Domestic Focus
OPINION: After hogging the media limelight for telling a NZ Chinese MP to "go back home", Winston Peters has decided to focus on a domestic issue - oil and gas drilling.
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.
OPINION: As the general election approaches, political parties are churning out policies in the hope of attracting more votes.
An LIC bull, Tronnoco AR Sadio-ET S3F, bred by Tony and Keri O'Connor of Tronnoco Farming Co Ltd near Timaru, has won the 2026 Mahoe Trophy.
With forecasters advising El Niño conditions will develop through winter and strengthen into spring and summer, Ballance Agri-Nutrients is encouraging farmers and growers to think ahead about nutrient planning and be prepared to work around challenging weather conditions.
In the past, much has been made of the concept of farm to fork, but an Australian expert in food science and marketing with experience in the dairy industry, Dr Angeline Achariya, says the reverse of this slogan is critical to win modern day consumers.
Efficiency is the big one because it tracks back into what is done on farm.
A four year trial has reaffirmed that mixing plantain into dairy pastures can help reduce nitrogen losses to freshwater while maintaining milk production and profitability, say researchers.