SOE on the block?
OPINION: Did the Prime Minister hint last week that the sale of Landcorp assets could be part of the manifesto for the next election?
OPINION: It's no surprise to this old mutt that some politicians are done playing nice with the low rent media pack that hounds them looking for a 'gotcha' moment.
One media pundit noted recently that politicians tended to follow Paul Goldsmith's advice that "a politician complaining about the media is like a farmer complaining about the weather. You may be right, but it makes no difference..."
Members of the Government have had enough of the biased reporting and are using social media to critique coverage they don't like.
Having watched One News' recent hatchet job on the crime stats - ignoring a massive reduction in crime - and the PM's polling, yours truly reckons fair play to them.
Rural contractors are getting guidance on how to deal with recent rising fuel prices.
An Ōpunake farmer with a poor effluent system has been fined $35,000 with a discount on the penalty discarded after he charged at a Taranaki Regional Council officer inspecting the ‘systematic problems’ on his farm.
The horticulture sector is under threat because of vulnerabilities of the country's transport infrastructure, according to a report commissioned by a collective representing a range of groups in the sector.
Silver Fern Farms chief executive Dan Boulton says the meat processor wants to find ways of getting product destined for Middle East markets into those markets as opposed to try and place them elsewhere.
The current Middle East war could not have happened at a worse time for New Zealand.
This week, more than 100 farmers, policy makers, politicians and other industry influencers will gather at the annual Dairy Environment Leaders (DEL) Forum to workshop positive environmental change for New Zealand dairy.

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OPINION: It's no surprise to this old mutt that some politicians are done playing nice with the low rent media…