Yes, Minister!
OPINION: The release of the Natural Environment Bill and Planning Bill to replace the Resource Management Act is a red-letter day…
OPINION: As I sit down to put pen to paper for my column this month, we are pretty much half-way between Bledisloe 1 and Bledisloe 2.
OPINION: The recent open letter on He Waka Eke Noa has sparked a lot of discussion, and that’s a good thing.
OPINION: The move to ban export of livestock by sea from April next year is yet another example of the current Government’s all-controlling ethos.
OPINION: Your canine crusader understands that the wheels – or is that the rudder – are really starting to come off the supposed pan agricultural sector agreement on reducing ag sector emissions.
OPINION: Steak thanks! This old mutt notes that the extremists from the animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are getting nuttier every day.
OPINION: The Hound notes that a new study, carried out by CQUniversity in Queensland, has found similar issues to NZ with a real lack of agricultural knowledge among young Aussies.
OPINION: A mate of the Hound's reckons with NZ's agricultural production already under pressure - with swathes of good farming land being converted into trees for carbon farming - the advent of solar farms could be another big threat.
An Otago farmer has been fined $12,000 and banned from owning cattle for a range of welfare problems contributing to the death of over a dozen cattle.
Lincoln University Professor of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Jon Hickford, is the first New Zealander to be awarded the Dunhuang Award from the People’s Republic of China.
Convictions and fines totalling over $100,000 have been imposed for environmental damage caused by a “highly careless” pine woodlot harvest and associated earthworks on a farm in northern Waikato.
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Invercargill MP and National Party Associate Spokesperson for Agriculture Penny Simmonds describes the Government’s recently released emissions plan as another kick in the guts for farmers, one which she claims threatens the future of farming in the South.
UK-based Harmony Energy was recently granted Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) approval to develop a new solar farm in Te Aroha West.
South Canterbury arable farmer Andrew Darling is looking to be more sustainable in how he manages his farm, particularly in terms of nitrogen management.
Straight 8 Estate Winery owner James Shand says typical New Zealand wine buyers aren't going to help him meet his costs, because they can buy cheap imports at the supermarket.
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