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Drought hits season's lamb numbers

Drought in the North Island had a significant impact on the number of lambs tailed in the first half of this season.

Seriously?

Your old mate reckons the nomination of the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards (NZDIA) management team as a finalists in the 2020 Primary Industry Awards Team of the Year category, shows just how out of touch and hopeless Federated Farmers (who ran the awards) are as an organisation.

Good riddance!

The Hound reckons 2021 is off to a rollicking start with news that professional whinger and anti-farming drone Martin Taylor has departed as head of Fish & Game NZ.

Weak and useless!

Your canine crusader has been concerned for some time about the complete lack of fight put up by the so-called farmer-representative bodies on a number of controversial issues – including water reforms.

Rethink?

Your old mate had to laugh at the apparent lack of any intellectual grunt of so-called international ‘independent think-tank’ RethinkX, which produced a report predicting the demise of meat. Its report predicted that in 2019 a total of 10% - and by 2030 a total of 70% - of cattle meat would be replaced by various plant-based alternatives.

Alliance pays back wage subsidy

Alliance chair Murray Taggart says following the company's annual returns it is now in a position to repay the remaining balance of the wage subsidy.

After being dogged by claims about its entitlement to the wage subsidy, the country’s largest meat processor will now fully pay it back.

Sting in tail of non-compliance

MPI is telling farmers to get up to speed with animal welfare regulations.

MPI is warning sheep farmers to get up to speed with new animal welfare regulations relating to the docking of sheep which come into force at the end of May.

Gone Fishing

Late last year, Farmlands chief executive Peter Reidie announced he’d resigned to take on a new job heading up Sanfords – New Zealand’s largest fishing company.

Banks need to continue accepting cheques - RWNZ

RWNZ board member and social issues convenor Sharron Davie-Martin.

Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) says a survey among members has found strong opposition to the decision by banks to stop accepting cheques in 2021.

Scientists criticise latest 'US fad'

NZIAHS president Jon Hickford says scientists are getting hot under the collar over the way regenerative agriculture was being uncritically embraced.

New Zealand agriculture doesn't need "the latest fad from America," according to New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science (NZIAHS) president, Jon Hickford.