Chris Lewis ready for another term
After serving three as a DairyNZ director, Waikato farmer Chris Lewis is ready for another term.
Environmental lobbyists will go to any length to push for fewer cows in New Zealand.
Recently there was a flurry of media releases and comments from the Greens and other enviro watchdogs after a Federated Farmers executive raised the issue of a moratorium on dairy conversions in Waikato.
Feds Waikato president Chris Lewis says he suggested some reasons for and against it – “then boom, we have a big headline, misinterpretations and misrepresentations!”
Get a life, greenies.
'Common sense' cuts to government red tape will make it easier for New Zealand to deliver safe food to more markets.
Balclutha farmer Renae Martin remembers the moment she fell in love with cows.
Academic freedom is a privilege and it's put at risk when people abuse it.
All eyes are on milk production in New Zealand and its impact on global dairy prices in the coming months.
Claims that some Southland farmers were invoiced up to $4000 for winter grazing compliance checks despite not breaching rules are being rejected by Environment Southland.
According to the most recent Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey, farmer confidence has inched higher, reaching its second highest reading in the last decade.