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: The election run-up is on and things are getting nasty.
Operatives from both sides of the political centre are airing out the ‘dirt files’ they have been sitting on to ankle-tap political opponents.
The self-appointed morality police that are NZ’s political reporters happily play along, largely ignoring policy-based stories (hard work) in favour of ‘gotcha’ character judgement stories (not hard work).
So far, voters have heard that NZ First harbours at least one candidate so far down the rabbit hole that they believe Covid vaccines continue to emit signals from the grave; an Act MP thinks (or once thought) that vaccines caused drownings; Te Pati Māori have had to apologise for their assertion that Māori are genetically superior, and that indigenous people should get housing priority over migrants.
PM Chippy has also demonstrated Labour will run a negative campaign, so the gloves are off and we’ll see more of the mud-slinging before polling day. Grab your popcorn and settle in!
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.