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Bottom line

While the nation waits for the former MP for Northland to decide who the new government will be (don’t you just love MMP), this old mutt reckons wily Winston Peters could add a new bottom line to his list of demands – eradicate over-the-top PC-ness.

Top this

Speaking of arch critics of the dairy industry and water quality, the Hound admits to enjoying the sight of the self-appointed Massey University font-of-wisdom on water Mike Joy being shown up as a two-faced liar during final days of the election campaign.

What's in a name?

Your old mate had to chuckle when Fonterra announced its new chief financial officer – none other than Marc Rivers.

EU deal would benefit NZ and EU

Modelling done by the European Community shows that its agriculture would be little affected by a free trade agreement with New Zealand, says John Ballingall of the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research.

Trade key to NZ’s future

Of the top five countries New Zealand trades with, it only has trade deals with two, an ExportNZ conference has heard.

Thinking big, while getting smaller

Padraig Og Mulligan and sons Kyle and Callum at the site of the proposed $1.3m rotary milking parlour.

The advent of Brexit and changing demographics in Ireland are contributing to an expansion of Irish dairy farming, as is the scrapping of the EU milk quotas; farms are now growing in size.

More chilled meat heading to China

AFFCO’S first shipment of chilled meat landed in China last month and will be swiftly followed by many more, says chairman Sam Lewis.

Innovation and technology the answer

Sustainability and scientific innovation is high on the agenda of Waikato dairy farmer Grant Coombes, standing as a self-nominated candidate in the forthcoming DairyNZ director elections.

Water scheme on track despite protests

CPWL says its expansion is on track despite weather delays.

Central Plains Water Ltd says both its expansion projects are progressing well with only minor weather delays.

Time to end cartoon days for meat industry

Meat Industry veteran Sir Graeme Harrison reckons the sector was summed up by a 1994 cartoon captioned, ‘we can’t see, we don’t hear and we don’t talk’.