On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks with Bevan Weir, a mycologist at the Bioeconomy Science Institute, about new research investigating the fungus which causes facial eczema, the breakthrough researchers have made and the collaboration between BSI, Beef+Lamb NZ and LIC being recognised as a finalist in the Collaboration for Impact category of the 2026 Science NZ Awards... And he talks with Elizabeth Heeg, CEO of the NZ Forestry Owners Association, about the new requirement for a Slash Mobilisation Risk Assessment for foresters, how it could help reduce the risk of slash moving off the cutover following sustained rainfall and under what circumstances a SMRA is required.

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