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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: The Hound notes that billionaires Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are all trying to prove that they really do not have small appendages by flying to space.
While they dress it up as 'advancing mankind', the reality is, it is just an excuse to show off how obscenely rich and publicity-hungry they all are.
Your old mate was a little irked by the holier-than-thou attitude of Branson.
The Virgin boss claims he does not eat meat because he is worried about the impact of farming on climate change.
However, he doesn't mind burning tonnes of carbon flying people around the world to get to his New Mexico base and take off to space.
Surely a few steaks and the odd drink of milk is far less damaging to the planet than all the rocket fuel Branson used in his self-indulgent space flight!
Questions are being raised about just how good the state of the dairy industry is - especially given that the average farmgate payout for the coming season is set to exceed $10/kgMS.
A leading financial and banking advisor says he doubts if most dairy farmers fully understand the dynamics of banking.
Dairy farmers are shoring up their balance sheets, with almost $1.7 billion of debt repaid in the six months to March 2025.
Virtual fencing company Halter is going global but for founder Craig Piggott, New Zealand farmers will always remain their main partners.
A former Fonterra executive is the new chair of the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ).
New Federated Farmers national dairy chair Karl Dean is looking forward to tackling the issues facing the sector.
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