OPINION: The He Waka Eka Noa partners - including Beef + Lamb NZ - have developed two emissions pricing options as alternatives to bringing agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

OPINION: With the emissions pricing options now out for discussion, the fear campaign has begun in earnest.

OPINION: As 2021 draws to a close, most farmers will be looking forward to it ending and hoping for better things in 2022.

With just 10 days under his belt as the National Party leader, Christopher Luxon last week rolled into Morrinsville, unofficial dairy capital of New Zealand, to let the party faithful and undecided in on what plans he had for the future.

Dairy farmers will be milking cows for as long as they can to capitalise on a record milk price this season.

A Waikato farmer has been convicted and fined $25,050 for carrying out unlawful earthworks in a stream on his Te Awamutu property in May and June 2020.

As 2021 draws to a close and 2022 approaches, Leo Argent takes a look back at the year gone by, reviewing some of the major stories that appeared in Rural News which shaped farming industry news this year.

North Otago farmer Jane Smith says she remains concerned that levy organisations appear to have little appetite for gaining full and transparent farmer mandates before taking their advocacy positions.

Overall the NZ economy has performed more strongly than anticipated, according to the ANZ Agri Focus Report.

While the outlook for global food prices is positive for New Zealand primary producers, some challenges lurk in the year ahead.