Arable advocacy?
OPINION: Spare a thought for the arable farmer, squeezed on one side by soft global prices and on the other…
OPINION: Price penalties won't drive down livestock emissions without affordable and practical new technologies being available to farmers - unless the aim is to kill off the sector.
OPINION: Feedback is being sought from farmers, growers and others in the primary sector on options to price agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.
OPINION: Scientists have been accused of mounting a sustained attack on regenerative agriculture and splitting the science community. Not all, but some.
OPINION: Farmers and growers can rightly feel somewhat confused about the mixed messaging coming from the Government about the risks to the sector from Omicron.
OPINION: This old mutt reckons that anyone wondering why there has been a huge decline in the union movement in NZ over the years only needs to read this recent statement from the public service union - the Public Service Association (PSA) - to see why::
OPINION: A mate of your canine crusader cheekily suggests a recent ministerial visit - crowed about by state farmer Landcorp's (or Pāmu as it likes to be known) public relations department - was highly symbolic.
OPINION: Your old mate reckons the advocates of the latest fad in NZ farming, Regenerative Ag, should take heed of what's happening in Sri Lanka right now.
OPINION: The Hound would have thought with the country under the red light setting due to the threat of Omicron ravaging the nation, industry leaders and the Government would hold off mass gatherings that risk crippling NZ's primary sector.
The profitable run for most NZ agri sectors looks likely to extend into 2022.
Another primary sector event has fallen victim to the current risk of the Covid-19 Omicron variant.
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Multiple potential benefits from planting native shrubs for use as sheep fodder are being researched as part of the Hill Country Futures Programme.
Monthly food prices rose 2.7% in January 2022, the highest monthly rise since January 2017, says Statistics NZ.
With the ongoing chaos caused by Covid, the NZ primary sector needs to develop adaptive strategies if it's to succeed.
Recent moves by the Government to loosen up the borders have been labelled as too little, too late for most industries in an agri-sector desperate for overseas workers.
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