On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks with AgResearch Chief Scientist Dr Axel Heiser about a series of new projects funded by the government’s Endeavour Fund, featuring research using technology known as RNAi to control fungal diseases threatening plants and animals, nanofertilisers to reduce pollution from nitrogen loss, and development of new generation biomaterials from protein... He talks with NZ aviation legend Richard Rayward about his early years as a TV cameraman filming deer in the backcountry in the 1960s, setting up Air Safaris in Tekapo and the changing role of agritourism in NZ... And he talks with Rochelle Flint, chief brand and product officer of Bremworth, about screening the country’s first complete TV commercial made by artificial intelligence (AI). 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.