OPINION: Fonterra's sale of its consumer dairy business to Lactalis is a clear sign of the co-operative’s failure to compete in the branded consumer market.
OPINION: Sir Lockwood Smith has clearly and succinctly defined what academic freedom is all about, the boundaries around it and the responsibility that goes with this privilege.
OPINION: Legislation being drafted to bring back the controversial trade of live animal exports by sea is getting stuck in the cogs of Cabinet.
OPINION: Milking It understands a formal disciplinary process is being conducted by Victoria University of Wellington on what one of its academics, Dr Mike Joy, said about "hanging" dairy chief executives for nitrate leaching and poisoning waterways.
OPINION: Spring is a critical season for farmers – a time when the right decisions can set the tone for productivity and profitability throughout the year.
OPINION: Entering Parliament back in 2023, I wanted to help put the fun back in farming. After six years of Labour, rural New Zealand was tired of the relentless waves of red tape and compliance, draining joy from people who just want to work the land.
OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style campaign against farming, particularly dairy farmers, who he has made a career out of kicking.
OPINION: A mate of yours truly has had an absolute gutsful of the activist group SAFE.
OPINION: One particular bone the Hound has been gnawing on for years now is how the chattering classes want it both ways when it comes to the success of NZ's dairy industry.
OPINION: Our Aussie mates never miss a chance to put one over us, as seen in a recent op-ed by farm analysts 'Episode 3'.
OPINION: After a few lean years, dairy, sheep and beef operations are enjoying fat returns on milk and red meat, while also seeing low interest rates bring down finance costs across the board.
OPINION: Over the years, I’ve seen firsthand how much our farms and farming systems have changed.
OPINION: The phasing out of copper network from communications is understandable.
OPINION: Westland Milk may have won the contract to supply butter to Costco NZ but Open Country Dairy is having the last laugh when it comes to cashing in on NZ grass-fed butter.
OPINION: The Gene Technology Bill has divided the farming community with strong arguments on both the pros and cons of GM.
OPINION: Fonterra's $4.22 billion consumer business sale to Lactalis is ruffling a few feathers outside the dairy industry.
OPINION: Finance Minister Nicola Willis could have saved her staff and MBIE time and effort over ‘buttergate’ recently by not playing politics with butter prices in the first place.
OPINION: "Get us out of Paris” has achieved resonance and volume as a cry to save farming.
OPINION: Demand for red meat is booming, while it seems the heyday of plant-based protein is well past its 'best before' date.
OPINION: The previous government spent too much during the Covid-19 pandemic, despite warnings from officials, according to a briefing released by the Treasury.
OPINION: Your old mate gets the sinking feeling that no matter who we vote into power in the hope they will reverse the terminal slide the country is in, there will always be a cohort of naysayers determined to hold us back.
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