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OPINION: ACT MP Mark Cameron isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but he certainly calls it how he sees it, holding…
Hawke's Bay producers face an uncertain wait while roads are repaired. Industry leaders are warning that more investment will be needed before there is a return to normal after Cyclone Gabrielle stopped many of the region's industries in their tracks.
OPINION: It is official - New Zealand's science system is broken.
OPINION: Reality is going to smack New Zealand in the face this year and it should be the wake-up call the Government needs to reset its priorities around agriculture.
OPINION: A mate of the Hound’s reckons the recent number of tractor sales, or more correctly, a lack of them, is a warning sign of a coming rural recession.
OPINION: Your canine crusader hears that Andrew Morrison's demise as Beef+Lamb chair came full circle for one of his early backers.
OPINION: The Hound reckons former Beef+Lamb NZ chair Andrew Morrison's fate in losing his seat in recent levypayer elections should be a big lesson to other levy organisation leaders.
OPINION: Your old mate notes that the Dutch Pro-Farmer Party recently swept the elections in the country, very much upsetting the status quo.
Leanne Hartnett, a 25 year old Irish woman doing her first season in New Zealand as a rural contractor, is loving the life here.
Beekeepers in parts of the country badly hit by Cyclone Gabrielle and other storms are still struggling to get access to their hives.
Recent reports from the Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) suggest that the recently buoyant tractor market might be 'coming off the boil'.
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Trevor Mallard has had a colourful career. Now he's got his dream job as Ambassador to Ireland - a country which shares much in common with NZ. Before he left for Ireland, Mallard spoke with Peter Burke.
The Forest Owners Association is decrying the latest Kiwis Backing Farmers campaign as "climate change responsibility denial".
Imagine a world where your diagnosis is treated by what's on your plate, not by what's in a pill.
Silver Fern Farms Limited (SFF) chief executive Simon Limmer says disruption has played a consistent part during the past three years.
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