Takeover bid?
OPINION: Canterbury milk processor Synlait is showing no sign of bouncing back from its financial doldrums.
OPINION: The fake milk brigade is trying every trick in the book to reduce dairy milk consumption.
Boring Oat Milk, which produces alternative 'milk', is actively campaigning against dairy with its latest campaign, 'Quit the Tit'.
The questionable capaign encourages New Zealanders to wean themselves off cow's milk and onto Boring Oat Milk.
The specially designed 'Quit Kit' places their product into the hands of new customers, giving them a taste of 'life off the tit'. The method is simple: combine the cow's milk with the oat milk and gradually reduce the ratio until you've 'quit the tit'.
Milking it reckons this is just another case of a cynical commercial strategy for corporate profit, masquerading as a virtuous crusade.
A five-year randomised survey of herbicide resistance on New Zealand arable farms has found widespread high levels of resistance - with 71% of farms affected in the worst-hit region - South Canterbury.
OPINION: The recent Federated Farmers / Rabobank 2024 Farming Salaries Report revealed strong growth in farm salaries over the past two years.
The low unemployment environment is one of the key factors driving on-farm salaries higher over the past 24 months, says Rabobank general manager for country banking Bruce Weir.
Fonterra has appointed a new chief financial officer, seven months after its last CFO’s shock resignation.
A seminar on rural dispute resolution has been organised at Lincoln University, Christchurch this month.
Horticulture NZ chief executive Nadine Tunley will step down in August.
OPINION: Canterbury milk processor Synlait is showing no sign of bouncing back from its financial doldrums.
OPINION: It seems every bugger in this country can get an award these days.