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REX Jan 30 - Rachel Shearer, Racheal Bryant and Kristen Baxter
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On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks with Rachel Shearer, GM of Wool at PGG Wrightson, about the establishment of a single, national live wool auction, what it means for auctioneering in Napier and the key reasons behind the move... He talks with Lincoln University Associate Professor Racheal Bryant about a low nitrate farmlet trial led by DairyNZ, the results after two years of the trial, including an average 30-40% reduction in nitrate leaching per year, and how the results have been achieved... And he talks with Kristen Baxter, Zoetis global senior manager for sustainability integration, about the development of an Avian flu vaccine for poultry which is effective against the current global strain of H5N1 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza which is killing poultry and wildlife (avian and mammalian) globally.
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