Arable advocacy?
OPINION: Spare a thought for the arable farmer, squeezed on one side by soft global prices and on the other…
This old mutt would like to know how the sanctimonious Green Party and its MPs can continue to lecture everyone about the evils of climate change and how we all have to act now to save the world?
Your canine crusader notes that the woke folk at Landcorp – sorry Pāmu – were recently crowing about recording a net profit after tax of $68 million for the half-year ended 31 December 2019.
The Hound reckons news that an Austrian billionaire has been granted consent to purchase an $8m Hill Country farm, is living proof that the NZ First’s billion tree policy is a disaster for farming in this country.
Amidst the coronavirus upheaval, one thing is certain – agriculture will see our economy through.
Federated Farmers remains sceptical that Overseer can become a valid regulatory tool.
The New Zealand Rural General Practice Network is calling for the urgent establishment of rural testing stations in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jack Raharuhi is the 2020 Zanda McDonald Award winner.
Government support for farmers and growers affected by drought has been expanded and extended across the country.
A farm with five or fewer staff and observing social distancing among workers need not register as an essential business.
Statistics released today offer some insight into how COVID-19 is affecting New Zealand’s primary exports.
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The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has set up a register for safe practice in the sector, with registrations due this Friday.
Primary sector export returns will take a $1.3 billion hit from COVID-19, but there is some good news.
Federated Farmers has some advice for farmers operating under COVID-19.
High-level policy agreements on greenhouse gases – such as the Paris Agreement – are challenging both policy makers and scientists, according to an international scientific expert in this field.
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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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