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…
GETTING A break-through trade policy that recognises a commitment to eliminating export subsidies through the 50-member World Farmers Organisation (WFO) had been “a battle”, says Federated Farmers president Bruce Wills.
MANY FARM animals associate food and the sound of a gate opening or a tractor or ute driving in a paddock. But on Fraser Gordon’s property east of Taihape it’s the sound of a chainsaw that excites livestock.
THE POOL of farming and agricultural service people prepared to take on cooperative governance roles just got a bit stronger with 27 delegates completing the LEADing Board course courtesy of the Burnside Hart Co-operative Education Trust and New Zealand Cooperatives Associaton.
THE MAORI dairy company Miraka, Taupo, has signed a multi-million dollar joint venture deal to produce UHT milk for the new owners of the Crafar farms, Shanghai Pengxin.
BEHIND CLOSED doors last week agribusiness companies discussed the successes and failures of their companies as they have tried to expand into overseas markets.
DUCK SHOOTERS are being asked to show patience in the face of a shorter season in some regions, prompted by lower numbers of birds.
FEDERATED FARMERS is supporting plans to further investigate a major irrigation scheme for drought-prone Wairarapa.
THE DROUGHT looks likely to have wiped out Landcorp’s projected profits for the 2012/13 year ending in June.
OUR CHINA export story needs to “get a harder edge”, moving from talk to execution, says ANZ’s chief economist Cameron Bagrie.
IT APPEARS to the Hound that his favourite (yeah, right) academic, Massey University’s Mike Joy(less) is not happy unless he is putting the boot into New Zealand farmers in some way.
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THE HOUND is intrigued by the deafening silence from the Green Party over recent news that London-based company Craigmore Sustainables has been granted Overseas Investment Office approval to acquire up to 95% of the securities of five New Zealand farms.
YOUR CANINE crusader mate notes that the united front of the Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) group is looking decidedly less united these days.
THE HOUND notes that the Feds were lightning fast to distance themselves from the recent tour of New Zealand by well-known climate-change sceptic Lord Monckton.
YOUR OLD mate hears that while All Black captain Richie McCaw may currently be on sabbatical from playing the national game, he’s still on the meter at Fonterra.
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