On today's podcast, Dom talks with NZ Hops CEO Blair Stewart about the 2024 hop harvest and the challenges currently facing the industry... He talks irrigation and rugby with Think Water Canterbury Managing Director and ex-Crusader Sam Broomhall... He talks with Andrew Kersley from SmartMachine about its flagship product Oxin, the world’s first fully autonomous, multi-tasking viticultural robotic tractor, which is up for a tech award next week... And he catches up with the GM of Meat the Need, Zellara Holden, about a new initiative to help fill the food charity's coffers.

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