Wrong focus
OPINION: Your old mate reckons townie Brooke van Velden, the Minister of Workplace (or is it Woke Place) Relations is…
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is reminding farmers to protect themselves, their families and stock as cases of Salmonella and Leptospirosis rise in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle.
Almost $130,000 has been raised for charity during a marathon 24-hour shearing event for rural communities, many of whom are now struggling even more after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Most Irish farmers are pretty much on board with the need to reduce their agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.
China's reopening and changes in Chinese consumer behaviour is expected to provide business opportunities for beef exporters but also generate volatility in global markets.
OPINION: Federated Farmers is pleased that a Member's Bill from ACT MP Mark Cameron has put opportunities for live animal exports back on the political agenda.
OPINION: The great pics and stories continue as, of course, does the huge cleanup!
OPINION: Beef + Lamb NZ's annual meeting will be an interesting affair this year in a number of ways.
OPINION: This old mutt reckons both government and officials are failing to see the wood for the trees in regard to the huge swathes of good farmland going into forestry - much of this to overseas-owned carbon sinks.
OPINION: Your old mate notes that regulations governing NZ's pig sector could end up seeing us running out of locally produced pork - like we are currently experiencing with eggs.
OPINION: The Hound was astounded at the glib response from Greens leader James Shaw to a written parliamentary question from ACT MP Mark Cameron.
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OPINION: Your canine crusader sees that the fun police have struck again and killed off an iconic rural event.
A Canterbury farmer's plan to establish a 2,200-animal composting barn feedlot, near the environmentally sensitive Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere, will go to a public hearing.
The Varroa destructor mite is the most common reason for overwintering hive losses for Kiwi beekeepers, according to the recently released New Zealand Colony Loss Survey.
Sanitarium has announced it will increase its donations of Weet-Bix to New Zealand Food Network (NZFN) by 50%.
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