Double standards
OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
ANNE HINDSON has been appointed as general manager of the Rural Leadership Consortium, a new joint venture between the Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust and the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme.
NEW ZEALAND ONION growers are gearing up for export markets across Asia.
RURAL CONTRACTORS New Zealand (RCNZ) says employing overseas workers is an important and necessary part of rural contracting.
A HOLISTIC LONG-TERM approach may be the key to introducing sustainability into the food and agriculture (F&A) equation, according to a new report from Rabobank.
NEW ZEALAND YOUNG Farmers vice-chairman Cam Lewis (right) was runner up at the recent trans-Tasman Rural Ambassador competition in Feilding.
THE COMMERCE Commission is taking three major banks, ANZ, ASB and Westpac to court over the selling of interest swap contracts to rural customers.
LEADING providers of bovine genetics Alta and CRV have agreed to collaborate in their North American Holstein genetic programs.
ANOTHER TWO Meat Industry Excellence group-backed director candidates have been elected to a meat company board making it three from three for the reform lobby.
ALLIANCE SHAREHOLDERS have voted for change on their board with Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) group-backed candidate Don Morrison, Gore, elected by a narrow margin.
USUALLY one would expect fireworks at a farmer co-op annual meeting. But with the forecast payout at an all-time high and the company doing well, Fonterra’s annual meeting in Invercargill last month was a mere formality.
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GET YOUR hard hats ready. Those keen to denigrate dairy have a new stick to beat it with: a study of tree loss in the Waimakariri District of Canterbury.
THE CABINET has signed off on the (Government Industry Agreement) Deed which Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says will be an important tool in strengthening New Zealand's biosecurity.
By Jeanette Maxwell, Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre chairperson.
WITH ALL THAT is going on in the red meat industry right now it is important to reflect upon how we got here and what we as farmers want for our industry. Amidst all this uncertainty and panic, rash decisions can be made. My point being, this is not a time to jump on life rafts, this is a time to assess your values before looking for a solution.
THE GOVERNMENT has accepted in principle all 29 recommendations in the first stage of the Government inquiry into the whey protein concentrate contamination incident.
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