The real emergency
The nutters of the green world, aided and abetted by the lamestream media, are rewriting the English language for the worse.
OPINION: It's election season and Greenpeace is banging the old drum again – ‘kill the dairy industry’.
It’s now calling on all political parties to step up and commit to bold and urgent climate action - code for reducing the number of cows.
With NZ knocking on the door of a recession, Greenpeace wants to kill the cow that gives the white gold which sells around the world for billions of dollars every year. Without those dollars, we’d be broke.
Sorry Greenpeace, all political parties support a safe and stable climate and healthy environment. The difference is, they are all working alongside farmers to find scientific solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, rather than shut them down.
Acclaimed fruit grower Dean Astill never imagined he would have achieved so much in the years since being named the first Young Horticulturist of the Year, 20 years ago.
The Ashburton-based Carrfields Group continues to show commitment to future growth and in the agricultural sector with its latest investment, the recently acquired 'Spring Farm' adjacent to State Highway 1, Winslow, just south of Ashburton.
New Zealand First leader and Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has blasted Fonterra farmers shareholders for approving the sale of iconic brands to a French company.
A major feature of the Ashburton A&P Show, to be held on October 31 and November 1, will be the annual trans-Tasman Sheep Dog Trial test match, with the best heading dogs from both sides of the Tasman going head-to-head in two teams of four.
Fewer bobby calves are heading to the works this season, as more dairy farmers recognise the value of rearing calves for beef.
The key to a dairy system that generates high profit with a low emissions intensity is using low footprint feed, says Fonterra program manager on-farm excellence, Louise Cook.
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