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Race baiting!

OPINION: Your canine crusader understands that the unrest and unease around the country about government-imposed, controversial mapping of Significant Natural Areas (SNAs) is all the fault of redneck, racist farmers in the South.

Going yellow!

OPINION: The Hound was gobsmacked to learn that the NZ media's love affair with 'our' Jacinda took another great leap forward - or more correctly backwards - during the recent visit of Australian PM Scott Morrison.

Editorial: Embarrassing!

OPINION: Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor was fortunate enough to be out of the country when his 'Fit for a Better World Progress Update 2021' was released at Fieldays.

Not enough!

The Government's recent announcement that they will grant another 50 vets entry to New Zealand will not meet the country’s needs, says one recruitment expert.

Farming sector morale on the wane

KPMG head of Agribusiness Ian Proudfoot says morale in the sector has slumped over the past year.

More evidence - if it was needed - that farming sector confidence is on the wane, burdened down by increasing red tape and workforce shortages.

Fieldays back with a bang

This year's Fieldays saw close to 133,000 visitors head through the gates over the four days of the event.

National Fieldays 2021 has come and gone, with general consensus being that it was a good event.

Aussie FTA leaves NZ meat sector envious

Beef + Lamb NZ chief executive Sam McIvor says the Australian deal sets a good benchmark for eventual tariff-free access for our sheep meat and beef in the NZ-UK negotiations.

New Zealand's meat sector will be hoping to benefit from a yet-to-be-signed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that its Australian counterparts are about to enter into with the UK.

Rubber to hit the road on farm gas plans

DairyNZ chair Jim van der Poel says teams will start going to farms from September to talk about how farmers need to report their emissions.

A joint initiative where farmers measure, reduce and pay for greenhouse gas emissions rather than being included in an emissions trading scheme swings into action later this year.

New car regs punish farmers

The new ute tax regime will add $2,900 to the cost of a new Ford Ranger from January next year.

Farmers are again the hapless targets of new government regulations - this time to reduce the country's car fleet carbon emissions.

Outlook good despite Covid

Despite the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic, revenue from New Zealand's primary exports in the past season only dropped by 1% and is predicted to quickly pick up and reach a record high of $49.6 billion in the next 12 months.