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Help farmers bounce back

The Farmers Adverse Events Trust provides relief and assistance to farmers and farming families subject to loss as a consequence of adverse natural events.

OPINION: Money donated to the Farmers Adverse Events Trust Cyclone Gabrielle appeal will directly help the farmers and growers hit hardest by flooding, silt and slips.

Credits expose advocacy failure

OPINION: Why do our rural industry group leaders (Beef+Lamb & DairyNZ), continue to mislead farmers over sequestration credits?

Editorial: Fix rural roads now!

New Zealand's rural roads need fixing now, says Sam McIvor. Photo Credit: New Zealand Transport Agency.

OPINION: 'Fix the rural roads now' is the essence of the message to government - both central and local - from B+LNZ chief executive Sam McIvor and other rural leaders.

A bit fishy!

OPINION: A mate flew from Auckland to Nelson a couple of weeks ago to participate in an annual fishing and imbibing competition in the Marlborough Sounds.

Campbell curse?

OPINION: The Hound notes that NZ Rural Land Co recently announced a $5.3m profit for the year ended Dec 31 2022, down a staggering $31.2m from the $36.5m profit it recorded six months earlier.

Sound familiar?

OPINION: This old mutt notes that the lack of fruit and veges is not isolated to just here in good old Godzone.

Tough meeting?

OPINION: Your old mate reckons it could be a rather confronting AGM on March 30 for Beef+Lam when its board has to front an unprecedented number of farmer remits (9).

Beyond the floods!

Dairy

Commodity markets have traversed softer ground for 2023, and this is now reflected in Fonterra’s new forecast farmgate midpoint of NZ$ 8.50/kgMS.

Covid adds to rural NZ's stress

Connectedness and belonging helped people in rural communities stay positive over the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to the recently released Te Hiringa Mahara Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report, the impact of Covid-19 has added additional stress to the wellbeing of rural communities in New Zealand.

Global farming community rallies around Hawke's Bay

An upturned truck in the Esk Valley. Photo Credit: Te Pari

A Give-a-Little page set up in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle has seen farmers from across the globe band together to support their peers on the East Coast.