A step too far
OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
HORTICULTURE NEW Zealand has gone on the offensive against Horizons Regional Council’s One Plan with a cover story in its NZ Grower magazine predicting a bleak future for the sector unless significant changes are made to the plan.
infrastructure. One kiwifruit and avocado grower particularly concerned by the proposals is Dermott Malley. “I’ve got 110kv, 50kv, and 11kv lines on my property: the Royal Flush!” he told Rural News.
STRATEGY SHOULD come before structure for new proposals to get the crossbred wool industry on its feet, chief executive of the New Zealand Merino Company Ltd, John Brakenridge, says.
LONG-TERM PROSPECTS are still bright for sheep and beef despite a big drop in farmer confidence, says Beef+Lamb NZ chairman Mike Petersen.
DIRECTORS OF industry-good organisation DairyNZ are in line for a pay increase.
AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST cotton farm has been sold to a consortium which includes a Chinese textile maker.
DEBT FUNDING structured so that it works for both bank and farm business means the debt is not experienced as a noose around the borrower’s neck.
DROUGHT IN the US and New Zealand economics are coming together in a delicate dance that could affect returns to Kiwi farmers.
TO SAY that Fonterra has been through an unsettling time in recent years would be an understatement. Like the global dairy prices, the co-op has seen it all: ups and downs, free-falls and a few spikes in between.
ALLIANCE ROADSHOWS are always must-see events; the recent cooperative meeting at Milton appeared to have the catchy theme ‘too much for too long.’ It was a message most sheep farmers will quickly recognise as our meat industry leaders prepare us for the inevitable drop in schedule prices, when the season gets under way.
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Some could argue Mike Barton (see main story) was more psychologically prepared when he took over his Taupo catchment farm in 2004. Variation 5 was going to happen and it was just a matter of the thrashing out final details.
TAUPO FARMER Mike Barton played a leading role in negotiating with Environment Waikato over its controversial nitrogen loss law for the catchment, Variation 5. It’s a law which has hit all farmers in the area in the pocket, both in the short and long term.
A STUDY looking at the wider implications of cold storing colostrum has given the practice a preliminary all clear.
FAST GROWING, easily delivered lambs with great survivability and conformation: that’s what you can expect when you use a Southdown ram, says breed society president Blair Robertson.
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