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OPINION: ACT MP Mark Cameron isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but he certainly calls it how he sees it, holding…
Wet weather and a lack of sunshine in many western areas of the country are causing problems for farmers.
Weekly farm walks have become a thing of the past for some dairy farmers in Canterbury and their pasture growth data has never been better.
OPINION: Groundswell is not against climate policy, or a pricing mechanism to manage farm emissions.
OPINION: If you had asked my grandparents what stress was, they would have given you a very different answer than you would get right now.
OPINION: Synthetic nitrogen, once hailed as a gamechanger because of its vital role in 'The Green Revolution', is now being demonized as an environmental destroyer.
OPINION: On the face of it, the recent free trade deal announced with the United Kingdom appears to be a big win for New Zealand's farming sector.
OPINION: Your old mate understands that lobby group Groundswell's 'Mother of All Protests' is still going to be held on Sunday November 21.
OPINION: This old mutt is never surprised by the outright hypocrisy of sanctimonious climate change zealots.
OPINION: Your canine crusader was delighted to learn that the 2023 Census will be asking people about their gender, sexual identity, and whether they have any variations of sex characteristics - also known as intersex status.
OPINION: A mate of the Hound's reckons it is amazing how a couple of years sitting on Fonterra's board, earning $175K-plus a year, can quickly turn former rebels into members of the establishment.
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With the critical role women play on farms around the world recently recognised by this year's International Day of Rural Women on October 15, Hawke's Bay farmer Maddy McLean reflects on how the traditional role of women in agriculture has evolved.
Richard Houston drew from his own background as a rural contractor in developing the free new HanzonJobs app.
The Government's proposal to reduce future international tourism visitor numbers post-Covid to concentrate on higher spending visitors may solve one problem but create others.
An app developed to support rural contracting trainees is key to a new initiative that has gained government funding.
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