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: On cow numbers across the country, the majority of Kiwis don't agree that they need to drop.
In the latest Newshub Reid Research poll respondents were asked, "Do you think New Zealand needs to reduce livestock numbers to combat climate change?"
The results show over half the country, 50.4% said no, while 37.5% said yes and 12% didn't know.
That's what our farmers are saying as well: we don't need to cull herd sizes but what we do need to do is actually lead the world in finding the technology and the solutions needed to reduce emissions.
Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) and the Government will provide support to growers in the Nelson-Tasman region as they recover from a second round of severe flooding in two weeks.
Rural supply business PGG Wrightson Ltd has bought animal health products manufacturer Nexan Group for $20 million.
While Donald Trump seems to deliver a new tariff every few days, there seems to be an endless stream of leaders heading to the White House to negotiate reciprocal deals.
The challenges of high-performance sport and farming are not as dissimilar as they may first appear.
HortNZ's CEO, Kate Scott says they are starting to see the substantial cumulative effects on their members of the two disastrous flood events in the Nelson Tasman region.
In an ever-changing world, things never stay completely the same. Tropical jungles can turn into concrete ones criss-crossed by motorways, or shining cities collapse into ghost towns.