OPINION: Rural school buses is a topic I have had a great deal of correspondence on over the last couple of months.
OPINION: Synlait's latest half-year result reveals a serious problem at the heart of the business: its core operations are no longer bringing in enough revenue to cover the cost of production.
OPINION: In 2018, when Fonterra’s board tapped Miles Hurrell to step in as interim chief executive, the co-operative was in the doldrums.
OPINION: The mainstream media's obsession with (sleazy) 'tabloid' issues were to the fore at Fonterra's recent media conference to discuss its interim results.
A drain is sometimes considered a negative word associated with depletion, exhaustion and loss of resources.
OPINION: With export of livestock by sea dead in the water, opponents of the Gene Technology Bill think they can also force another U-turn from the Government.
OPINION: The joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran, and Iran's retaliation against several countries in the region, may further tighten farm margins due to the risk of increased input costs, especially for fertilisers like urea and also for diesel.
OPINION: Public opinion, political pragmatism and commercial and market reality have caused the Government to abandon introducing legislation into Parliament to legalise the shipment by sea of live animals - mainly cows - to overseas destinations.
OPINION: The coalition Government seems to have chickened out when it comes to live animal exports by sea.
OPINION: Expect the Indian free trade deal to feature strongly in the election campaign.
ANZ agri economist Matt Dilly looks at the impressive run of global dairy prices this year.
OPINION: One of the world's largest ice cream makers, Nestlé, is going cold on the viability of making the dessert.
OPINION: "We are back to where we were a year ago," according to a leading banking analyst in the UK, referring to US president Donald Trump's latest imposition of a global 10% tariff on all exports into the US.
OPINION: Is it a case of over promising and under delivering? Farmers think so.
OPINION: The UK dairy industry is celebrating a win after plant-based drink maker Oatly lost a long-running legal battle over its use of the word "milk" in its marketing.
OPINION: Staying with politics, with less than nine months to go before the general elections, there’s confusion in the Labour Party when it comes to working with the divided Maori Party.
OPINION: Winston Peters' tirade against the free trade deal stitched with India may not be all political posturing by the wily politician.
OPINION: Late lactation is often viewed as a low-demand phase, when cows are winding down, and we dial down our supplements accordingly.
OPINION: The first three Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions have been a morale booster for farmers.
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