rss trending-rn

China's reporting a positive

Rabobank analyst Genevieve Steven says China’s beef consumption is predicted to steadily expand in the coming years.

China's reopening and changes in Chinese consumer behaviour is expected to provide business opportunities for beef exporters but also generate volatility in global markets.

Call to debate facts not ideology on live exports

Richard McIntyre says the debate on live exports should be based on facts rather than politics and ideology.

OPINION: Federated Farmers is pleased that a Member's Bill from ACT MP Mark Cameron has put opportunities for live animal exports back on the political agenda.

The best and worst of humanity

The results of Cyclone Gabrielle has brought out the best, and the worst, of people.

OPINION: The great pics and stories continue as, of course, does the huge cleanup!

Editorial: Blood on the floor?

B+LNZ board chair was voted out in the Southland director election earlier this month.

OPINION: Beef + Lamb NZ's annual meeting will be an interesting affair this year in a number of ways.

OPINION: This old mutt reckons both government and officials are failing to see the wood for the trees in regard to the huge swathes of good farmland going into forestry - much of this to overseas-owned carbon sinks.

Pig ignorant!

OPINION: Your old mate notes that regulations governing NZ's pig sector could end up seeing us running out of locally produced pork - like we are currently experiencing with eggs.

Doesn't care

OPINION: The Hound was astounded at the glib response from Greens leader James Shaw to a written parliamentary question from ACT MP Mark Cameron.

Fun police!

OPINION: Your canine crusader sees that the fun police have struck again and killed off an iconic rural event.

Big feedlot raises concerns

Wongan Hills has applied to Environment Canterbury (ECan) for consents to build four large barns on a farm in the Kaituna Valley.

A Canterbury farmer's plan to establish a 2,200-animal composting barn feedlot, near the environmentally sensitive Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere, will go to a public hearing.

Colony losses remain high

The overall colony loss rate during winter 2022 was 13.5%, almost identical to the loss rate in winter 2021.

The Varroa destructor mite is the most common reason for overwintering hive losses for Kiwi beekeepers, according to the recently released New Zealand Colony Loss Survey.