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OPINION: The coalition Government seems to have chickened out when it comes to live animal exports by sea.
Associate Agriculture Minister Andrew Hoggard was unable to get Cabinet to agree to reinstate the live export trade, so that's one 2023 election promise that won't be progressing this political term.
Both National and ACT campaigned at the last election on overturning the ban on livestock exports by sea and promised to bring in a new gold standard to ensure the highest standards of animal welfare.
While ACT seems to be in favour of lifting the ban, National, which is taking a beating in latest polls, seems to think it's not worth the risk.
Time will tell.
Associate Agriculture Minister and Manawatu dairy farmer Andrew Hoggard says the free trade agreement (FTA) negotiated with India is not a bad deal and his party, Act, will support it when it goes before Parliament.
There was much theatre in the Beehive before the Government's new Resource Management Act (RMA) reform bills were introduced into Parliament last week.
OPINION: For close to eight years now, I have found myself talking about methane quite a lot.
OPINION: Legislation being drafted to bring back the controversial trade of live animal exports by sea is getting stuck in the cogs of Cabinet.
Farm software outfit Trev has released new integrations with LIC, giving farmers a more connected view of animal performance across the season and turning routine data capture into actionable farm intelligence.
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Farmers need not worry about fertiliser supply this autumn but the prices they pay will depend on how the Middle East conflict plays out.
American butter undercutting New Zealand's own product on New Zealand supermarket shelves appears to be a case of markets working as they should, says Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ).
Tech savvy Huntly farmer Rhys Darby believes technology could help solve one of the dairy industry's pressing problems - how to attract more young people into farming.
Fonterra farmers will be smiling all the way to the bank next month.
