The season for awards - yawn!!
OPINION: It seems every bugger in this country can get an award these days.
OPINION: Producers of 'fake milk' now want a slice of the action at the World Coffee Championships (WCC).
The body, which promotes and showcases excellence in the global coffee industry, holds competitions such as the World Barista Championships (WBC) and World Latte Art Championships (WLAC) allow professional baristas to demonstrate their high-level skills and coffee expertise. However, the organisation has come under fire for 'banning' plant-based milks. The rules are very clear.
The 2021 WBC Official Rules and Regulations state that competitors must produce a "milk beverage" containing "one single shot of espresso... [and] steamed cow's milk". The rules also state that competitors can be provided with only "whole milk".
Similarly, the 2021 WLAC Official Rules and Regulations state competitors "are required to use the milk provided by the WLAC". This is also exclusively cow's milk.
There have been leadership changes at the Hamilton-based Dairy Goat Co-operative, which has been struggling financially in recent years.
OPINION: In recent years farmers have been crying foul of unworkable and expensive regulations.
Another 16 commercial beef farmers have been selected to take part in the Informing New Zealand Beef (INZB) programme designed to help drive the uptake of genetics in the industry.
Trade Minister Todd McClay says Kiwi exporters will be $100 million better off today as the NZ-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) comes into force.
Making things simpler, not harder, for deer farmers in farm planning and coping with regulations is Deer Industry New Zealand (DINZ) industry capability manager John Ladley’s current focus.
OPINION: It seems every bugger in this country can get an award these days.
OPINION: There's an outpouring of concern over the parlous state of one of our major industries.