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The New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards has just finished its annual conference ahead of entries opening next week, so we caught up with Robin Congdon to hear all about it. 

Dunedin agritech company OmniEye has been selected as a finalist in the Fieldays Innovation Awards for the Growth and Scale category, so we found out what they're all about from Chief Executive Grey Peyroux.   

This is The Rural Exchange Podcast for Saturday the 24th of September, with Hamish McKay & Rebecca Greaves, On this episode…  we put the spotlight on the dairy industry with NZX Head of Analytics Julia Jones…  We look at a joint initiative between NZ and Australia to boost training programmes in the wool sector…   And we put the spotlight on Dunedin agritech company OmniEye…  You can also list...

For this week’s View From the Top Paddock, we we're joined by Former MP and the Chair of Apiculture NZ and the Meat Industry Association, Nathan Guy.

New Zealand and Australia are now on the same page when it comes to the standards of our wool harvesting industries, staffing shortages and promoting the industry…  A memorandum of understanding has been signed between our Elite Wool Industry Training and two of Australia’s major industry players…  Chief Executive and former world champion shearer Tom Wilson joined us on REX to tell us more.

A seemingly more relaxed REX Today host Dom George joined Hamish and Rebecca after a big awards win last night! The team also cross over the weather, and the GDT rises.

FishIT takes salmon waste product and turns it into a bio-stimulant, so Hamish and Rebecca were joined by FishIT General Manager Richard Diack to hear more. 

Hugh Dampier-Crossley joined REX to tell us about completing the toughest and most grueling horse race on earth - racing 1,300km across the barren Mongolian Steppes on horseback for eight days. 

We talked with Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury Dairy Chair Nick Giera to discuss restrictions to rid the last pocket of mycoplasma bovis in Mid Canterbury that will see thousands of cattle culled. 

Leading agri-business expert Julia Jones joined REX to discuss why our dairy sector should stop looking at and comparing to other countries, after the Global Dairy Summit in India left industry leaders with a bitter taste in their mouths. 

Ahead of tomorrow's Bledisloe showdown, host of REX and former Sports broadcaster Hamish McKay joins Dom for their weekly sport-themed sit-down. and 

For this week's Market Update, Dom caught up with the General Manager of Rural for Property Brokers, Conrad Wilksire.

Host of REX and former Sports broadcaster Hamish McKay joins Dom for their weekly sport-themed sit-down.

On today's show, Fonterra has published their FY22 Annual Results and for expert analysis and opinion, ASB Chief Economist Nick Tuffley called into REX Today to help crunch the numbers,  Rabobank has a new report out concerning the race to net zero, and after GST has been changed for farm dwellings the third time since 1996, Findex advisor Craig Macalister calls up Dom to find some answers.

As Fonterra publish their FY22 Annual Results, Dom called up ASB Chief Economist Nick Tuffley to crunch the numbers.

For the third time since 1996 the IRD has changed the way it treats GST on farm dwellings, to find out more, Taxation Advisory Partner, Findex Invercargill, Craig Macalister joined Dom on the show to find some answers.

In the report Foodservice Race to Net Zero, Rabobank says addressing climate change and reducing emissions have taken on increasing importance in the consumer foods sector, with foodservice chains among the most ambitious target setters. to tell us more, Rabobank NZ Head of Sustainable Business Development Blake Holgate called into REX Today.

On today's episode, Craig Wiggins caught up with Dom to talk about what he's seeing in his community as some Farmers are trading in the tools of the trade for welders and wages, and after its second increase on the bounce, Dom caught up with Dairy Insights Manager at the NZX, Stu Davidson to talk about the most recent GDT rise. 

Craig Wiggins caught up with Dom to talk about what he's seeing in his community as some Farmers are trading in the tools of the trade for welders and wages.

After its second increase on the bounce, Dom caught up with Dairy Insights Manager at the NZX, Stu Davidson to talk about the most recent GDT rise. 

In todays show, A "Triple Dip" La Niña could be on its way soon, so to help us wrap our heads around this historical event, WeatherWatch's Phil Duncan joined REX Today to tell us more. And as growers are hailing the government's new national policy statement for highly productive land as a 'good first step', Dom George was joined by Vegetables NZ Chairman Director John Murphy.

Growers are hailing the government's new national policy statement for highly productive land as a 'good first step'. To learn more, Dom George was joined by Vegetables NZ Chairman Director John Murphy.

A "Triple Dip" La Niña could be on its way soon, so to help us wrap our heads around this historical event, WeatherWatch's Phil Duncan joined REX Today to tell us more.

In today's episode, we catch up with Federated Farmers President Andrew Hoggard has been in India for the World Dairy Forum, and Scott Technology CEO John Kippenberger talks to Dom George about a "world-leading" $11.2 million deal between two Dunedin-based businesses that will relieve pressure on the meat industry and provide better-quality products to customers. 

Dom George caught up with Scott Technology CEO John Kippenberger as a "world-leading" $11.2 million deal between two Dunedin-based businesses will relieve pressure on the meat industry and provide better-quality products to customers. The deal is between Silver Fern Farms and Scott Technology, which will deliver a fully automated lamb-processing system expected by late 2023.