Misguided campaign
OPINION: Last week, Greenpeace lit up Fonterra's Auckland headquarters with 'messages from the common people' - that the sector is polluting the environment.
OPINION: The Government is finally waking up to the fact that more health workers are urgently needed in the country.
To this end they are guaranteeing 300 spots a month for the health and disability sector.
The question now is whether the Government realises that vets are also urgently needed around the country.
Vet recruiters have been desperately seeking two - yest just two - MIQ spaces per week for trained overseas vets.
Not a big request but the Government is turning a blind eye to a sector that ensures the welfare of animals in this country. Makes you wonder where their priorities are. Not animal welfare apparently.
Chinese textile company Saibosi has partnered with Wools of New Zealand to put the 'farm to floor' story of New Zealand wool rugs on screen for its customers.
Showcasing the huge range of new technologies and science that is now available was one of the highlights at last week's National Fieldays.
Coby Warmington, 29, a farm manager at Waima Topu Beef near Hokianga was named at the winner of the 2025 Ahuwhenua Young Maori Farmer Award for sheep and beef.
Northlanders scooped the pool at this year's prestigious Ahuwhenua Trophy Awards - winning both the main competition and the young Maori farmer award.
Red meat farmers are urging the Government to act on the growing number of whole sheep and beef farm sales for conversion to forestry, particularly carbon farming.
The days of rising on-farm inflation and subdued farmgate prices are coming to an end for farmers, helping lift confidence.