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Kiwi accountant turned bestselling cookbook author Linda Duncan joined Dom George on REX Today to talk about the growing amount of food waste, Kiwis evolving relationship with food, and why she thinks we should drop the meal-kits, and get back in the kitchen for some "trial and error".

After the recent Lamb theft in North Canterbury, Dom George caught up Federated Farmers board member and rural policing spokesperson Richard McIntyre for an insight on stock rustling and how to prevent futher thefts.

On today's episode, Dom caught up with Prof Danny Donaghy from Massey University to look ahead to the most comprehensive pastural farming study in NZ history, and Dom welcomes in NZ Young Viticulturist of the Year Tarin Mason after his big win.

Dom George caught up with 2022 NZ Young Viticulturist of the Year Tahryn Mason after last weeks big win.

The newly announced, most comprehensive study into pastural farming ever undertaken in NZ was announced by Minister for Agriculture Damien O'Connor last week. To fnd out more Dom caught up with Prof Danny Donaghy from Massey University who is leading the reseatch.

There's a lot going on in the AgriTech sector right now, including Gallagher getting set to release its new virtual fencing system for beef farmers. We talked what's been happening in Hamilton with Lisbeth Jacobs, Global GM for Animal Management at Gallagher. 

A rural King Country builder and sheep farmer persuades his clients to use wool as much as possible during their builds and renos, so we caught up with him to discuss what he wants to see to make using wool easier.  

WeatherWatch is at war with Government funded forecasters MetService and NIWA. Founder Philip Duncan told REX the system is broken and accused them of blocking data that taxpayers have already paid for. 

ACT Agriculture spokesperson Mark Cameron graced REX with his presence for the regular "Yes Minister" segment, to discuss the world in politics. 

On today’s episode;  we catch up with ACT’s Ag spokesperson Mark Cameron…  We look at the weather wars playing out in the NZ weather forecasting space with Phil Duncan from Weather Watch…  And we put the spotlight on agritech with Lisbeth Jacobs from Gallagher…  

As some countries face tougher effluent spreading controls, one Canterbury Irishman may have the answer. Central Injection Agri specialises in redistributing slurry in an environmentally friendly way. Owner Tom O’Keefe told us all about it. 

Dom caught up with Sustainable Tarras about Christchurch Airports' plan to build a new airport in Central Otago - is it Greenwashing or Climate Positive?

Let's have a look into Local Body Elections, and to talk more about their recent drop in voter turnout, Dom caught up with Otago Federated Farmers President Mark Patterson.

RabobankNZ is trying to cut through the climate change noise and help farmers and growers understand the opportunities within the challenges. CEO Todd Charteris joined REX to discuss some key actions to help guide our food and fibre industry forward. 

We check out what's happening in the world of rural real estate, and talk the changing rural land use across the country with Property Brokers General Manager of Rural. 

Robyn Mare won the 2022 West Coast Top of the South Dairy Manager of the Year title earlier this year. REX spoke to her about her recent move to the Waikato and how her first season contract milking was going.   

We’re all about helping farmers farm better here on REX - and one of the best ways to do that is through podcasts, featuring experts from the agri sector. This week we put the spotlight on NextGen Agri and their podcast 'The Head Shepherd'.   

Dominic George hosted REX alone this weekend while co-host Hamish McKay relaxed in Hawaii. So Dom just had to interrupt his sunbathing, all-you-can eat buffets and check in with him to discuss food and produce from 'where you'd rather be'. 

On this episode…   cow’s milk vs plant-based alternatives; we look at a new study comparing the two…  we look at the challenges and opportunities for the NZ ag sector with Rabobank NZ CEO Todd Charteris…  And we get the View From the Top Paddock with World Farmers’ Organisation Vice President Katie Milne…  

On the show today, we talk Tomatoes and the rising costs surrounding them with Barry O'Neil from Tomatoes NZ, Fonterra and the Rural Support Trusts' new partnership, and we look ahead to the Carters Tyres South Island Endurance series.

Given that Hamish McKay is sunning himself in Hawaii, we still needed some sports chat on a Friday! So to do so we caught up with Gary Carter from Carters Tyre Service and look ahead to the Carters Tyres South Island Endurance series.

With Fonterra and the Rural Support Trust partnering up to provide resilience and wellbeing services to farmers, Neil Bateup, Chair of the National Council of the Rural Support Trust, caught up with Dom to tell us more.

Tomatoes New Zealand hopes that feedback from growers about the issues they're facing will show both consumers and the Government how hard it has become to grow the fruit. To tell us more, Barry O'Neil, the Chair of Tomatoes NZ, caught up with Dom George to tell us more.

On todays show, we talk to Riddet Institutes Warren McNabb about their research into new plant based milk alternatives, Groundswell NZ's Bryce McKenzie on today's Harbour Bridge protests, and Apiculture CEO Karin Kos as we move into Bee-Awareness month.

Dom George caught up with Warren McNabb to discuss new research into Plant-Based Milk substitutes for Cows Milk on Tursdays edition of REX Today.