Arable advocacy?
OPINION: Spare a thought for the arable farmer, squeezed on one side by soft global prices and on the other…
The Government will back the food and fibres sector to lead New Zealand’s economic recovery from Covid-19 with targeted investments, Forestry Minister Stuart Nash says.
OPINION: Farmers are being herded into a very dangerous crush.
Many years ago, when I was still single, I had a mate who worked with me for a short time.
OPINION: A mate of this old mutt's almost choked on his dog tucker when he came across the musings of former NZ First MP and newly elected Otago Feds chair Mark Patterson.
OPINION: Your canine crusader hears that not all is rosy in the world of supposed rural sector congeniality.
OPINION: Your old mate reckons Fonterra and its dairy farmer shareholders may well be all cock-a-hoop about the prospects of a near $8 payout this year and one north of $8 next year.
OPINION: The Hound hears that government department MBIE is apparently working on a 'NZ Battery Project' to try and find a solution to dry years when we don't get enough hydropower.
OPINION: Trade Minister Damien O'Connor recently flew of to the UK and Eu in an effort to add some much needed momentum to the glacial pacde of free trade talks currently taking place between NZ and both Britain and Europe.
Dairy
Global dairy spot markets, for the most part, have been stuck in neutral through May.
New Zealand red meat exports remained steady in April with a total of $863 million worth of meat and co-products exported to global markets.
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New Zealand meat producers will have to change their breeding priorities to take a full advantage of a new optical meat quality monitoring system being developed by AgResearch.
Central Hawke's Bay farmers Grant and Sally Charteris were recently named the winners of the 2021 Elworthy Award.
Farmer Co-operative LIC is offloading its automation business that it has struggled to make a money earner.
Farmers around the country will vote soon on whether or not Beef+Lamb NZ will retain its right to continue to levy them and fund its operations.
The Hound
Gaslight much?
OPINION: Labour leader Chris 'Chippy' Hipkins is carrying on the world-class gaslighting of the nation that he and his cohorts…
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OPINION: Across rural conversations, we're heading the same tune: crisis.
