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All talk

OPINION: The Hound sees that all the virtue signalling and talk about how good it is is not paying off for Government-owned farmer Landcorp.

OPINION: Your old mate notes that the farming haters at Bitch & Complain (Fish & Game) are now parroting the ‘progressive’ words of both Beef+Lamb and Dairy NZ chairs Andrew Morrison and Jim van der Poel, while demonising Fed Farmers in F&G’s ongoing campaign against the ag sector.

Early start?

OPINION: This old mutt reckons it’s no wonder the agri-based Lincoln University is going down the tubes.

Fake news — Editorial

OPINION: That old saying ‘lies, damned lies and statistics’ should be rephrased: ‘lies, damned lies and environmental lobby-commissioned research’.

Kia ora to horticulture

NZ Avocado chief executive Jen Scoular has welcomed news of greater Māori investment in the horticultural sector.

Māori farming organisations are increasing their investment in horticulture.

Putting succession planning into action

Sandra (middle) and David (right) Innes who have made a flying start to their farm succession plan are pictured with daughter Rachael (left) and husband Glen.

At least 50% of New Zealand farmers identify succession planning as an issue for them, their family and their farm business.

Farmer promises to be a ‘good parent’

Farmer Keith Holmes is standing for the Waikato Regional Council.

Politics, whether national or local body, is not for the faint-hearted.

Looking at constant improvement

Christchurch Men’s Prison farm chief instructor Warren Chilton on the mixed-breed beef herd now being established after the dairy operation was shut down over the threat of Mycoplasma bovis. Photo: Rural News Group.

From a sheep and beef farming background, Chilton has been an instructor on the Christchurch Men’s Prison farm for about 20 years.

Pigs thrive behind the wire

Christchurch Men’s Prison farm chief instructor Warren Chilton with fattening pigs on one of the farm’s Freedom Farms-certified straw barns. Photo: Rural News Group.

Suggest to farm manager Warren Chilton that he is farming people as much as he is farming animals and he readily agrees.

Telling NZ’s agritech story offshore

The New Zealand Agritech Story launched last week by Trade and Enterprise will make a key difference for export companies in the $1.5 billion sector, says an industry leader.