Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its cows and instead charge visitors to cuddle them.
OPINION: The fake milk brigade is trying every trick in the book to reduce dairy milk consumption.
Boring Oat Milk, which produces alternative 'milk', is actively campaigning against dairy with its latest campaign, 'Quit the Tit'.
The questionable capaign encourages New Zealanders to wean themselves off cow's milk and onto Boring Oat Milk.
The specially designed 'Quit Kit' places their product into the hands of new customers, giving them a taste of 'life off the tit'. The method is simple: combine the cow's milk with the oat milk and gradually reduce the ratio until you've 'quit the tit'.
Milking it reckons this is just another case of a cynical commercial strategy for corporate profit, masquerading as a virtuous crusade.
Profitability issues facing arable farmers are the same across the world, says New Zealand's special agricultural trade envoy Hamish Marr.
Over 85% of Fonterra farmer suppliers will be eligible for customer funding up to $1,500 for solutions designed to drive on-farm efficiency gains and reduce emissions intensity.
Tighter beef and lamb production globally have worked to the advantage of NZ, according to the Meat Industry Association (MIA).
Groundswell is ramping up its 'Quit Paris' campaign with signs going up all over the country.
Some farmers in the Nelson region are facing up to five years of hard work to repair their damaged properties caused by the recent devastating floods.
Federated Farmers is joining major industry-good bodies in not advocating for the Government to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.