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Amelia Dunbar lives life in colour…  Having spent the bulk of her life living on a high country station, her greatest influence has always been all things animal..  Probably best known for her bold and bright paintings of boisterous bulls and curious cows as Amelia Guild Art, she also writes and performs professionally as an actress…  She’s one half of the hilarious The Bitches’ Box comedy duo - n...

 Well, ethical soft drink company Karma Drinks has won the Supreme Award at the 20th annual Sustainable Business this week…  It was formed by Simon Coley, along with brothers Matt and Chris Morrison, who wanted to make ‘Karma Cola’ out of ingredients that were good for the land, good for growers and good for consumers…  REX Today host Dom George caught up with one of the trio, Chris Morrison to le...

Beef and Lamb NZ has demanded changes for a more equitable and fair emissions pricing system…  In its submission it asked why the sector is being punished by the Government when over the last 30 years it has reduced emissions by 30 per cent, has consistently produced climate-neutral lamb, increased export revenue by 250 per cent, has protected 1.4 million hectares of native bush and underpinned th...

t’s been a hell of a week of weather in the North Island - rain, storms, lightning strikes, tornadoes - you name it. We’ve had it…  And it’s hurting farmers at a pretty important time of the year, trying to get crops in the ground…  One of those farmers is former Kaipara Mayor Jason Smith, who joins us now…

There’s a new power woman at the helm of Growing Future Farmers…  Fonterra’s Wendy Paul has been announced as the organisation's new CEO, starting in January next year…  She joins us now…

On this episode…    We update the Mangaohane Station saga as the syndicate bid to purchase the land falls flat…  We discuss solutions around what to do about unwanted bobby calves in the dairy industry…   And we take a look at what the next generation of farming in NZ could look like…

Time now to look back at the lat week with REX Today host Dom George.

A month of non stop rain and the risk of Fall Army Worm has already devastated crop planting in Northland. Kaipara sheep and beef farmer Jason Smith joined REX to tell us the impact on his farm and what he's hearing on the ground. 

Connecting with our mates and loved ones has never been more important as we move through some rather stressful times in the ag sector, so we caught up with chartered accountant, suicide prevention worker and dairy farmer LeAnne Blakelock to discuss how she does it and what she's seeing on the ground. 

Sheep and beef farmer, Rob Buddo entered into an equity partnership with a young farmer starting out his career. He joined REX to talk more about their top farm management tools - FarmIQ and FARMAX.

Beef + Lamb NZ has demanded changes for a more equitable and fair emissions pricing system, Chief Executive Sam McIvor told REX they make no apologies for their emotional submission. 

Amelia Dunbar is best known for her bold and bright paintings of boisterous bulls and curious cows as Amelia Guild Art, but she also writes and performs professionally as an actress. She’s one half of the hilarious The Bitches’ Box comedy duo - now they’re trying to raise the funds to make a Bitches’ Box feature length film.   

The whole agriculture sector needs to come to the table to figure out a value add solution for bobby calves, but Waikato Federated Farmers Dairy Chair Andrew Reymer told REX it's an extremely complex topic.   

Summer can be one of the deadliest times of year on farm, so Core Health and Safety director Rob Markillie joined REX to give us some advice to make sure everyone’s at the table to tuck into the Christmas ham and enjoy the leftovers.  

Lewis Winiata chairman of the Aorangi Awarua Trust which has 6,000 hectares of land landlocked by Mangaohane Station joins us to tell us more about their relationship with the station and what he thinks should happen. 

New research says changing what we farm, and where, could provide all New Zealanders with a healthy diet, improve waterways, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and grow our economy. Two National Science Challenges published detail today how the land-use change in the near future is unavoidable. We need to design a nationwide health and climate-focused food production system strategically. Author Profes...

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New research says changing what we farm, and where, could provide all New Zealanders with a healthy diet, improve waterways, cut green-house gas emissions, and grow our economy. Two National Science Challenges published detail today how the land-use change in the near future is unavoidable and we need to strategically design a nationwide health and climate-focused food production system. Author Pr...

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The Forever Farming NZ syndicate has been forced to withdraw its bid to save the iconic Mangaohane Station after discovering two Treaty of Waitangi Claims on the property. We caught up with founder Mike Barham to discuss what happened and what's next.