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OPINION: ACT MP Mark Cameron isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but he certainly calls it how he sees it, holding…
OPINION: Government, industry representatives and media always state: “our commentary, policy etc., is science based” and “the science is settled”.
In what your old mate reckons is par for the course for the current Government, it has blown more taxpayer money on a wasted cause.
OPINION: This old mutt reckons the climate alarmists at multi-national, tax-dodging, fundraising outfit Greenpeace should be delighted with news that NZ's sheep and dairy cow numbers are falling.
OPINION: As your old mate - as well as many in the sector - expected, the Budget had nothing in it for the country's all-important primary sector.
OPINION: There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth when the Hound revealed that a certain weakly (sic) farming publication had stuck their noses into the taxpayer trough via the Government's controversial $55 million Public Interest Journalism Fund (PIJF).
OPINION: With National Fieldays around the corner, many farmers will be making their annual pilgrimage to Mystery Creek this year.
A scheme to help young people into jobs has been key to central Hawke's Bay consistently having one of the lowest unemployment rates in New Zealand.
A proposed recycling levy on commonly used polyethylene woven seed sacks and bags is likely to come into effect next year.
The Centre for Climate Action Joint Venture (the JV) says it will invest up to $2.5 million to support research on developing a methane vaccine and methane inhibitor for use on New Zealand farms.
Rabobank has announced an opening farmgate milk forecast of $8.20kg/MS for the 2023/24 season, while also highlighting vastly changed global dairy markets.
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Otago sheep and beef farmers Steven and Kellie Nichol won the coveted Gordon Stephenson Trophy at the recent Ballance Farm Environment Awards. As such, they also become the 2023 national ambassadors for sustainable farming and growing.
Farmers are being urged to consider other options to support ewe performance over lambing, following a ban on the sale and use of Bionic Capsules.
New Zealand honey producers are "disappointed but undeterred", while Australian beekeepers have welcomed a "common sense" ruling.
"We thought last year was bad, but this is the highest on-farm inflation rate for sheep and beef farmers in 40 years.”
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