Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its cows and instead charge visitors to cuddle them.
OPINION: We recently stumbled upon a very old copy of the New Zealand Herald, dated May 21, 1952.
The lead headline was "State owes vast sum to farmers". The story went on to say how the New Zealand government of the day was in debt to Kiwi farmers to the tune of more than 55 million pounds stirling (about $1.8b in today' money), held "in reserve" from beef and dairy receipts collected presumably through state-controlled producer boards.
Fast forward to today, while the funds no longer get funnelled through government coffers (thank goodness) nothing much else has changed, it seems.
The Government of today still remains indebted to farmers for generating billions for the economy without any subsidies or financial assistance!
Managing director of Woolover Ltd, David Brown, has put a lot of effort into verifying what seems intuitive, that keeping newborn stock's core temperature stable pays dividends by helping them realise their full genetic potential.
Within the next 10 years, New Zealand agriculture will need to manage its largest-ever intergenerational transfer of wealth, conservatively valued at $150 billion in farming assets.
Boutique Waikato cheese producer Meyer Cheese is investing in a new $3.5 million facility, designed to boost capacity and enhance the company's sustainability credentials.
OPINION: The Government's decision to rule out changes to Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) that would cost every farmer thousands of dollars annually, is sensible.
Compensation assistance for farmers impacted by Mycoplama bovis is being wound up.
Selecting the reverse gear quicker than a lovestruck boyfriend who has met the in-laws for the first time, the Coalition Government has confirmed that the proposal to amend Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) charged against farm utes has been canned.
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
OPINION: An animal activist organisation is calling for an investigation into the use of dairy cows in sexuallly explicit content…