Wednesday, 30 April 2025 08:42

Cut with care

Written by Milking It

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OPINION: NZ farming is built on hard work, but also on innovation, a lot of which came about thanks to a focused scientific effort over many decades.

We can't afford to lose too much more of that sort of capability in ag science, so the cutbacks to scientific spending needs to be watched closely.

However, Milking It notes that not all science has been created equally in recent years, and Crusha Collins' axe deservedly fell on a lot of 'research' that should be relabeled as 'woke virtue signaling nonsense'.

This peaked with the $4 million Landcare Research handed over to see if playing whale song to trees could cure Kauri dieback - true story.

So, yes, take some of the scientific community's moaning about cuts with a grain of salt, but let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater!

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