On today's podcast, Dom talks with North Canterbury farmer Ian Knowles about dealing with drought, fire chairing the Hurunui District Landcare Group... He talks with Simon Lee from Glenaray Station in Northern Southland about the concept of 'lean farming', managing staff and its recent Beef+ Lamb NZ field day... He talks with Heidi Hitchman, founder of Summit Solutions, about what the service offers for farmers, her large rural workforce and the 'work from home' model... And he talks with Farm Focus CEO Auriga Martin about its analysis of its latest round up of data showing how Kiwi farms are performing.

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