Overbearing?
OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the…
A capital crunch is starting to impact farmers as the banks get more cagey about lending to dairy and the sheep and beef sectors, writes Hayden Dillon, head of agribusiness and a managing partner at Findex.
With distrust growing in consumers, even for science, gaining their trust is now more valuable to win than ever.
The end of Government funding for Beef + Lamb New Zealand Genetics has prompted a move to integrate the business into B+LNZ as a standalone unit.
Food and fibre is the most “activist disrupted” sector globally, second only to petroleum, says KPMG’s global head of agribusiness, Ian Proudfoot.
Continuing strong growth in Chinese demand for New Zealand beef is set support solid returns for the nation’s beef producers over the coming year.
Why would we, as a country, produce low value meat alternatives to stuff in a hamburger for a fast food chain to feed to overweight, disinterested consumers?
OPINION: If you borrow money from the bank, it holds a grip (‘death pledge’) over you.
Our national debate needs to move from condemnation to celebration of our primary sector, explains new National Party spokesman for primary industries and forestry, Todd Muller.
OPINION: This old mutt reckons many of the highly paid executives in farm industry-good organisations are so removed from the day-to-day reality of farming we need not be surprised at the disconnect between them and their levy paying employers (the farmers).
OPINION: The Hound is picking up a growing sense of frustration and disappointment from farmers NZ-wide about how their supposed ‘industry good’ organisations – which they fund – seem to be selling them out to curry favour with the Government.
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OPINION: Your old mate believes the moves by our politicians to try to prevent an awful recurrence of the March 15 Christchurch shootings are highly laudable but ultimately hopeless.
OPINION: Your canine crusader was not surprised to see that Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor’s solution to problems with winter grazing was to set up another committee.
PGG Wrightson (PGW) earnings are down on expectations after a “transformational” 2019.
Meat processors are debunking activists’ claims that the recent IPCC Report on Climate Change and Land has called for lower meat consumption to save the planet.
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OPINION: The Hound hears from his canine pals in Southland that an individual's derogatory remarks on social media have left…
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