Misguided campaign
OPINION: Last week, Greenpeace lit up Fonterra's Auckland headquarters with 'messages from the common people' - that the sector is polluting the environment.
OPINION: The Hound has always viewed multi-national political activist group Greenpeace as full of bovine excrement.
And its reaction to the recent Queenstown water cryptosporidosis outbreak only goes to prove it.
When the outbreak was first announced, Greenpeace head of (mis-?) communications Nick Young falsely tweeted: "What's the bet that Queenstown's gastro outbreak was caused by farm animal faeces contaminating water supplies?"
However, 'Lying Nick' was proven to be lying again when Te Whatu Ora confirmed the outbreak was due to human faeces and not livestock.
As one witty respondent replied to Young's false tweet: "What's the bet it was Nick's mum washing Nick's undies in the lake last week contaminating the water supply." Which the Hound reckons would be highly likely as it appears both Young and Greenpeace are clearly full of s$%t!
Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford says the 2025 Fieldays has been one of more positive he has attended.
A fundraiser dinner held in conjunction with Fieldays raised over $300,000 for the Rural Support Trust.
Recent results from its 2024 financial year has seen global farm machinery player John Deere record a significant slump in the profits of its agricultural division over the last year, with a 64% drop in the last quarter of the year, compared to that of 2023.
An agribusiness, helping to turn a long-standing animal welfare and waste issue into a high-value protein stream for the dairy and red meat sector, has picked up a top innovation award at Fieldays.
The Fieldays Innovation Award winners have been announced with Auckland’s Ruminant Biotech taking out the Prototype Award.
Following twelve years of litigation, a conclusion could be in sight of Waikato’s controversial Plan Change 1 (PC1).
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