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Discerning fact from fiction

OPINION: I feel pretty confident you will have heard the following quip, “Don’t want to ruin a good story with the facts now, do we”?

Split gas approach fails

OPINION: The much celebrated achievement of convincing the Government to calculate short and long-lived gases separately is starting to wear thin.

Editorial: Take an interest

Nominations have now closed for the local government elections set to be held in October.

OPINION: With nominations now closed for the local government elections to be held in October, it is time to start taking some real interest in the candidates standing and policies they support.

OPINION: The Hound would be a rich canine if he got a dollar for every time he's heard multi-national, fundraising organisation Greenpeace claim the answer to NZ's climate change challenge is to ban synthetic fertiliser.

No sugar coating

OPINION: Your canine crusader had to have a bit of a giggle at a recent employment ad run by an exasperated Canterbury farmer and co-owner of Gladfield malt, Doug Michael, looking for workers.

Full of it!

OPINION: Your old mate was told about some research that proves that what consumers claim and what they actually do are very different.

A better deal?

OPINION: This old mutt has been contacted by a number of members of rural insurer FMG expressing concern about the jump in director fees this year.

Wet, wet, wet!

After a very wet July, NIWA is forecasting a ray of hope for sodden farmers. Temperatures are most likely to be warmer than average across most of the country through the middle of spring 2022.

Funding to measure NZ's ag emissions

MPI is calling for researchers to apply for funding to better measure New Zealand's agricultural emissions.

The Ministry for Primary Industries is calling on researchers to apply for funding to better measure the country’s agricultural emissions.

Punting on a natural payoff

Bremworth chief executive Greg Smith says like the wool industry, the meat sector faces challenges from synthetics.

NZ carpet maker Bremworth has bet its future on a growing consumer shift to sustainability with its move to drop synthetics and only use 100% wool in its products.

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Developments coming to help reduce on-farm GHGs

Despite the challenge of agricultural emissions making up 50% of NZ’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) profile, there are several mitigation options in the pipeline.

Staunch rural health advocate recognised

Dr Jeremy Webber is described as a staunch advocate for rural health.

Rural health advocate Dr Jeremy Webber was awarded a Distinguished Fellowship of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners at the recent GP22 conference in Christchurch.