Podcast: Shearing innovation making inroads across the ditch

Perkinz manager Wayne Perkins joined Dom on MediaWorks' REX Daily Podcast on 9 November to talk about the ShearMaster, the Kiwi-designed and Kiwi-built race delivery shearing system now working in woolsheds across New Zealand and five Australian states.

In the 19-minute interview, Wayne explains how the ShearMaster's sheep race delivers each sheep straight to the shearer, cutting out the catch and drag, and how a single stand sold into Tasmania grew into 21 systems on both sides of the Tasman. He and Dom also talk about how sheep farmers have coped with low returns in recent years, and why giving people cost-effective options to stay in sheep matters for the industry's future.