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OPINION: The release of the Natural Environment Bill and Planning Bill to replace the Resource Management Act is a red-letter day…
OPINION: Perhaps Captain Bligh’s infamous line, “the beatings will continue until morale improves”, best summed up the mood of New Zealand’s weary agribusiness sector at Fieldays last year.
OPINION: By the time Auckland mayor Wayne Brown made the symbolic act of declaring a ‘state of emergency’ during recent flooding, the actual emergency response – everyone from council and emergency services to citizens helping each other – had been underway for hours. Nobody was sitting on their hands waiting for a sign from on high.
OPINION: The Hound understands there has been quite a bit of unrest in the hort sector over the naming of a recent strategy, aimed at growing NZ hort export to $12b by 3035.
OPINION: Your canine crusader understands it is very early into 2023 but he may well have already found his ‘2023 Dick of the Year’.
OPINION: Your old mate hears that recent claims made by Wairarapa MP and newly installed local government minister Kieran McAnulty that it’s too unsafe to hold and publicise mobile clinics around his electorate, may not be all the facts behind their demise.
OPINION: A mate of the Hound's reckons that while the princess of wokeness (former PM Ardern) may have left the building, the country's largest dairy co-op is fully ensconced with her style.
The Trans-Tasman battle for naming rights for mānuka honey continues as - after an initial withdrawal - Kiwi honey advocates have filed for a replacement application in the UK and EU.
The La Nina weather pattern has played a role in determining the fortunes of the summerfruit sector this season.
As Cyclone Gabrielle makes its pathway across much of New Zealand, Act’s primary industries spokesperson Mark Cameron is calling on the government to increase its support to farmers facing significant animal welfare and financial problems.
The complexity of farming and horticulture – and a desire to better connect generally with people on the land – has prompted MPI to put its own staff in gumboots and establish a strong presence in regions.
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Rising costs such as fertiliser, fuel and labour and an overall tightening of profitability is forcing dairy farmers to take a ‘more considered approach’ to their businesses.
Southland farmers are well set up for winter grazing this season, according to Federated Farmers official Jason Herrick.
The Government has declared a National State of Emergency, to assist in the response to Cyclone Gabrielle.
Making science accessible was one of the main features of Massey University’s annual Farmed Landscape Research Centre’s (FLRC) annual workshop.
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