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 Government's so-called changes to the proposed emissions pricing system, announced four days before Christmas, are farcical.
The announcement that the emissions price will be set at the lowest rate needed and fixed for five years to give farmers certainty has gone down like a lead balloon.
Even DairyNZ says there is contention over whether the changes address farmer concerns.
Farmers rightly think they are the victims of the Government's obsession with overseas plaudits and that the Prime Minister wants to go on the world stage and say that New Zealand is the first country in the world to price agricultural emissions.
To win over farmers, especially in an election year, the Government will need to come up with something better, and fast.
A Chinese business leader says Chinese investors are unfairly viewed as potential security risks in New Zealand.
In the first of two articles focusing on electrification in New Zealand, Leo Argent talks with Mike Casey, operator of the 100% electric-operated Electric Cherries orchard and founder of advocacy group Rewiring Aotearoa.
A Foundation for Arable Research initiative which took a closer look at the efficiency of a key piece of machinery for arable farmers - their combine harvesters - has been recognised at the Primary Industry NZ Awards.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has reiterated New Zealand’s ‘China And’ policy, adding that it wasn’t about choosing one market over another but creating more options for exporters.
A long running trade dispute between New Zealand and Canada over dairy access has been resolved.
New Zealand Police is urging rural property owners to remain vigilant and ensure their property is secure.
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…