Not so cuddly
OPINION: The image of regenerative farmers as kind, cuddly progressive types took a hit when one of their own took to social media to gloat over Bayer Crop Science's decision to close its Hastings research site.
OPINION: Some users of social media website X, formerly Twitter, are hard to understand.
Here’s one. This user, describing himself as a campaigner, storyteller and gardener erroneously claims Fonterra is responsible for the death of 2890 people. He bases this slanderous claim on Fonterra’s 12.8m tonnes of CO2 emissions and using a “conservative mortality cost formula of 226 deaths per million tonnes of carbon”.
When asked, what’s the alternative to closing NZ’s dairy production on the economy, this joker suggests shifting to plant-based diets.
This lead one farmer to chip in – “You’re proof a plant-based diet is lacking in essential fats for brain function”.
New Zealand milk production is off to a strong start, with the first month of the 2025/26 dairy season recording a whopping 17.8% jump in milk production, compared to the previous season.
With adverse weather set to rain down on the Top of the South, the Bay of Plenty and parts of Northland, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay says farmers, foresters, and growers need to prepare for possible challenges.
Keep up with innovation and e-commerce in China or risk losing market share. That was the message delivered at the China Business Summit in Auckland this month.
Meat Industry Association (MIA) independent chair Nathan Guy says getting meat processors involved has been a shot in the arm for the sector's key marketing initiative into China, Taste Pure Nature.
Listed carpet manufacturer, Bremworth is undertaking a $6 million expansion at its Napier plant more than two years after the site was heavily damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Federated Farmers is vowing to keep the big banks accountable for their actions and to continue pushing for meaningful change in the rural lending sector.
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OPINION: According to media reports, the eye-watering price of butter has prompted Finance Minister Nicola Willis to ask for a…