Critical industry?
OPINION: There's an outpouring of concern over the parlous state of one of our major industries.
OPINION: Dutch farmers are taking their fight against the Government’s campaign against dairying into parliament.
A new party, led by farmers fighting cuts to nitrogen emissions, looked set to be the big winner in key Dutch regional elections last week.
Analysts predict the result could severely weaken the Dutch Government and, analysts suggest, herald a Europe-wide backlash against the green transition.
The BoerBurgerBeweging (Farmer-Citizen Movement, or BBB) was launched in 2019 and has just one MP, but its peopleagainst- the-elites platform has struck a chord with disaffected voters, and polls suggested it could finish as the secondlargest or even the largest party.
The elections matter not only because under the Dutch system they determine who sits in the senate – without whose backing bills cannot become law – but because it is provincial governments that put national government goals into action.
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.
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) is launching an online business directory called The Country Women’s Collective to promote and support entrepreneurial rural women.
New Zealand actor Sam Neill has joined the Campaign for Wool NZ as an ambassador, lending his name and profile to educate and advocate for New Zealand strong wool.
Living labs that bring together expertise at locations around New Zealand are among potential solutions identified by researchers to help the country move towards a more climate resilient future.
OPINION: There's an outpouring of concern over the parlous state of one of our major industries.
OPINION: Food security is a sore point in the UK, as a direct result of its National Food Strategy, and…