Double standards
OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
DAIRY INDUSTRY leaders say dairy farmers are investing millions of dollars in managing their environmental impact and taking their responsibilities seriously.
MANUFACTURING SALES volume had a record rise in the December 2013 quarter, mainly due to meat and dairy, Statistics New Zealand says.
NEW TECHNOLOGY will drive further expansion in the dairy industry, says Federated Farmers dairy section chair Willy Leferink.
THE MINISTRY for Primary Industry (MPI) will look “quite different” as a result of an “alignment process” that started last week, says the new chief executive, Martyn Dunne.
RECENT CLAIMS in an Auckland magazine about shoddy inspections in the meat industry show that New Zealand needs a separate food safety authority, says Labour Primary Industries spokesman Damien O’Connor.
THE YEAR IS shaping up to be “intriguing” for the global dairy market with China the “wildcard”, says Rabobank.
OORGANIC WOOL and organic lanolin are products that deserve and will eventually get greater recognition
THE HOUND sees that Labour’s primary industries spokesperson Damien O’Connor is now claiming that contaminated meat is leaving New Zealand processing plants, based on allegations in a Auckland’s magazine Metro.
THEY SAY never give a sucker an even break or a politician a chance to speak or you will pay dearly.
THE HOUND hears that smokers at this year’s Golden Shears were under the watchful eye of smoking police during the four days of competition.
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HOW TIMES have changed. Your old mate nearly made a puddle on a conference floor recently when he saw the dairy industry was introducing SMPs – ‘supplementary minimum prices’ to those of us who have been around a few years; a throwback to the Muldoon years.
THE ARTICLE on Dr Mike Joy (Rural News, Jan 21) illustrates why he has no credibility among informed farmers.
THE WORD improvisation can conjure images of ad hoc solutions and a slightly less than professional approach, but when it comes to precision agriculture, it’s not a dirty word: in fact, it’s exactly what’s needed, says one of New Zealand’s leading academics on the subject.
BEEF COWS are out, dairy grazers in and ewe condition a priority on the first FarmIQ demonstration farm to hold a field day this autumn.
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