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Wednesday, 23 November 2022 10:30

Really, Rob?

OPINION: A long-time Silver Fern Farm supplier tells yours truly that he and other SFF shareholders are less than impressed by a recent dictate from the meat co-op’s chair Rob Hewett.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 22 November 2022 11:30

Job creation

OPINION: A mate of the Hound's pointed him to a snippet in a recent newsletter from Wairarapa ram breeder Derek Daniel's Wairere Romney, which he found rather alarming.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 22 November 2022 10:30

Interesting!

OPINION: Your canine crusader notes that rural services company Farmlands recently announced a bumper profit of $17.1 million for the 2022 financial year.

Published in The Hound
Thursday, 10 November 2022 12:30

No silver bullets?

OPINION: This old mutt is reliably informed that NZ ag sector hopes for the miracle of 'new technology' saving their on-farm emissions are likely to be sorely disappointed.

Published in The Hound
Thursday, 10 November 2022 11:30

Oh really!

OPINION: Claims by Damien O'Connor that his government's crazy plan for pricing and taxing farm emissions is "now open to consultation with the sector before a final decision is made" should be taken with a large grain of salt.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 09 November 2022 12:30

Too late?

OPINION: The Hound has for some time been highly critical about the actions of the He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) partners and their hesitancy to criticise the current government or push back publicly over the myriad of the many unworkable regulations it has imposed on the farming sector.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 09 November 2022 11:30

Gone burger!

OPINION: Your canine crusader was right on the money about the growing tensions at Fed Farmers over meat and wool chair William Beetham's perceived conflict of interest with his Feds role and directorship at meat company Silver Fern Farms.

Published in The Hound
Thursday, 27 October 2022 10:00

Conflicted?

OPINION: Your canine crusader understands there is a bit of rumbling around the traps over the perceived conflict of interest at Fed Farmers' meat wool section.

Published in The Hound
Thursday, 27 October 2022 09:00

Gone?

OPINION: This old mutt notes that at the recent release of the Government's response to agricultural emissions, there was only the PM, Ag Minister, Climate Change Minister and local Labour MP - a non-descript, little man with a beard - fronting up to media.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 26 October 2022 10:00

Creaming it!

OPINION: This old mutt suggests that Fonterra farmers may well have been a little too distracted by a high payout this year to see - or even notice- the exploding salary at the co-op.

Published in The Hound
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