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OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the job description of PR is to grease the wheels and ensure clients get good media coverage.
OPINION: Your old mate understands that MfE boffins have been beavering away for years dreaming up a scheme where all farmers and growers will have to do a Freshwater Farm Plan.
The scheme is meant to start next year in Gisborne, Waikato and Southland.
Trouble is, the regulations aren't even known yet as to what will be required.
Even worse, the boffins have recently said they'll show the draft regulations to regional councils in December and then in late January to 'targeted groups' - including primary sector groups.
So, it seems that farmers won't even get much of a look or say on the next big imposition on them.
Meanwhile, it's also understood that as a result of all this new environmental legislation, MfE has taken on a lot more staff.
In fact, around some places in the capital, the acronym MfE is said to stand for 'More Feeking Egits!'
Managing director of Woolover Ltd, David Brown, has put a lot of effort into verifying what seems intuitive, that keeping newborn stock's core temperature stable pays dividends by helping them realise their full genetic potential.
Within the next 10 years, New Zealand agriculture will need to manage its largest-ever intergenerational transfer of wealth, conservatively valued at $150 billion in farming assets.
Boutique Waikato cheese producer Meyer Cheese is investing in a new $3.5 million facility, designed to boost capacity and enhance the company's sustainability credentials.
OPINION: The Government's decision to rule out changes to Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) that would cost every farmer thousands of dollars annually, is sensible.
Compensation assistance for farmers impacted by Mycoplama bovis is being wound up.
Selecting the reverse gear quicker than a lovestruck boyfriend who has met the in-laws for the first time, the Coalition Government has confirmed that the proposal to amend Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) charged against farm utes has been canned.
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