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OPINION: Is the ECan regional council run by earnest, handwringing Greta Thunberg wannabes these days?
This mutt doesn't know how else to explain the juvenile declaration by ECan of a "nitrate emergency" - a political stunt rightly decried by Federated Farmers and others.
The pointless, virtue-signalling 'declaration' reminds the Hound of the now defunct group of equally earnest teenage 'eco-worriers' School Strike 4 Climate that declared daily climate emergencies for a few months before declaring itself 'racist' and promptly cancelling itself!
ECan councilors are unlikely to have the same good grace and will keep their snouts firmly in the trough.
So good on Central Plains Water Limited for taking out a full-page ad in The Press to correct the record and outline the massive economic contribution water schemes make to the economy.
Environment Canterbury, alongside industry partners and a group of farmers, is encouraging farmers to consider composting as an environmentally friendly alternative to offal pits.
OPINION: The Hound wonders, is there some variety of idiot juice in the water in Canterbury? It seems so.
OPINION: The first question is how much nitrate is there in the Canterbury water and are we expecting multiple deaths with hospitals overwhelmed every day? Unlikely.
OPINION: Environment Canterbury's (ECan) decision recently to declare a so-called “nitrate emergency” is laughable.
A shameless political stunt is how Federated Farmers is describing the Canterbury Regional Council decision to declare “a nitrate emergency” on the back of its latest annual groundwater quality survey.
Mating wrapped up last month at the across-breed Beef Progeny Test on Pāmu’s Kepler Farm in Manapouri.
Libby Judson is a keeper of memories from an age gone by. Tim Fulton tells her story.
A New Zealand-first native tree study has highlighted the Bioeconomy Science Institute's position as a forestry research leader.
Hemp fibre processor Rubisco is relocating its core processing facility to Ashburton as part of a $20-$30 million expansion to leverage what it says is an accelerating global demand for sustainable and renewable fibres.
Tradition meets some of the latest in technology at the 2026 East Coast Farming Expo.
OPINION: Trade Minister Todd McClay and the trade negotiator in government have presented Kiwis with an amazing gift for 2026 - a long awaited and critical free trade deal with India.
OPINION: If the hand-wringing, cravat and bow-tie wearing commentariat of a left-leaning persuasion had any influence on global markets, we'd…
OPINION: With Winston Peters playing politics with the PM's Indian FTA, all eyes will be on Labour who have the…
