OPINION: Farmers from all over the country have made an impressive effort to put good wintering practices in place, ensuring their animals are cared for no matter what the weather conditions are.
OPINION: Several days after securing shareholder approval for a $130 million loan from Bright Dairy, Synlait has delivered more bad news to investors.
OPINION: Farmers have always been wary of the Resource Management Act (RMA).
OPINION: Recently several Labour MPs, including leader Chris Hipkins and deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni spent two days in Waikato with representatives of DairyNZ, Beef+Lamb NZ, Federated Farmers, Groundswell and Rural Women NZ among others.
OPINION: While Reserve Bank boss Adrian Orr is sticking to his 'abundance of caution' messaging, the economy is in tatters and the jungle drums beat ever louder for an OCR cut no later than November (to be clear, that's Nov 2024, not 2025!).
OPINION: A 100-year-old sample of milk powder from Ernest Shackletons’ first solo expedition to Antarctica has been analysed by scientists.
OPINION: Kiwi farmers are the best in the world at innovating to solve whatever is thrown at them.
OPINION: Sticking with the NZ Primary Industries Summit, Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell’s quip about the milk price has been doing the rounds on Twitter.
OPINION: New data out last month shows why farmers want the broken Resource Management System fixed, quickly.
OPINION: Rabobank NZ chief executive Todd Charteris delivered a frank message to the NZ Primary Industries Summit in Wellington last week- this is no time for NZ ag to take the foot off the pedal when it comes to tackling ag emissions.
OPINION: Did the Coalition Government miss a beat when picking a new panel to advise on the methane emissions target? Some farmers think so.
In BNZ's Rural Wrap report, senior economist Doug Steel looks at milk price forecast and outcomes.
OPINION: One of the world’s largest animal health and nutrition companies, DSM, now known as dsm-firmenich, has developed a feed additive Bovaer to lower methane emissions from cows.
OPINION: Synlait's woes continue to drag the company down. The listed milk processor’s share price dropped to an all-time low of 30c last week, valuing the company at around only $65 million, a huge slump from its peak value.
OPINION: Industry-good bodies have had a torrid time recently, with some facing backlash from farmers particularly over their stance on emissions pricing and He Waka Eke Noa.
OPINION: Mystery Creek Fieldays was a more positive affair than many expected, given the headwinds facing farmers lately.
OPINION: Labour leader Chris Hipkins' current tagline must have been pinched from Sinatra's song 'My Way' as he trudges around the provinces lamenting, 'Regrets, I've had a few'.
OPINION: It seems ‘rural travel’ is getting very expensive these days.
OPINION: A global plant-based milk company has confirmed it is not going ahead with its first UK factory.
OPINION: Few people have any idea of the huge contribution Jock Allison made to agriculture and to science.
OPINION: A $130 million loan from major shareholder Bright Dairy will only keep the lights on at Synlait for so long.
OPINION: Brazil has hundreds of millions of cows (234.4 million head at the last census) but one is extraordinary.
OPINION: Fonterra may be planning to sell its Anchor brand but it’s continuing to promote milk. In their latest advertisement, Anchor and TBWA\New Zealand have reimagined what the world would be like without milk – to remind Kiwis to celebrate World Milk Day.
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