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Rookes and Smith talk Pokémon, holidays and a bit of farming

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Jeremy hates Pokémon but Graeme is on the Poké-fence

Jeremy hates Pokémon but Graeme is on the Poké-fence

It's Jeremy Rookes and Graeme Smith!

They caught up with Dom today on The Country to talk about Def Leppard. Not really but Armageddon It is playing in the background.

Which one of our panel is a fan? After this musical argument is put to bed it's time to get down to business.

Why is Jeremy so tired? It seems a week of hardcore après ski activities have taken their toll on a beleaguered Rookes.

Smith on the other hand is exhausted from a week grafting and working driving around New Zealand.

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Rookes' holiday horrors continued with a foreign faecal find during a family photo.

That's not the kind of business we wanted to get down to so let's start again.

Graeme fills us in on the serious methamphetamine issues on the farm and how people need to be educated about it.

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Most importantly Jeremy Rookes is not a fan of Pokémon Go but Graeme Smith is into it but only because his daughter plays it.

You heard it here first on The Country - all farming; all the time!

You can listen to the full interview in the Soundcloud embed below:

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