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OPINION: Finally, the jackboot of State will be lifted from the throat of those trying to grow the economy.
Your canine crusader reckons this story could come straight out of the 'Only in America' file.
Apparently, health officials in the US have been warning people not to self-dose themselves with Ivermectin drench in an attempt to prevent them from getting Covid-19.
Such is the concern about Americans contemplating using Ivermectin instead of getting a Covid shot, the US federal Food and Drug Aministration (FDA) had a simple message: "You are not a horse," it said. "You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it."
As with other purported alternative treatments for Covid-19, misinformation about Ivermectin has spread on social media and politicians.
US surgeon general Dr Vivek Murthy told CNN: "The best protection we have against Covid-19 is the vaccine, and if you get Covid-19, we actually do have treatments that work. Ivermectin is not one of them!"
Quotas and free trade deals are saving the beef sector over $1 billion in tariffs each year, says Beef+Lamb NZ chief executive Alan Thomson.
There's general farmer backing for the government's latest reforms of the Resource Management Act (RMA) but some are seeking clarity.
The Commerce Commission is weighing up whether or not it should deregulate the copper network, still used for internet and landline in 80,000 rural premises.
With two months until National Fieldays at Mystery Creek, organisers say 90% of sites have been booked by exhibitors.
Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) says access to reliable irrigation water is essential for a thriving horticultural sector.
The drought in western parts of the North Island is reaching crisis point with many farmers from Northland to Taranaki having to truck in water and feed for their stock at great expense.