Wrong focus
OPINION: Your old mate reckons townie Brooke van Velden, the Minister of Workplace (or is it Woke Place) Relations is…
OPINION: The annual National Fieldays have come and gone for yet another year.
OPINION: Recently I spent a couple of days on the Macca's site at Fieldays.
OPINION: A public battle is playing out between supporters and opponents of live animal experts.
OPINION: Your old mate had a wee crack at Fieldays recently for the perception it was more focused on quantity through the turnstiles than quality - a bugbear of some exhibitors over recent years.
OPINION: Real estate agent Janet Dickson's court case, following her refusal to complete a compulsory Māori culture course, is being watched with interest by HR folk across all industries and sectors.
OPINION: The inquiry into rural banking practice was welcomed at Fieldays, but Groundswell NZ added a proviso that this must include banks' treatment of agricultural emissions.
OPINION: Some purists just seem to want to block any progress in NZ, oblivious to the social costs of preventing the country from turning a buck.
Farmers are calling on the Government to replace “a broken” Resource Management Act (RMA) urgently.
The primary sector has been told to continue the journey to sustainably reduce emissions despite a regulatory breather from the Coalition Government.
OPINION: The primary sector has faced many challenges over recent years, with environmental and regulatory factors pushing businesses to adapt to survive.
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The Fonterra Co-operative Council is looking for a farmer representative to sit on the Fonterra Milk Price Panel.
Farmlands shareholders have re-elected sitting directors Dawn Sangster and Gray Baldwin for another three-year term.
It's important that the benefits and opportunities of the New Zealand/European Union free trade deal (FTA) as outlined in the actual agreement become real deals.
OPINION: Pastoral farmers stare at the media reports might be forgiven for wondering if they are heading the way of the dinosaurs.
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Burn the village
OPINION: There's an infamous term coined by a US general during the Vietnam war, specifically in reference to the battle…
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