This is the REX Podcast feed - your one-stop-shop for all things Rural.
REX is the best of rural radio hosted by 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.
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We look back at the success of Fieldays 2019. Cam Heggie from PGG Wrighton joins us, as does Damien Smyth, Marketing Manager for Honda NZ. Hayden Dillon talks farm mediation, and Willy Scur from Card…
We continue our Fieldays 2019 special. Today we talk with National leader Simon Bridges, Head of Fieldays Peter Nation, Beef & Lamb NZ CEO Andrew Morrison joins us, as does All Black Sam Whitelock, T…
Live from Fieldays 2019! Hamish McKay and Richard Loe have been recording interviews all week for this weekend's Rural Exchange. Today we are joined by Campbell Parker, CEO of Waikato Milking Systems…
Nathan Guy talks the Budget and NAIT re-registration on 'Yes Minister', we talk on NAIT re-registration with Chris Lewis from Fonterra, Jerome Wenzlick is turning milk bottles into fence posts, and C…
What was in the Budget for Farmers? We ask Damien O'Connor, Minister of Agriculture & Biosecurity. Dairy NZ Senior Economist Matthew Newman talks costs, we look at Gypsy Day with Darion Embling from …
Tony Watson from Worksafe talks safety and working myths on the farm, Shane McManaway on the 'Excellence in Agri' conference in Australia, Garry Watt from Norwood is back, Damien O'Connor on 'Yes Min…
Richard Loe is in Scotland, we cross to him live. We look at Fonterra's milk price with economist Cameon Bagrie, James Magill from Genesis Energy on their new power deal for Farmers, plus we're joine…
NZ Pork CEO David Baines on the African Swine virus - how much will it affect NZ Pork? We talk to the two winners of the NZ Young Vegetable Growers of the Year competition, Olives NZ CEO Gayle Sherid…
Share Farmers of the Year Colin & Isabella Beazley talk with us, as does Michael Morrah with an update on his MPI / M.Bovis story. We get the 'Pulse of the Country' from Matthew Herbert in Tauranga a…
Happy Mothers Day! Today we talk 'rural Kiwi women' with Lakes Station mother Sarah Greenslade, and Mandy Bell is our 'Character of the Country'. Is selling Tip-Top a good thing? Julia Jones from NZX…
Newshub's Michael Morrah shares the latest M.Bovis developments. We look at seed treatment for cereals with Grant Hagerty, Hayden Higgins of Rabobank talks wine and Amy Westland of Westlands Honey ta…
NZ Dairy Woman of the Year for 2019 Trish Rankin re-joins us to talk on her win. Samantha Stacey of Shoof NZ talks Gypsy Day 2019. We look at Health & Safety during winter with Tony Watson, and thr R…
Today we look at Avocado's with Jen Scoular, CEO of the NZ Avocado Industry Inc. Richard Cosgrove of Fish & Game talks Duck shooting season starting for 2019, plus we look at meat prices with Tim Rit…
Fonterra 2019 'Dairy Woman of the Year' finalists Trish Rankin and Emma Hammond join us today, as does Helen Williamson, who is doing a pioneering study on NZ Sheep Dogs. Our look at Sheep Milk conti…
This weekend we talk with all 4 women nominated for Fonterra's 2019 'Dairy Woman of the Year' award - today we speak with Kylie Leonard & Julie Pirie. We get a Rural Market update with Wayne McEntree…
The Kiwifruit industry is still screaming out for more pickers, we talk with Nikki Johnson, CEO of NZ Kiwifruit Growers Industry. Lance Burdett talks Rural Support Trusts, plus we are joined by Rural…
Fonterra's Miles Anderson joins us to talk on gun laws in NZ changing, Dan Wheeler talks Sheep scanning, NZ Kiwifruit Growers Industry CEO Nikki Johnson on the industry desperately wanting fruit pick…
Simon Limmer of Silver Fern Farms joins the show, as does Julie Jones from NZX. Chief Executive of Horticulture NZ Mike Chapman talks on workplace changes, Ruben Martinez from Glamping Hub joins us, …
National Party leader Simon Bridges joins us to talk Capital Gains tax, small rural businesses and new gun laws. We update rural news with Angie Skerrett from Newshub and the weather with NIWA's Chri…
We talk well-being on the farm with Nigel Beckford of Farmstrong. National's Nathan Guy joins us again for 'Yes Minister', as does Australian correspondent Zoe Carter and weatherman Richard Green. Th…