Make it 1000%!
OPINION: The appendage swinging contest between the US and China continues, with China hitting back with a new rate of 125% on the US, up from the 84% announced earlier.
OPINION: Your canine crusader hears that not all is rosy in the world of supposed rural sector congeniality.
Rumour has that the Food and Fibre Leaders Forum - a collective of the 15 main national rural organisations who are 'working together with government' is now down to 14 members.
According to word on the street, one of the groups has left the forum because it was not too happy with what is going on behind closed doors.
However, it is a bit hard to find out exactly what's happened, as the forum is more secretive than the SIS.
Despite being funded by various farmer/grower levies, the forum refuses to release any minutes of its meetings 'on grounds of confidentiality'.
It makes one wonder why this group is so anxious about releasing this information and if it is really 'selling out' the primary sector to the Government and officials behind closed doors.
Recent rain has offered respite for some from the ongoing drought.
New Zealand's TBfree programme has made great progress in reducing the impact of the disease on livestock herds, but there’s still a long way to go, according to Beef+Lamb NZ.
With much of the North Island experiencing drought this summer and climate change projected to bring drier and hotter conditions, securing New Zealand’s freshwater resilience is vital, according to state-owned GNS Science.
OPINION: Otago farmer and NZ First MP Mark Patterson is humble about the role that he’s played in mandating government agencies to use wool wherever possible in new and refurbished buildings.
For Wonky Box co-founder Angus Simms, the decision to open the service to those in rural areas is a personal one.
The golden age of orcharding in West Auckland was recently celebrated at the launch of a book which tells the story of its rise, then retreat in the face of industry change and urban expansion.
OPINION: The appendage swinging contest between the US and China continues, with China hitting back with a new rate of…
OPINION: The irony of President Trump’s tariff obsession is that the worst damage may be done to his own people.