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Taxpayers stung

In what your old mate reckons is par for the course for the current Government, it has blown more taxpayer money on a wasted cause.

Deafening silence

OPINION: This old mutt reckons the climate alarmists at multi-national, tax-dodging, fundraising outfit Greenpeace should be delighted with news that NZ's sheep and dairy cow numbers are falling.

Follow suit!

OPINION: As your old mate - as well as many in the sector - expected, the Budget had nothing in it for the country's all-important primary sector.

OPINION: There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth when the Hound revealed that a certain weakly (sic) farming publication had stuck their noses into the taxpayer trough via the Government's controversial $55 million Public Interest Journalism Fund (PIJF).

Editorial: Reality bites!

Farmers may not be quite so willing to open their chequebooks at this year's fieldays as they were in previous years.

OPINION: With National Fieldays around the corner, many farmers will be making their annual pilgrimage to Mystery Creek this year.

Rural youth job scheme success

Mayor Alex Walker says the rural youth job scheme has been key to Central Hawke’s Bay consistently having one of the lowest unemployment rates in New Zealand.

A scheme to help young people into jobs has been key to central Hawke's Bay consistently having one of the lowest unemployment rates in New Zealand.

Seeds of change

Thomas Chin, general manager of the New Zealand Plant Breeders Association.

A proposed recycling levy on commonly used polyethylene woven seed sacks and bags is likely to come into effect next year.

$2.5m investment in methane mitigation

New Zealand researchers working on a methane vaccine for use on farm.

The Centre for Climate Action Joint Venture (the JV) says it will invest up to $2.5 million to support research on developing a methane vaccine and methane inhibitor for use on New Zealand farms.

Pressure on milk prices

Emma Higgins says farmgate prices are moving lower in 2023 in part due to global milk supply returning to growth.

Rabobank has announced an opening farmgate milk forecast of $8.20kg/MS for the 2023/24 season, while also highlighting vastly changed global dairy markets.

New ambassadors set the standard

Steven and Kellie Nichol picked up the Gordon Stephenson Trophy at the recent Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

Otago sheep and beef farmers Steven and Kellie Nichol won the coveted Gordon Stephenson Trophy at the recent Ballance Farm Environment Awards. As such, they also become the 2023 national ambassadors for sustainable farming and growing.