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OPINION: Your old mate welcomes the proposed changes to local government but notes it drew responses that ranged from the reasonable…
OPINION: This old mutt has a lot of time for outspoken North Otago farmer and stud breeder Jane Smith.
OPINION: Your old mate understands that Soil and Health NZ – the organisation behind organic and regenerative agriculture – has come up with a novel way to raise funds.
OPINION: The Hound was not surprised to see that Pāmu – better known as state farmer Landcorp – has been told to tidy up its business model and better concentrate on actually farming.
OPINION: Your canine crusader reckons the number of vegans in NZ appears to be dropping as fast as the number of Labour MPs now currently in Parliament.
OPINION: The unveiling of the new coalition Government’s ministry shows there will be several ministers and associates in agricultural roles both inside and outside Cabinet.
Horticulture NZ Barry O’Neil wants the incoming government to have a greater focus on horticulture.
"It's not the nightmare it could have been!”
More than 1000 delegates from all over Asia recently met in Christchurch for the annual Asian Seed Congress.
Farmers have given the incoming Government the tick of approval.
Meanwhile, a new Government directive to prefer the use of woollen fibres in its buildings has the potential to transform the rural sector, according to Bremworth.
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Nine months on from Cyclone Gabrielle, the future of Bremworth's woollen yarn plant in Napier remains up in the air.
Listed livestock trader Allied Farmers is retaining earnings and not paying shareholders a dividend for the 2023 financial year.
OPINION: I was interested to read the recent commentary from the Hound that stud breeders are unhappy about the “recent push to include methane traits in sheep”; and the off-the-record feedback from an ag scientist that research money was “falling into their laps and laboratories”.
Livestock exporters are hoping to resume shipping animals from August next year.
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OPINION: A press release from the oxygen thieves running the hot air symposium on climate change, known as COP30, grabbed your…
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