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OPINION: In the same way that even a stopped clock is right twice a day, economists sometimes get it right.
OPINION: Just as they did in 2016 when Trump beat Clinton, liberals in the media are crying "how did this happen?"
Like the Democrats, the left leaning media have learnt nothing in the last eight years.
Conservative commentator Liam Hehir has an insight for them: "One unhappy but undeniable reality for me is the dominance of liberalism in media, academic and state institutions. It is a dominance that prevails across the western world and is so entrenched that it is just taken for granted. That leads to a lot of arrogance and daily hypocrisies that are often hard to endure. In no small measure, the appeal of former US president Trump finds its provenance in reactin against liberal smugness and cocksureness. No person has more persistently frustrated the cultural and political elect than the former real estate developer."
Among the regular exhibitors at last month’s South Island Agricultural Field Days, the one that arguably takes the most intensive preparation every time is the PGG Wrightson Seeds site.
Two high producing Canterbury dairy farmers are moving to blended stockfeed supplements fed in-shed for a number of reasons, not the least of which is to boost protein levels, which they can’t achieve through pasture under the region’s nitrogen limit of 190kg/ha.
Buoyed by strong forecasts for milk prices and a renewed demand for dairy assets, the South Island rural real estate market has begun the year with positive momentum, according to Colliers.
The six young cattle breeders participating in the inaugural Holstein Friesian NZ young breeder development programme have completed their first event of the year.
New Zealand feed producers are being encouraged to boost staff training to maintain efficiency and product quality.
OPINION: The world is bracing for a trade war between the two biggest economies.