A step too far
OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
The Hound hears that the recent Beef + Lamb NZ environmental workshop in Wellington provided a platform for a couple of anti-farming activists to polish their rants.
A report by German magazine Bild says 92% of left-wing activists in Berlin, Germany, live with their parents, while one in three are unemployed.
Food safety is in the news again in Europe after a media release from the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) in the EU in February.
Lincoln University student, Sarah Lockhart, is this year’s recipient of the Ravensdown Hugh Williams Scholarship.
Auckland animal health company Argenta started a decade ago as a two-man operation with annual revenue of $12,000; now that’s grown to $100 million.
Three months on from the huge November 2016 earthquake the badly damaged land on one farm near Waiau is still settling and moving – but the house isn’t.
MPI is running a special public information campaign to alert people, especially around ports, to watch for the brown marmorated stink bug.
The South Island Agricultural Field Days (SIAFD) are expected to attract over 600 exhibitors.
There have been negativities around farmers saying the sheep sector is declining.
Silver Fern Farms’ Pareora plant just south of Timaru can now offer its staff full-time work for 52 weeks, rather than the seasonal work of the past.
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This week marks a milestone with the kiwifruit industry coming together to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Zespri brand.
The pendulum may be swinging too far on regulation, so stifling innovation, Beef + Lamb NZ chairman James Parson suggests.
Horticulture NZ was reluctantly preparing for an injunction on the Waikato Healthy Rivers Plan Change submissions last week, after attempts to reach agreement with the council failed.
Farmers are doing their bit to help the Government get 90% of lakes and rivers swimmable by 2040.
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