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Baby out with the bath water?

Fed Farmers national president Andrew Hoggard.

OPINION: The recent open letter on He Waka Eke Noa has sparked a lot of discussion, and that’s a good thing.

Editorial: Clear agenda!

Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor claimed the ban 'future-proofs' New Zealand's economic security.

OPINION: The move to ban export of livestock by sea from April next year is yet another example of the current Government’s all-controlling ethos.

Early retirement?

OPINION: Your canine crusader understands that the wheels – or is that the rudder – are really starting to come off the supposed pan agricultural sector agreement on reducing ag sector emissions.

Steak thanks!

OPINION: Steak thanks! This old mutt notes that the extremists from the animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are getting nuttier every day.

Sound familiar?

OPINION: The Hound notes that a new study, carried out by CQUniversity in Queensland, has found similar issues to NZ with a real lack of agricultural knowledge among young Aussies.

OPINION: A mate of the Hound's reckons with NZ's agricultural production already under pressure - with swathes of good farming land being converted into trees for carbon farming - the advent of solar farms could be another big threat.

Otago farmer fined and banned from owning cattle

A farmer was recently fined $12,000 and banned from owning cattle for breaches of the Animal Welfare Act.

An Otago farmer has been fined $12,000 and banned from owning cattle for a range of welfare problems contributing to the death of over a dozen cattle.

Lincoln professor first in NZ to receive prestigious award

Professor Jon Hickford (back row, sixth from left) with staff and postgraduate students from Gansu Agricultural University in Lanzhou

Lincoln University Professor of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Jon Hickford, is the first New Zealander to be awarded the Dunhuang Award from the People’s Republic of China.

'Highly careless' forestry harvest results in convictions

Typical example of forestry slash waste in stream. Photo Credit: Waikato Regional Council.

Convictions and fines totalling over $100,000 have been imposed for environmental damage caused by a “highly careless” pine woodlot harvest and associated earthworks on a farm in northern Waikato.

Emissions plan a kick in the guts for Southland farmers - Simmonds

Invercargill MP and National Party Associate Spokesperson for Agriculture Penny Simmonds describes the Government’s recently released emissions plan as another kick in the guts for farmers, one which she claims threatens the future of farming in the South.