Market-led solution for emissions
OPINION: Thanks to the much-needed review of the methane science being announced, the topic of agricultural emissions is back in the discussion along with all the associated misinformation.
OPINION: Some users of social media website X, formerly Twitter, are hard to understand.
Here’s one. This user, describing himself as a campaigner, storyteller and gardener erroneously claims Fonterra is responsible for the death of 2890 people. He bases this slanderous claim on Fonterra’s 12.8m tonnes of CO2 emissions and using a “conservative mortality cost formula of 226 deaths per million tonnes of carbon”.
When asked, what’s the alternative to closing NZ’s dairy production on the economy, this joker suggests shifting to plant-based diets.
This lead one farmer to chip in – “You’re proof a plant-based diet is lacking in essential fats for brain function”.
Females are dominating the veterinary profession worldwide and many farmers are welcoming this change in the composition of the profession, says Britain's Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) Professor Christine Middlemiss.
A five-year randomised survey of herbicide resistance on New Zealand arable farms has found widespread high levels of resistance - with 71% of farms affected in the worst-hit region - South Canterbury.
OPINION: The recent Federated Farmers / Rabobank 2024 Farming Salaries Report revealed strong growth in farm salaries over the past two years.
The low unemployment environment is one of the key factors driving on-farm salaries higher over the past 24 months, says Rabobank general manager for country banking Bruce Weir.
Fonterra has appointed a new chief financial officer, seven months after its last CFO’s shock resignation.
A seminar on rural dispute resolution has been organised at Lincoln University, Christchurch this month.