Don't hold back!
OPINION: ACT MP Mark Cameron isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but he certainly calls it how he sees it, holding nothing back when ‘climate scientists’ had a crack at Kiwi farmers recently:
OPINION: This old mutt wonders about the quality of directors currently serving on the board of Beef+Lamb NZ.
A couple of months ago, chair Andrew Morrison announced that newbie director Kate Acland would be made its deputy chair.
This begs the question of just what Morrison really thinks about the rest of his fellow B+LNZ directors.
They have all been on the board far longer than Acland, with the new deputy chair only coming on to the board last year.
Mind you, it looks like the entire board may be in trouble, with a group of farmers calling on B+LNZ's directors to reject the current HWEN proposal, which all of them heavily back, or face a vote of no confidence.
Meanwhile, any directors who are coming up for re-election this year may find it hard holding their seats with all the discontent with B+LNZ around at the moment.
On the eve of his departure from Federated Farmers board, Richard McIntyre is thanking farmers for their support and words of encouragement during his stint as a farmer advocate.
A project reducing strains and sprains on farm has won the Innovation category in the New Zealand Workplace Health and Safety Awards 2025.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ), in partnership with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and other sector organisations, has launched a national survey to understand better the impact of facial eczema (FE) on farmers.
One of New Zealand's latest and largest agrivoltaics farm Te Herenga o Te Rā is delivering clean renewable energy while preserving the land's agricultural value for sheep grazing under the modules.
Global food company Nestle’s chair Paul Bulcke will step down at its next annual meeting in April 2026.
Brendan Attrill of Caiseal Trust in Taranaki has been announced as the 2025 National Ambassador for Sustainable Farming and Growing and recipient of the Gordon Stephenson Trophy at the National Sustainability Showcase at in Wellington this evening.
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