Overbearing?
OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the…
New Zealand red meat sector leaders head to Brussels this week as negotiations between the European Union (EU) and New Zealand for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) enter a critical stage.
OPINION: Back in the early '90s, I felt privileged to be invited to visit the Republic of Nauru. With a total land area of 25 square kilometres and a population around 8,000 at the time, it was - and still is - one of the remotest and smallest nations on the earth.
OPINION: One of the most recognised lines from the classic TV show Hill Street Blues was the send out by Sgt Stan Jablonski - "Let's do it to them, before they do it to us".
OPINION: This old mutt is getting somewhat tired of multi-national, tax-dodging, fund-raising group Greenpeace always given front and centre mainstream media space to coment (i.e. bag) NZ agriculture.
OPINION: A mate of yours truly is questioning exactly why the Māori ag sector have been given special budget funding by the Government to ramp up their efforts to reduce agricultural emissions.
OPINION: A mate of your canine crusader's - and a Silver Fern Farms supplier and shareholder - is less than impressed that his meat company is holding a series of upcoming 'farmer forums', where woke, anti-farming commentator Rod Oram will be the MC.
OPINION: The Hound reckons the Government's unpopular and controversial Three Waters reforms is creating plenty of jobs - for bureaucrats and contractors - but not for the local communities who are having their water assets stolen 'co-governed' and controlled by four new mega water entities.
Dairy
Softer demand manifested in a clear downward trend for global dairy commodity prices across May 2022.
A controversial new welfare draft code is triggering vigorous debate between pig farmers and animal welfare advocated as to what the best path forward is.
As Otago and Southland enters the winter grazing season, MPI says it will have inspectors on the ground ensuring things are being done correctly.
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A recently published Journal of Dairy Science article puts forth evidence that animal personality is distinctly linked to productivity traits in cattle and farm animals in general.
Rural water users still remain highly concerned about the Government's contentious Three Waters Reforms.
As New Zealand prepared for the first ever national lockdown in March 2020, a small team of five United Fresh staff were realising the impact that a nationwide shutdown would have on the country’s horticulture industry.
Trade and Export Minister Damien O’Connor is off to Europe, Canada and Australia with the aim of advancing New Zealand’s economic interests.
The Hound
Foot-in-mouth
OPINION: The Hound hears from his canine pals in Southland that an individual's derogatory remarks on social media have left…
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