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 has little time for career politician and serial taxpayer beneficiary Winston Peters who, despite sitting in Parliament since the 1970s, has achieved bugger-all except fatten his wallet and backside.
The Hound understands that despite the Green Party’s staunch policy of carping constantly about dairy farms polluting waterways, etc, it is not above accepting donations from such polluters.
Your old mate notes that a bunch of Pommy vegans and vegetarians are ‘outraged’ that Britain’s new £5 notes contain tallow, a substance made from animal fat and often used in soap and candles.
Why are people so easily outraged and offended these days?
Nearly 50 years ago, an Irish farmer’s frustration at waiting six months for a new dairy shed led to his starting a company to build them.
Confidence levels among New Zealand’s farmers remain high but have tempered slightly, the latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey has found.
AgResearch scientists are doing some ground-breaking work into the emotions of livestock.
Federated Farmers says helping its members save money and easily and securely trade stock online is behind its decision to sign a partnership with StockX.
The NZ National Fieldays Society has a new president.
The New Zealand Farm Environment Trust’s new General Manager James Ryan is looking forward to the challenges the new job will bring.
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The long-running hotly contested Silver Fern Farms (SFF) and Shanghai Maling partnership is now complete.
Rural Women NZ’s new president Fiona Gower says she wants to stimulate communication and shake off any stuffiness in their image.
Another year has almost passed us by – again – and it is time for the annual review of 2016 in the primary sector as seen by the Rural News editorial team.
Some North Canterbury farmers are daring to hope the worst of the region’s record-breaking drought is over.
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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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Outrage won't pay the bills
OPINION: Across rural conversations, we're heading the same tune: crisis.
