New Broom
OPINION: The old saying 'a new broom sweeps clean' doesn't always hold up, if you ask the Hound.
OPINION: Just recently I was clicking through some of the more reliable news sites, when I bumped into a headline that seemed to call out to me: Loneliness Now A Major US Health Threat. Yep, loneliness was now deemed to be seriously affecting people’s all-around health.
OPINON: In the latest hysterical press release from Greenpeace, the sandal wearers have unleashed their worst conspiracy theorist tendencies, ranting about “Big Tobacco, Big Oil” and now “Big Meat and Dairy”.
OPINION: After a testy six years between Labour and farming, followed by a sound trouncing in all the rural electorates in the last election, Labour has been doing a full-court charm offensive, trying to build relationships with the various agri leadership groups – rebuilding bridges burned to the waterline during their term in power, when they and the Greens were extremely antagonistic towards farmers.
OPINION: The Taxpayers' Union has run the ruler over council rate increases and concluded, "Our councils are out of control".
OPINION: A mate of yours truly has been getting quotes for new carpet in the lounge and, being a good keen man, he was looking first at wool carpet.
OPINION: After Jacinda Ardern and Labour were asked to form the government following the 2017 elections, Federated Farmers sent an email out to its executives asking if any of them had a working relationship with any Labour MPs. The answer was no one did.
A tsunami of memories hit the tiny Manawatū township of Bulls earlier this month where 300 people gathered to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Flock House - an iconic former agricultural training facility.
Quick thinking from members of the public has led Police to stopping a pair of thieves from stealing items from rural mailboxes.
New Zealand’s wool industry is set to benefit from a multi-million dollar marketing investment by one of the country’s largest wool manufacturers.
Henderson Dairy is recalling specific batches of its Farm Fresh Raw Milk as the product may contain Listeria.
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Herd improvement company LIC paid over $2 million worth of credit to farmers caught up in a semen quality issue in October last year.
Covid-19 took global shipping rates to mind boggling highs, but over the subsequent 12-15 months they returned to more sustainable levels. Fast forward to July 2024 and rates have nearly doubled over three months.
There was one outstanding achievement that Sam McIvor can bask in the glory of from his time as chief executive at B+LNZ and that is the much-improved relationships across the wider primary sector.
New Zealand must be front and centre of international discussions affecting the red meat sector.
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