Wrong focus
OPINION: Your old mate reckons townie Brooke van Velden, the Minister of Workplace (or is it Woke Place) Relations is…
The rise and rise of top-class female shearers is a growing phenomenon in NZ – especially during recent times.
If nothing was done to stop Chilean needle grass, it could spread through most of New Zealand and eventually cost the country over a billion dollars.
There's a glimmer of hope that NZ red meat producers will have a better year in 2024, despite Rabobank's most recent annual Global Animal Protein Production Outlook report predicting a slowdown or decline across some protein types this year.
David and Lynley Stevens have finished up running the well-known Northern Southland Netherdale Red Deer Stud and have gone out on a high.
Southern meat processor Alliance Group will not be starting its sixth sheepmeat processing chain at its Lorneville meat works in Southland this season.
Adding solar power generation to the rural economy is picking up pace, with one of the country's leading solar generation companies announcing plans for another 150 GWh (gigawatt-hours) per year at three Canterbury sites.
A nursery initiative to empower Waimakariri Irrigation Limited (WIL) shareholders to grow their own native seedlings has proven successful.
Successfully breeding what they call their "Corriedale 2.0" sheep is paying dividends for Robin and Pip Wilson of Wilfield Stud, West Melton.
The tranquil town of Waimumu is buzzing with anticipation as the 2024 Southern Field Days approach.
OPINION: Well, the New Year is certainly with us; yep 2024 is well under way.
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OPINION: This old mutt hears that his editor has copped a fair bit of flak from readers after an article on former Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor appeared in the last issue of this fine organ.
OPINION: You canine crusader cannot believe the whining, moaning and whinging coming from wellhealed EV owners about them soon having to pay for roading costs – like the rest of us.
OPINION: The Hound is perplexed about some of the over-the-top climate catastrophising by mainstream media outlets during the holidays.
OPINION: Your old mate had a bit of giggle at a recent article he read in the Irish Farmers Journal (IFJ), where the author was pondering on a rather smelly problem to do with veganism.
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