Open letters
OPINION: Your old mate isn't really a fan of the recent trend toward collective whinging, otherwise known as an 'open letter'.
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'.
At the recent Fieldays he continued his mea culpa mission, trying to convince farmers he and his party are very, very sorry and that they can change.
Milking It reckons Hipkins is pushing it uphill at the moment.
After the previous six years of feeling under attack, it will be a while before cockies will trust the left side of the house again.
Meanwhile, the new mob have made concrete changes that should assist farmers - ETS exemption, bank inquiry, agrichem access, winter grazing rules, etc.
Chippy has his work cut out for him getting back in the good books!
Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford says while people are opening about mental health, there’s still disproportionately high rates of suicide and depression in rural communities.
Skewed policy, favouring forestry over farming, should be blamed for Alliance Group’s proposal to close its Timaru meatworks, says Federated Farmers.
FIL has launched a new online survey to gain valuable insights into the challenges dairy farmers face in meeting their milk quality and mastitis prevention goals.
Alliance Group has announced a proposal to close its Smithfield meat processing plant in Timaru, South Canterbury.
Lambing is now well advanced around much of New Zealand, including in areas where drought-like conditions are presenting real challenges for farmers, on top of a poor run of prices for their product.
A new trade agreement between New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) could boost New Zealand’s halal meat exports.
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