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OPINION: Your old mate reckons townie Brooke van Velden, the Minister of Workplace (or is it Woke Place) Relations is…
OPINION: It is often said there are three things that regularly impact on farmers, which they cannot control: the Government, interest rates and the weather.
OPINION: This old mutt understands that MPI and agri industr bodies had to do a fair bit of scrambling to shoot down rumours circulating about China shutting its borders to NZ and Australian products over concerns about foot-and-mouth disease.
OPINION: Your old mate notes that Beef+Lamb NZ has very quietly decided to cut its losses and quit the lease on the North Canterbury-based hill country farm Lanercost.
OPINION: The Hound hears that international fast food chain McDonalds has quietly ended its brief and underwhelming experiment with plant burgers.
OPINION: Your canine crusader reckons vegan activists around the world will have choked on their mung beans reading about the secret behind the New Zealand athletes' medal-winning success at the recent Commonwealth Games.
Ireland's first Ambassador to NZ, Peter Ryan, says relations between the two countries have never been closer.
Rural services company PGG Wrightson (PGW) has blown away the Covid-inspired trials of the past couple of years to report a 20% lift in operating earnings for the 2022 year.
Federated Farmers has called for the controversial Three Waters Reform to be stopped before the legislation bill reaches its second reading.
Plunket says it is grateful for the recent round of funding it received from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).
A world in geopolitical turmoil highlights the need for good, genuine relationships.
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There are calls to adopt a newly proposed national telehealth programme to better service rural health needs.
Pāmu (Landcorp Farming) says its journey to reduce its carbon output has begun with Toitū carbon reduce certification across 20 of its farms.
Rising sales of dairy consumable products helped Skellerup deliver a record net profit of $48 million last financial year.
New research from Lincoln University’s Pastoral Livestock Production Lab claims that feeding lambs a diverse diet during the lambing process leads to reduced oxidative stress and healthier lambs.
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