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OPINION: Was the ASB Economic Weekly throwing shade on Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr when reporting on his speech in Washington recently?
OPINION: As they say, you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
And it seems like you can't introduce a ban on caged egg production without having a major impact on the availability of eggs.
As many supermarket shoppers found out during the Christmas break, many outlets have no eggs on their shelves due to new rules which have now come into force, banning caged eggs.
While many shoppers were quick to blame chicken farmers and egg producers for the shortage, the Hound reckons the actual fault is that of the animal welfare do-gooders who insisted that regulators ban caged egg production in NZ, which has now led to a shortage of product and prices out of reah for many people.
He also believes the egg head politicians who introduced the ban should take a long, hard look at themselves.
The quest to measure, report and make sense of the energy that goes into food production has come a long way in the past 25 years.
Animal disease management agency OSPRI has announced sweeping governance changes as it seeks to recover from the expensive failure of a major software project.
Driving down Broadlands Road, northeast of Taupo there's a cluster of 19 Pāmu dairy farms around what is known as the Wairakei Estate.
Organics Aotearoa New Zealand (OANZ) says the Government’s new gene editing and genetic modification reforms could leave New Zealand as an outlier on the global stage.
Weaker milk production in the Northern Hemisphere is keeping dairy prices high.
Fonterra's proposed sale of its global consumer business could fetch over $3 billion but not all proceeds will end up in the pockets of farmer shareholders.
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