The Hound reckons the Green Party’s former agriculture spokesman Steffan Browning is hypocritical in his recent attack on the appointment of the new boss of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Dr Alan Freeth.

This old mutt notes that scientists have now developed a genetically engineered rice crop that could emit much less methane than normal rice.

Your old mate sympathises with the plight of the country’s dairy farmers and how the falling payout is impacting their financial stability.

The Hound notes that many commentators and armchair critics are all down in the mouth about the prospects of agriculture and farming at present, especially because of tumbling dairy prices.