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Wednesday, 28 September 2022 15:00

Pay it back!

OPINION: This old mutt notes that rural ginger group Groundswell is turning the heat up on Beef+Lamb NZ and DairyNZ by calling for farmers to ask for their levies back from the hapless levy-funded organisations.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 27 September 2022 16:00

Lost value?

OPINION: Your canine crusader understands that while things might be looking rosy for meat sector returns at the moment, a chronic lack of workers means processors and exporters are missing out on even potentially bigger dividends.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 27 September 2022 15:00

Unmasking

OPINION: The Hound would have thought - with the end of all the Covid regulations earlier this month - it would see public entities no longer using the restrictions to limit media access.

Published in The Hound
Thursday, 15 September 2022 14:30

Milking it?

OPINION: A mate of yours truly reckons that ACT agriculture spokesman Mark Cameron may be overdoing his 'I'm a farmer' schtick a little bit too much.

Published in The Hound
Thursday, 15 September 2022 13:30

Lack of talent?

OPINION: This old mutt wonders about the quality of directors currently serving on the board of Beef+Lamb NZ.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 14 September 2022 14:30

Go woke, go broke!

OPINION: State farmer Pāmu - one of the wokest, PC government-owned entities around - has announced the appointment of a 'chief sustainability and risk officer'.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 14 September 2022 13:33

Tacky!

OPINION: The Hound doesn't have the highest regard for multi-national, fundraising conglomerate Greenpeace.

Published in The Hound
Thursday, 01 September 2022 13:15

Chinese whispers

OPINION: This old mutt understands that MPI and agri industr bodies had to do a fair bit of scrambling to shoot down rumours circulating about China shutting its borders to NZ and Australian products over concerns about foot-and-mouth disease.

Published in The Hound
Thursday, 01 September 2022 12:15

Failure?

OPINION: Your old mate notes that Beef+Lamb NZ has very quietly decided to cut its losses and quit the lease on the North Canterbury-based hill country farm Lanercost.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 31 August 2022 13:15

McFlop!

OPINION: The Hound hears that international fast food chain McDonalds has quietly ended its brief and underwhelming experiment with plant burgers.

Published in The Hound
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