On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks with Sir David Fagan, sixteen-time Golden Shears winner, about this year's event in Masterton, the international presence in 2026 and the chances of the NZ competitors... He talks with Dr Charlotte Reed from DairyNZ about its 'Comfortable Cows Outdoors' project, how the new research could help farmers mitigate the impacts of heat stress on herds in high risk regions and what the research team have discovered so far... And he talks with Hawkes Bay deer farmer Harry Gaddum about the inaugural 'Gumboot Cup' rural cricket tournament last weekend, the idea behind it and farming conditions in the region.

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