd years, and with a report summarising its work just being dropped, we have Mark Aspin, the PGgRc General Manager on to tell us more.

REX host and former Sports broadcaster Hamish McKay joins Dom to talk all things Sport on a Friday.

Ag Proud Chair joins Dom to share what they're doing to support Kiwis caught up in Cyclone-affected communities and how you can donate as well. It seems that Cyclone Gabrielle will be an inflationary event, to crunch the numbers we're joined by Infometrics Chief Executive and Principal Economist Brad Olsen. We go across the Tasman to join Shane Bird, Former NZ Farmer turned Life Coach.

We go across the Tasman to join Shane Bird, Former NZ Farmer turned Life Coach.

It seems that Cyclone Gabrielle will be an inflationary event, to crunch the numbers we're joined by Infometrics Chief Executive and Principal Economist Brad Olsen.  

Ag Proud Chair joins Dom to share what they're doing to support Kiwis caught up in Cyclone-affected communities and how you can donate as well.

After looking over the Cyclone damage through many fly-overs and visits, Agriculture Minster Damien O'Connor shares stories from affected areas, and when the regions can expect more Government support, For an update on GDT we're joined by NZX Economist Amy Castleton, and Wool Impact and Data company Fusca have partnered for the dev of a strong wool price indicator - for more on this we're joined b...

Wool Impact and Data company Fusca have partnered for the dev of a strong wool price indicator - for more on this we're joined by Fusca CEO and Co-Founder Ryan Cosgrove.

For an update on GDT we're joined by NZX Economist Amy Castleton.

After looking over the Cyclone damage through many fly-overs and visits, Agriculture Minster Damien O'Connor shares stories from affected areas, and when the regions can expect more Government support.

Dr Mitloehner is a Professor in the Department of Animal Science at the University of California, Davis. He's in the country at the moment thanks to Beef + Lamb NZ to  take part in lectures and explain the science behind methane’s impact on climate change and the work by the dairy industry in California to reduce its emissions. And DairyNZ says region-specific support is being offered to cyclone-a...

Dr Mitloehner is a Professor in the Department of Animal Science at the University of California, Davis. He's in the country at the moment thanks to Beef + Lamb NZ to  take part in lectures and explain the science behind methane’s impact on climate change and the work by the dairy industry in California to reduce its emissions.

DairyNZ says region-specific support is being offered to cyclone-affected farmers, who are responding to a range of different issues on farms across the North Island - Sarah Speight, DairyNZ General Manager for Farm Performance joins us to tell us more.

We head to the East Coast, we’ve got MP Kiri Allan on the line, who’s been on the ground surveying the damage from Gabrielle. And the impact of Cyclone Gabrielle has been devastating for Wairoa and organisers have no option but to cancel next week's 2023 East Coast Farming Expo. Wairoa has been cut off, with regional and local roading damaged. East Coast Farming Expo Organiser Sandra Matthews join...

The impact of Cyclone Gabrielle has been devastating for Wairoa and organisers have no option but to cancel next week's 2023 East Coast Farming Expo. Wairoa has been cut off, with regional and local roading damaged. East Coast Farming Expo Organiser Sue Wilson joins us to tell us more about the difficult decision.

We head to the East Coast, we’ve got MP Kiri Allan on the line, who’s been on the ground surveying the damage from Gabrielle.

We look at the plight of horses and other animals in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle…  We catch up with East Coast Labour MP Kiri Allan who’s been assessing the damage in her patch…  And we find out how widespread the damage to crops has been with NZ Vegetables CEO John Murphy…