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OPINION: When Donald Trump returned to the White House, many people with half a brain could see the results for…
OPINION: The Christmas season is certainly upon us; ready or not, here we are!
OPINION: While the Paris Agreement is often cited by those opposing emission pricing, they have failed to note that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol have similar requirements.
OPINION: In 2009 former coach Sir Steve Hansen coined the infamous phrase “flush the dunny” after the All Blacks gave a poor, yet winning performance against Italy.
OPINION: Under fire Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has now conceded in a recent media interview that, “The Government hasn’t been stellar at communicating its message to the farming sector”.
OPINION: Your canine crusader understands that late last month in Southland, Beef+Lamb NZ chair Andrew Morrison – on what was described as a thinly disguised re-electioneering round – held two separate invite-only meetings for farmers on agricultural emissions, with scientist David Frame in tow.
Apparently, the first meeting was for all the “troublemakers” who have challenged B+LNZ.
Then the second invite-only meeting was – as told to yours truly – “for the compliant farmer robots, who don’t ask questions of the messiah and his mothership”.
According to the Hound’s source, this would have worked out well for Morrison, until the ‘troublemakers’ meeting went an hour longer than planned and as they were walking out the more compliant farmers were walking in.
Awkward!
OPINION: The Hound reckons the decision by Fieldays to hold the event in summer turned out to be a bit of a fizzer.
OPINION: This old mutt hears that even Wall Street is now taking a pessimistic stance on plant-alternative foods.
Meat delivers more of the essential protein building blocks compared to a plant-based alternative.
The two new cadet and station challenges at the 2023 East Coast Farming Expo will certainly inject plenty of fun into the event.
Horticulture NZ's chair has hit back at claims that the RSE workers are being treated like “slaves” and that the ill treatment of them is “systemic”.
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A highlight of the launch of the Ruataki mo te Taurikura, Embracing Change for Prosperity strategy was seeing all three Ahuwhenua trophies on display.
A strategy designed to increase the prosperity of Māori agribusiness was recently unveiled at Fieldays.
Lamb will be served on most Kiwi Christmas dinner tables this year, according to the Great Kiwi Christmas Survey.
New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) has launched a new campaign targeting foodborne illnesses during the festive and summer season.
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