Overbearing?
OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the…
OPINION: A recent report on rural water schemes – commissioned by the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) – will do little to quell users’ concerns about the Government’s contentious 3 Waters reforms.
OPINION: This old mutt reckons it doesn’t take long for farmer directors to get their noses well and truly in the trough when they get elected to levy organisation boards.
OPINION: Your old mate's editor was contacted by Ashburton-based farmer co-op Ruralco in relation to this old mutt's recent column about the difficulty in signing up to the organisation.
OPINION: The Hound note that part-time ag minister, part-time trade minister and full-time handbag carrier for Jacinda, Damien O'Connor, did a bit of virtue signalling during an APEC trade ministers' meeting held in Bangkok last month.
OPINION: As recently reported by your canine crusader, the Government appears to be full steam ahead with its theft reforms of the country's 3 Waters network.
Rabobank is warning the country's dairy farmers to prepare for a very bumpy economic ride in the coming season.
It's no wonder Zespri chief executive Dan Mathieson had an extra bounce in his step while traipsing around the US with PM Jacinda Ardern and others on a recent trade mission to that country.
A group of South Island farmers say they are about to expand their range after the successful launch of an apparel business based on blending hemp fibre with merino wool.
John Herlihy was born in the township of Kaimata, at the back of Inglewood, where the family owned a small farm.
They call it the Forgotten Highway - perhaps because it is somewhere in the middle of the North Island. It does connect Taumaranui with Stratford and is, of course, the only access road to the self-proclaimed republic of Whangamōmona. Peter Burke recently ticked off another item on his bucket list to visit this republic and to meet its president.
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Hot on the heels of moves by Westland Milk to stop processing its milk, reclusive Christian community Gloriavale looks to be shedding more agribusiness suppliers and customers.
In late May, the Gloriavale Community issued a public letter of apology in regard to both its past employment and community actions.
Angus breeder Mike Smith, from Cone Peak Station on the north face of Remarkable Mountains in Queenstown, describes his recent Kincardine Angus on-farm sale as an "awesome occasion" after selling a bull for $81,000.
With the change of season, Bay of Plenty Regional Council is reminding rural landowners of the requirements to protect the region’s stopbanks from the effects of stock and overgrazing.
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