OPINION: Australia's richest man Andrew Forrest has quietly bought a 6.6% stake in one of the country's biggest milk processors, Bega Cheese.
OPINION: The wait continues for farmers and contractors looking forward to welcoming overseas workers in the coming weeks.
OPINION: The global market will be caught in the crossfire of China's measures to reduce its environmental footprint, with ambitious goals to be carbon neutral by 2060.
OPINION: Confusion abounds in the discussion about agricultural greenhouse gases (GHG) and misinformation is rife.
OPINION: Over the next couple of months, farmers will be invited to have their say on He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) - the agreemnet between the Government and primary sector to tackle farm emissions - which could well be the most imporant thing they do in 2022.
OPINION: This old mutt has been pointing out forever just what a dog with fleas - as both a business model and a return on capital investment - state farmer Landcorp is.
OPINION: Your canine crusader wants to know just what drugs the politicians and bureaucrats are on in Wellington.
OPINION: The Hound sees Greenpeace is still demanding the demise of farming in this country.
OPINION: Your old mate had a bit of a giggle at current Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor's effusive praise of the primary sector, when releasing the latest MPI SOPI report late last year.
Everyone needs to be responsible for the environment and Lawson's Dry Hills is no different.
OPINION: To get an objective answer to that tricky question I trawled through my database of wine tasting notes.
OPINION: Drinks Business magazine has reported that, after taking a bit of a hit when the pandemic first struck, fine wine rebounded in the second half of 2020 and continues to grow, hitting an all-time high in 2021.
OPINION: The He Waka Eka Noa partners - including Beef + Lamb NZ - have developed two emissions pricing options as alternatives to bringing agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
OPINION: With the emissions pricing options now out for discussion, the fear campaign has begun in earnest.
OPINION: As 2021 draws to a close, most farmers will be looking forward to it ending and hoping for better things in 2022.
OPINION: Your canine crusader understands calls by the Waikato Chamber of Commerce for Fonterra HQ to quit its Auckland office for the dairying heartland has been rebuffed.
OPINION: This old mutt wonders what information Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's office apparently "overlooked" in briefing notes relating to Groundswell NZ.
OPINION: The Hound reckons the country's hard-pressed wool growers will be pleased to know that rural banking specialist Rabobank has laid woollen carpets in its new Hamilton-based HQ.
OPINION: Your old mate is astounded, but not surprised, to learn that the New Zealand Film Commission gave anti-dairy documentary Milked a $48,550 "finishing grant".
OPINION: Any organisation's capital structure must align with its strategy. That is the mantra and that is something I support.
OPINION: Fonterra shareholders will this week decide the future shape of their co-operative.
OPINION: Scientists in Ireland are going underwater to solve their dairy sector’s methane conundrum.
OPINION: National's new leader Christopher Luxon’s first speech after his elevation to the top job included one important line about the engine of the economy: “Our provincial heartland feels taken for granted. Our farmers are not villains!” he told the press gallery.
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