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Time to have a look back at the week that was with REX Today host, Dom George.

We catch up with champion shearer Jack Fagan who will attempt the eight hour solo lamb world record this December and get the low down on his training, this season's shearing show circuit and shearing his 500,000th sheep in the Cumbrian Mountains. 

Nicola Harvey was a burnt out journalist and media executive who moved home to New Zealand with a vision to live from the land and grow good food. She's turned her story of running Slow Stream Farm into a book, “The Making of a Climate Activist”.

A New Zealand company has developed a world-first fire-resistant, acoustic wall panel made entirely from New Zealand strong wool, T&R technical director Hedda Landreth joins us now, and can the Black Ferns take it home? Former Sports broadcaster and REX host Hamish McKay joins Dom for his weekly look ahead to a jam-packed sporting weekend.

Former Sports broadcaster and REX host Hamish McKay joins Dom for his weekly look ahead to a jam-packed sporting weekend.

A New Zealand company has developed a world-first fire-resistant, acoustic wall panel made entirely from New Zealand strong wool, T&R Interior Systems Limited has spent the past two years refining its wool panels to ensure they meet New Zealand’s strict building and fire compliance standards and are now taking their product to market. T&R technical director Hedda Landreth joins us now

On Today's show, Mike Casey, owner of the Net Zero Forest Lodge Cherry Orchard, and Grant Dodson, Chair of the NZ Game Animal Council

On today's show: New research has confirmed the carbon footprint of New Zealand beef and lamb is amongst the lowest in the world, To find out more, Chief Insights Officer at Beef + Lamb, Julian Ashby joins Dom. After two years of absence, the Canterbury A&P Show has returned! To get a grasp of the return, and look into the "Clash of the Colleges", Tracy Ahern, Canterbury A&P Show GM joins...

Shane Bird, Former NZ Farmer turned Lifecoach has his regular catchup on the programme.

After two years of absence, the Canterbury A&P Show has returned! To get a grasp of the return, and look into the "Clash of the Colleges", Tracy Ahern, Canterbury A&P Show GM joins Dom.

New research has confirmed the carbon footprint of New Zealand beef and lamb is amongst the lowest in the world. The comprehensive study by AgResearch has found that a kilo of New Zealand sheepmeat has a carbon footprint of just under 15 kilograms (kgs) of CO2 equivalent emissions per kilo. To find out more, Chief Insights Officer at Beef + Lamb, Julian Ashby joins Dom.

On the show today, Richard Burke: Leaderbrand CEO and Patsy Bass & Angus Hay from Reefton Distilling Co.

On todays show: Jim Van de Poel - DairyNZ Chairman and Author of What Your Chickens Want You To Know, Dr Andrea Graves jouns Dom on REX Today.

Author of What Your Chickens Want You To Know, Dr Andrea Graves joins Dom on REX Today.

On today’s episode;   We look at the storied history of NZ Wool Sheds with author and researcher Annette O’Sullivan…  We get some great summer BBQ tips with Eat What You Kill founder Tim Kavermann…  And we hear from new DairyNZ director and good friend of the show, Chris Lewis…

The sun’s starting to come out and the weather’s warming up, which means it’s also time to clean the barbie…  The classic BBQ is a quintessential part of the kiwi summer and is great for our mental health... Hunting and gathering wild foods is also a fantastic way to look after our top two inches… So how can we combine the two? To help answer that we’re joined now by Eat What You Kill founder Tim...

As some of the country’s earliest woolsheds are lost to changing land use and newer shearing sheds, one researcher is on a mission to document them forever…  Dr. Annette O'Sullivan, from Massey University School of Desi gn, is writing a book to record the impact the 180-year-old wool industry has had on New Zealand and celebrate its place in our farming and economic history…

Spring Sheep Milk Co. has announced its annual Farm Open Day will this year be held on Friday the 11th of November in Taranaki…  Since the company’s last open day in 2020, the sheep dairy industry has seen significant growth, including the recent expansion into Taranaki and the announcement of the Scale Up programme…  To tell us more, we’re joined now by Spring Sheep Chief Operating Officer Thomas...

When the door slammed shut on New Zealand in March 2020 it also closed the gate on traditional stock auctions…  It sent ripples through the livestock industry and ushered in an era of online livestock auctions…  So, was it a flash in a pan, or the beginning of a new chapter?  One man who’s well qualified to help answer this is the General Manager of NZ Farmers Livestock, Bill Sweeney…  He joined u...

time to catch up with the Managing Editor of NZ Dairy Exporter and Country Wide, to see what’s happening in the rural print media…  Tony Leggett.