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MfE does it again

OPINION: Your old mate understands that MfE boffins have been beavering away for years dreaming up a scheme where all farmers and growers will have to do a Freshwater Farm Plan.

Buying silence?

OPINION: A mate of the Hound's reckons that 'socialist strategies' are alive and well within the ag industry.

Monkey business?

OPINION: This old mutt hears that international meal delivery giant HelloFresh has been accused of using coconut milk obtained using 'forced monkey labour' in Thailand.

Alliance's record-breaking year

Alliance Group chair Murray Taggart says it has been a positive year for the meat company.

Meat processor and marketer Alliance Group has had a good year reporting a record profit of $117.2 million for the 2021-22 financial year.

Fewer cows and better feed can bring emissions down

New research by Waikato-based consultants suggests dairy farmers don’t need blunt tools proposed in the Government’s agricultural emissions proposal to meet climate change targets.

The need for positivity

Leaderbrand chief executive Richard Burke says growers need to focus on what they do well and on the positives in the industry.

One of the country’s leading commercial vegetable growers says there are a lot of positives happening in the sector and it needs to get these out to the public.

$600k needed for cancer caravan's pink replacement

The Breast Cancer Foundation needs to raise $600,000 to fund a new Pink Caravan used for early detection education in rural areas.

The Breast Cancer Foundation NZ (BCFNZ) has launched a new fundraising campaign which seeks to expand its early detection education programme into more rural and isolated communities.

Green light finally for Fonterra’s new capital structure

Fonterra's share and unit prices should get a boost from an orderly implementation of the co-operative’s new capital structure, says Jarden head of research Arie Dekker.

Claim trips up farm sale!

Forever Farming NZ’s Mike Barham cannot believe that the real estate agents omitted such an important disclosure.

A claim lodged with the Waitangi Tribunal has thwarted the plan to buy a large North Island sheep and beef farm to prevent it being planted in pine trees.

Wool carpets spread post-Covid

Wool carpet manufacturer Bremworth says Covid-19 has helped accelerate a trend towards more natural fibres.

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Time for a breather!

Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief executive Sam McIvor.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand has called on the Government to shelve plans to finalise decisions around the National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity.