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This is the REX Podcast feed - your one-stop-shop for all things Rural. REX is the best of rural radio hosted by agricultural journalist, Dominic George. Dedicated to the backbone of NZ, join us as we discuss rural challenges and issues, find stories that inspire and empower, and celebrate key players in the sector across Aotearoa. REX focuses inside and outside the farm gate, featuring rural new…Social links:
REX November 21st - Gwyn Thurlow from the NZ Deerstalkers Association, Mercer Dairy Farmer Brad Cockrell and Prof. Derrick Moot from Lincoln University
On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks with NZ Deerstalkers Association Chief Executive Gwyn Thurlow about why its calling for a review of firearm safety training, its desire to see more than one contractor in place to conduct firearms safety courses and why it's potentially leading to more huntin…
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REX November 20th - Stu Davison from HighGroud Dairy and Former Air NZ Wine Abassador Jim Harre
On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks to Stu Davison from HighGround Dairy about the latest Global Dairy Trade Event (+1.9%), how China's low milk powder inventory is effecting prices in a positive way for NZ farmers and the metric vs imperial system... And he talks with Jim Harre, who's recently…
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REX November 19th - Phil Duncan from WeatherWatch, Cooking for Shearing Gangs Author Michelle Forde and Carlos Segura from Manunui Station
On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks with WeatherWatch CEO Phil Duncan about what's in store for the next week or so, the likelihood of La Nina of El Nino this summer and more tales of meteorological bureaucracy... He talks with cookbook author Michelle Forde about her new publication, 'Cooking …
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REX November 18th - Tom Forrest from Puro, Angela Wanhalla from Otago University and Martin Heanue from Datamars
On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks with Tom Forrest, co-founder and Cultivation Director at PURO, NZ's largest cultivator of medical cannabis, about its growing sites, regulatory burdens and the massive potential for growth... He talks with Angella Wanhalla, Professor of History at Otago Unive…
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From Grass to Global Markets: A Conversation with Jen Corkran
Join us as Senior Analyst for Animal Protein at Rabobank Jen Corkran delves into her journey from growing up in central Hawke's Bay to entering the agriculture industry. She talks about her work at Rabobank, the importance of global markets in agriculture, and more.
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REX November 15th - EU Ambassador to NZ Lawrence Meredith, Charles Bennett from Waitui Wiltshire, Shane O'Brien from REINZ and Mark & James Taggart from Rapaura Suffolk Stud
On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks with Lawrence Meredith, EU Ambassador to NZ from the NZ Agricultural Show in Christchurch about NZ's FTA with the EU, the opportunities for NZ through the Horizon Europe initiative and farmer concerns about the EU's regulations requiring exporters to prove th…
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REX November 14th - Author & Farmer Jack Owen, Jock Lawrence from Mobble and Life Coach Shane Bird
On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks with Victorian sheep farmer and author Jack Owen about his new book, 'You Are Not Your Farm: what the top 5% of farmers are doing that the average farmer is not'... He talks with Aussie farmer Jock Lawrence, founder of livestock farm management software app M…
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REX November 13th - Toby Williams from Federated Farmers, Wayne McNee from AgriZeroNZ and Dr Hand Maurer from United Fresh
On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks with Federated Farmers Meat & Wool Chair Toby Williams about what it calls a radical new pine planting proposal released by the Climate Change Commission, why it would be the death knell for sheep farming in NZ and why some government ministers are supporting…
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REX November 12th - Tim Kavermann from Eat What You Kill and Steve Satterthwaite from Muller Station
On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks with Eat What You Kill founder Tim Kavermann about how he came up with the idea for EWYK, his 'burnout', and the relationship between food and mental health... And he talks with Steve Satterthwaite from Muller Station about the Awatere Valley's worst drought …
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REX November 11th - Ag Journalist & Author Ali Spencer, Penny Clark-Hall from Social Licensing Consulting and 2024 NZ Young Auctioneer Karl Chitham
On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks with renowned agriculture journalist, author and historian Ali Spencer about the closure of the Smithfield plant in Timaru, the history of the plant and the role it's played in the history of the NZ red meat industry... He talks with Penny Clark-Hall, founder…
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