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OPINION: The Hound notes that nominations are now open for two Beef+Lamb NZ director roles (eastern North Island and southern South Island).

OPINION: Your old mate understands that MfE boffins have been beavering away for years dreaming up a scheme where all farmers and growers will have to do a Freshwater Farm Plan.

OPINION: A mate of the Hound's reckons that 'socialist strategies' are alive and well within the ag industry.

OPINION: This old mutt hears that international meal delivery giant HelloFresh has been accused of using coconut milk obtained using 'forced monkey labour' in Thailand.

OPINION: Your canine crusader reckons the so-called lovefest between our very woke PM Jacinda Ardern and her equally woke Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau isn’t worth a pint of sour milk.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.