Are they serious?
OPINION: The Greens aren’t serious people when it comes to the economy, so let’s not spend too much on their…
Your canine crusader often hears claims that South Island’s West Coast is a backwater and behind the times.
Your old mate has no time for the multinational, tax dodging, political activist group Greenpeace, which spends most of its time and funds in this country telling half-truths and inaccuracies and smearing the farming sector.
It must be election year, because the Hound notes wiley old Winston is cranking up his usual anti-Chinese crap.
Zespri will keep spending aggressively on marketing this year, says Jiunn Shih, the new global general manager marketing.
Today we live in an age when consumers are growing more aware of the products they consume.
Merely being in the top 10% of meat producers was not enough for the 2016 Lincoln University Foundation South Island Farmers of the Year, Neil and Lyn Campbell.
Farmers who resent the attention of WorkSafe inspectors in their workplaces should remember that more people still die on NZ farms each year than are prosecuted for safety breaches.
Farmers are hoping to retain the right to burn off crop residue under the new national Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) fire authority due to be set up mid-year.
New Zealand's Envy apple took top spot in the US Apple Association’s (USApple) fiercely competitive Apple Madness bracket tournament.
The authenticity of manuka honey exported from New Zealand is to be settled once and for all.
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Zespri is taking action to protect and control its intellectual property, says Zespri chief operating officer Simon Limmer.
At least 1000 submissions have been received on the proposed controversial Waikato Healthy Rivers plan change.
Chaos again prevails over the future of resource consents in the Horizons Regional Council region because of an Environment Court judgement on the implementation of its controversial One Plan.
While the public might hope for rapid restoration of water quality in all rivers and lakes in New Zealand, this is unrealistic and scientifically impossible.
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