REX May 13 - Fred Thomas and Steve Chappell

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On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks with Fred Thomas from Thomas Brothers about their fresh fruit export business, being the largest kiwifruit grower in the South Island and being part of seven generations of the Thomas family on the farm at Riwaka in the Tasman District... And he talks with Steve Chappell, Programme Manager for the New Zealand National Fieldays Society, about this year's Fieldays Innovation Awards, the range and mix of entrants for this year's awards and the evolution of the awards since they started alongside the inaugural Fieldays in 1968. Tune in daily for the latest and greatest REX rural content on your favourite streaming platform, visit rexonline.co.nz and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn for more.

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