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…
Fraser Tombleson reckons that being part of a focus group for the Hill Country Futures Partnership programme was a good opportunity to express shared problems and concerns.
OPINION: National was shocked and disappointed to learn last week that the Government has moved away from key elements of the consensus plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.
OPINION: The concerns across the sector about the impact of the Government's proposals for agricultural emissions pricing are heard and shared by the He Waka Eke Noa Partnership.
OPINION: About five or six years ago, I attended the National Conference of the Farm Forestry Association, held in the Manawatū.
OPINION: The Government's so-called plan to price agricultural emissions must surely rank as one of the most bewildering decisions in the history of New Zealand farming.
OPINION: Your canine crusader understands there is a bit of rumbling around the traps over the perceived conflict of interest at Fed Farmers' meat wool section.
OPINION: This old mutt notes that at the recent release of the Government's response to agricultural emissions, there was only the PM, Ag Minister, Climate Change Minister and local Labour MP - a non-descript, little man with a beard - fronting up to media.
OPINION: This old mutt suggests that Fonterra farmers may well have been a little too distracted by a high payout this year to see - or even notice- the exploding salary at the co-op.
OPINION: Remember when the Labour Government - not this current lot, but the mob led by Helen Clark - tried introducing a fart tax several years ago?
A group of talented software engineers is putting the Manawatū on the map by taking their technology to the world and transforming the global agricultural industry one sensor at a time.
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A subterranean clover adapted for East Coast hill country farming systems is being made available to farmers after decades of sitting on the shelf.
Dairy
Plenty of attention has been on New Zealand’s milk supply as the seasonal peak hits its stride.
Agricultural sector organisations and the Government have signed a memorandum of understanding as part of a plan to reduce agricultural emissions.
Domestic lamb prices finished off the season, at September 30, in positive fashion and nudging a record high, according to the BNZ’s latest ‘Rural Wrap’ report.
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OPINION: A mate of yours truly has had an absolute gutsful of the activist group SAFE.
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