Monkey business?
OPINION: This old mutt hears that international meal delivery giant HelloFresh has been accused of using coconut milk obtained using 'forced monkey labour' in Thailand.
In Australia, animal activists are taking exception to electric shock collars for use on cattle, calling it the equivalent of farmers torturing cows.
Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association chief executive Ashley Manicaros said the collars are a useful tool in stopping cattle wandering onto unfenced roads where they endanger people and themselves. Their use has also become legal in the state.
However, PETA calls the technology ‘torture devices’ and said “some people” had compared them to the pain equivalent of being stabbed in the neck.
The website for the product, however, says that it is much safer than existing technology.
Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford is claiming “some real success” on the 12 policy priorities it placed before the Coalition Government.
Federated Farmers is throwing its support behind the Fast-track Approvals Bill introduced by the Coalition Government to enable a fast-track decision-making process for infrastructure and development projects.
The latest report from ANZ isn’t good news for sheep farmers: lamb returns are forecast to remain low.
Divine table grapes that herald the start of a brand-new industry in Hawke’s Bay have been coming off vines in Maraekakaho.
In what appears to be a casualty of the downturn in the agricultural sector, a well-known machinery brand is now in the hands of liquidators and owing creditors $6.6 million.
One of New Zealand’s deepest breeder Jersey herds – known for its enduring connection through cattle with the UK’s longest reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II – will host its 75th anniversary celebration sale on-farm on April 22.