Editorial: Time to Boost Organics
OPINION: The time has come for the Government to back the organic sector.
OPINION: The Gene Technology Bill has divided the farming community with strong arguments on both the pros and cons of GM.
So when the Health Select Committee’s report on the Gene Tech Bill was extended by a month, the rumour mill went into overdrive.
Organics Aotearoa suggests in a newsletter to members that this could mean that the coalition Government is struggling to agree on the Bill in its current form.
It is urging members to use the extra time to advocate for the Bill to be fundamentally changed.
They may be disappointed because all three parties in the coalition back the use of gene technology and it seems it’s only a matter of time before the Bill becomes law.
In Dacre, near Invercargill in New Zealand’s South Island, Bruce Dinnington is running a dairy operation unlike any other.
A free online platform aggregating governance vacancies across rural and regional New Zealand has been launched.
Environment Minister Nicola Grigg has announced details of a new rural plastics recycling scheme.
Agricultural drone operators say that a government decision to allow lower-risk drone work without certification won’t lower standards but drive innovation and efficiency.
OPINION: Warning bells are ringing in the arable sector.
Farmgate lamb prices are down by 8%, beef cattle by 4.5% and farm expenditure up by 4.2%.