OPINION: It has long been suggested that animals have senses that humans don’t, and often behave differently than usual shortly before an earthquake hits.
OPINION: One of Australia’s biggest dairy businesses is back on the market after the Federal Government knocked back a bid by Chinese company Mengniu.
OPINION: Someone at DairyNZ got too excited by news that the Government was finally allowing migrant farm workers stuck overseas since March to return to New Zealand.
OPINION: The unworkable winter grazing rules facing dairy farmers have not gone unnoticed by another essential industry feeling under-appreciated, post-Covid.
DairyNZ has released its ten policy priorities for the 2020 election and its The View from the Cow Shed report which provides policymakers with insight from the farm.
OPINION: It is hard to fathom exactly what’s going to happen in Southland in light of the impact of the Government’s new freshwater regulations.
OPINION: Despite the rhetoric from the government about agriculture leading the post-Covid recovery, our primary industries seem to be out of the loop when it comes to the Covid response.
OPINION: Vegans take note, a report published by the UK Sustainable Food Trust not only implicitly challenges the assumption that veganism and environmentalism work in symbiosis, it tacitly suggests that the two movements are in actual conflict with each other.
OPINION: Fonterra has copped a serve for allowing non-farming jobs on its Farm Source platform.
OPINION: While not wanting to spend too much time sympathising with Aucklanders, Milking It can’t avoid noting how absurd it is that our biggest city has been drenched with rain over recent weeks, yet its dams were run so low, residents still aren’t allowed to use their garden hoses and…
OPINION: It could be argued that consultation was a meaningless exercise when the Government asked for submissions last year on its major water reforms.
DairyNZ chairman Jim van der Poel's foreword from the industry group's 2020 election report.
OPINION: Consumers around the world are going wild for plant-based innovation and ice cream is no exception.
OPINION: David Bortolussi is jumping out of underwear and into A2 Milk and he bags a $5.5 million compensation package along the way.
OPINION: Animal rights activists SAFE are again taking aim at the dairy industry. This time, someone stumbled upon dead calves left on public land in Taranaki.
OPINION: Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters’ assertion that New Zealand farming doesn’t need overseas machinery drivers hasn’t gone down well with farming leaders.
OPINION: New Zealanders have become disconnected from reality and what makes good Government policy.
OPINION: Crunch time is approaching for the country’s agricultural contractors.
You've heard of soy milk and almond milk……now’s time to meet Avocado milk.
A court has ruled that hidden camera footage showing cows being beaten with a steel pipe is unlawful partially on the grounds it would encourage undercover filming in the future
A recycling expert is looking to put milk bottle tops to better use and wants Taranaki children to help spread the word.
Greenpeace protestors were at a fertiliser plant in Taranaki recently protesting against excessive use of Nitrogen fertiliser in farming.
OPINION: Ineffective regulation is leading to farmers and growers missing out on products that will increase their productivity and be safer to use.
OPINION: As the world deals with the impact of the Covid-19 crisis, it’s important to remember climate change hasn’t gone away.
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