Be afraid
OPINION: Your old mate hears some of the recent uptick in farmer confidence has slipped since the political polls started leading a bit to the left, away from the current coalition of National, Act and NZ First.
In their latest scare tactic, GE Free NZ tried to claim that a recent spate of cow sickness and some deaths was due to genetic modification. However, as Feds president – and former pro GE lobby spokesman in a previous life – William Rolleston rightly pointed out, it was more likely to have been caused by high sugar content in the fodder beet they had been eating. The Hound suggests the anti-GE lobby do themselves no favours when they make up crazy conspiracy theories like this to justify their stance.
