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Dom, Rebecca, and Rebecca have a chat about the time they've spent at Fieldays so far, highlighting the stalls they've been surprised by, along with a few Polititans pressing the Flesh at Mystery Creek as well.

On today's Fieldays special: Ben Speedy, ASBs Head of Rural joins Dom in the flesh,  Fully automated Drone technology has hit the main pavilion at this year's Fieldays, Scott Spooner, the CEO/CTO at SPS Automation Limited joins Dom to run him through the groundbreaking tech. And have you ever had a scoop of Cauliflower Ice Cream? well after a Massey Student unearthed that Cauliflower is a worthy a...

Fully automated Drone technology has hit the main pavilion at this year's Fieldays, Scott Spooner, the CEO/CTO at SPS Automation Limited joins Dom to run him through the groundbreaking tech.

Have you ever had a scoop of Cauliflower Ice Cream? well after a Massey Student unearthed that Cauliflower is a worthy alternative for dairy solids. Prof Chris Anderson Farmed Landscape Research Centre at Massey University talks through the Ice Cream with Dom and reveals when it will be available to the hungry public...

From Mystery Creek for day 2 of Fieldays, Dom was joined by Minister for Racing & Labour MP for Wairarapa Kieran McAnulty. Dom ran into Dr Charlene Mathern from Worksafe NZ to talk about the difference in fatigue vs. tiredness.

Dom ran into Dr Charlene Mathern from Worksafe NZ on Day 2 of Fieldays to talk about the difference in fatigue vs. tiredness.

From Mystery Creek for day 2 of Fieldays, Dom was joined by Minister for Racing & Labour MP for Wairarapa Kieran McAnulty.

The Prime Minister addressed media at the Fieldays after two major announcements in regards to including sequestration in the Ag emissions plan and the brand new Climate Change Action Centre. 

The Fieldays are kicking off this week making a much-anticipated return stumbled by COVID. It was held online in 2020 and in person in 2021, then postponed earlier this year from June to November. The three-day farming extravaganza at Mystery Creek usually brings in over 300 thousand people to Hamilton. Hamilton mayor Paula Southgate and CEO of Fieldays Peter Nation join us to express her delight...

On-site at a wet day one of Fieldays, Dom chats to Tom Ruddenklau, the incoming CEO of Power Farming NZ ahead of his return to the sector.

The Fieldays are kicking off this week making a much-anticipated return stumbled by COVID. It was held online in 2020 and in person in 2021, then postponed earlier this year from June to November. The three-day farming extravaganza at Mystery Creek usually brings in over 300 thousand people to Hamilton. Hamilton mayor Paula Southgate joins us now to express her delight at the event's return.

After a few Covid interruptions, the iconic event at Mystery Creek returns today - Fieldays. Dom spoke with the CEO of the NZ National Fieldays Society, Peter Nation to hear his thoughts on the events return.

KPMG has released Chapter 2 of its Agribusiness Agenda, based on conversations with industry leaders to drive growth and enhance resilience in the sector. Head of global AgriBusiness Ian Proudfoot joined REX Today to discuss. 

On today's show, Dom dips his toes into Aquaculture with Rebecca Barclay, Project Lead of GreenWaveNZ. More than 600 students from Schools from Christchurch and Auckland have been introduced to the ag sector in the last two months by way of The Inspiring Food and Fibre Futures in Schools programme. To tell us more, Trevor McIntyre, the Manager of Special Projects for New Zealand Young Farmers join...

Robert Peacock, Farm Manager at Orari Gorge Station talks to Dom about the station's recent low-input prodigy test of sheep funded by Beef+Lamb NZ and MPI.

More than 600 students from Schools from Christchurch and Auckland have been introduced to the ag sector in the last two months by way of The Inspiring Food and Fibre Futures in Schools programme. To tell us more, Trevor McIntyre, the Manager of Special Projects for New Zealand Young Farmers joins Dom to tell him about the impact of the programme.

Dom dips his toes into Aquaculture with Rebecca Barclay, Project Lead of GreenWaveNZ.

Cola bean farming... To make... That's right... You guessed it... Cola. Karma Drinks is the winner of the Supreme Transforming Aotearoa New Zealand Award for 2022 at the Sustainable Business Awards. To tell us more, Chris Morrison joins Dom. And Alan Gibson has just published a book For The Love of the Country, celebrating farming in New Zealand, and those who dedicate their lives to feeding the n...

Alan has just published a book For The Love of the Country, celebrating farming in New Zealand, and those who dedicate their lives to feeding the nation. This gorgeous collection of photographs, accompanied by extended captions and insightful interviews, is a visual celebration of the New Zealand farmer and the landscape in which they live and work. It tells the stories of the people who are the b...

Cola bean farming... To make... That's right... You guessed it... Cola. Karma Drinks is the winner of the Supreme Transforming Aotearoa New Zealand Award for 2022 at the Sustainable Business Awards.  To tell us more, Chris Morrison joins Dom.

On today’s episode;  We discuss Beef & Lamb’s ag emissions pricing submission, we hear from the new CEO of Growing Future Farmers, we talk about the crazy North Island weather, Bitch’s Box and whether should we be feeding New Zealanders first as opposed to exporting a majority of our produce? 

Connecting with our mates and loved ones has never been more important as we move through some rather stressful times in the ag sector…  Last month we ran a competition supporting just that and one entry really caught our attention, about an app called “Cappucino”...  It’s a fun way to have a coffee with your mates online and share audio stories, life updates, and jokes with voice memo’s ‘called b...

A Southland food grower has caused a bit of a stir this week for saying our a griculture sector favours exports over domestic supply “when feeding ourselves should be the first priority’’...  So we’ve got Farmers Markets NZ Vice President Dave Kennedy on the line now to talk more about it…