Time to delve into the print pages to see what’s making headlines, Tony Leggett joins us from Country Wide and NZ Dairy Exporter.

Jason Flowerday is counting down the days to the opening of the duck hunting season…  He’s finished harvesting grapes from his Marlborough vineyard Te Whare Ra and, he’s even negotiated a deal with his wife Anna…  They’ve switched Mother's Day and Father's Day over, so he can get a clear ‘guilt free’ run at duck shooting!

Craig Patterson has been in the animal health game since the mid-1980s…  He’s lived through some significant industry reshuffling - mainly larger companies buying up smaller brands.

He was with Pfizer for 21 years, - this took him for a stint to Japan …  and he’s also worked for Zoetis…  Now he’s back in North Canterbury, where he is the business manager and a Director for North Canterbury Veterinary Clinics - made up of 4 clinics…  

He has some skin in the sheep game  - with 40 Texel ewes on the home block.

Federated Farmers Taranaki President Mark Hooper is warning the loss of live exporting will be felt throughout the region ahead of a nationwide ban, which comes into force at the end of this month. A bill to ban live exports was passed in September last year, after concerns over ongoing animal welfare issues during voyages.

Last week the Climate Change Commission came out with its thoughts on the Government’s second emissions budget. The budget is to try and ‘balance the books’ - to get NZ to meet carbon emission reduction targets.

Joining us now is Sam McIvor, Beef and Lamb New Zealand CEO, to talk through what the Climate Commission said, and give us a view on it from the sheep and beef industry.

Time to catch up with a good friend of the show, who always gives us something to think about! The GM of Rural at Property Brokers, Conrad Wilkshire.

Time to look back at the week that was with REX Today host Dom George.

Nikita Gane has signed up to run the St Clair Half and Noosa half marathons next month, plus the Coast to Coast next year, so she knows her stuff! 

But Nikita is not just a super-star athlete… She and her husband Freddie Gane purchased Kaituna Ridges, a beautiful 800-hectare sheep and beef farm between Havelock and Blenheim almost two-years-ago….  They’ve got 4 young children, run an agri-tourism business, have started a Romney sheep stud, and are looking at making wool apparel from Kaituna Ridges sheep.

It doesn’t stop there….Nikita has organised many fundraisers on the farm - including a Shear-a-thon, at Kaituna Ridges for 24 hours…  She joins us now from Havelock.

With citrus fruits returning to season and returning to stores, Peter Ensor joins Dom George as the Citrus NZ Exec Manager looks over the Citrus industry kicks into gear.

And as it's Friday, REX host Hamish McKay joins Dom to talk all things sport.