Half A Brain
OPINION: When Donald Trump returned to the White House, many people with half a brain could see the results for…
OPINION: The agriculture sector is continuing to find the rocky road to a solution to ag emissions may be paved with good intentions, but the outcome is a mess.
OPINION: A mate of yours truly reckons that ACT agriculture spokesman Mark Cameron may be overdoing his 'I'm a farmer' schtick a little bit too much.
OPINION: This old mutt wonders about the quality of directors currently serving on the board of Beef+Lamb NZ.
OPINION: State farmer Pāmu - one of the wokest, PC government-owned entities around - has announced the appointment of a 'chief sustainability and risk officer'.
OPINION: The Hound doesn't have the highest regard for multi-national, fundraising conglomerate Greenpeace.
Dairy
Commodity prices continued their downhill slide over August 2022.
Hill country farmers cannot ignore the goat meat market opportunities such as in North America, according to goat farming expert Garrick Batten. He outlines why in the third of his three part series on the topic.
State farmer Landcorp (Pāmu) has returned a solid profit for the year ended June 2022, but says rising costs, weather and Covid disruptions are putting pressure on its bottom line.
A tough six months means produce company Seeka won’t pay an interim dividend to shareholders.
A new report seeks to grow business opportunities between Ireland and Māori based on the similarities of their respective cultures.
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ANZ is the latest bank to announce a new ‘Green Loan’ for its business and agribusiness customers.
Zespri is in the midst of a major and hastily convened review to find out about the sudden drop in the quality of SunGold kiwifruit during the past season.
A programme providing school leavers with a viable career option in agriculture has seen student numbers soar in recent years.
During September, 30 tertiary health students will be spreading the word about rural health careers to 33 rural schools throughout the country.
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Inconvenient Truths
OPINION: Media trust has tanked because of what media's more woke members do and say.
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