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OPINION: Your old mate welcomes the proposed changes to local government but notes it drew responses that ranged from the reasonable…
OPINION: "We are all in this waka together” which, when translated, becomes “He Waka Eke Noa”.
OPINION: This year we're marking the centenary of the New Zealand Meat Board (NZMB) and this represents a good opportunity to raise awareness and understanding of the role of the board.
OPINION: Farmer morale is at a low – unseen since the dark days of the 1980s.
OPINION: NZ's biosecurity officials and services are rightly on high alert, following a recent outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in previously FMD-free Indonesia.
OPINION: Your canine crusader notes that meat company Silver Fern Farms has undergone quite a refresh over the last few years.
OPINION: The Hound notes that Fonterra is cashing in on the curent government's largesse with taxpayer money.
OPINION: Your old mate reckons the farmer protests recently held in Holland makes the chaps at Groundswell look like saints.
OPINION: This old mutt reckons with inflation at 30-year highs and interest rates on an endless upward trajectory, Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr would be singularly focused on tackling these issues.
The new Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the European Union has given a major boost to the New Zealand honey industry’s claim to exclusive rights to the name ‘mānuka’ honey.
The Kiwi farmer is a uniquely practical sort.
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With his new book Tools for the Top Paddock being released on August 3, Kane Brisco talks to Leo Argent about his experiences on farm, the establishment of Farm Fit, and what led him to writing a book about it.
Newly elected chair of Federated Farmers’ dairy section, Horowhenua sharemilker Richard McIntyre says he’s looking forward to his role.
"Adding pastoral goats with suitable management is the production base to develop a niche in an existing market,” Garrick Batten claims.
AgResearch senior scientist Sue McCoard has been named 2022 winner of the prestigious McMeekan Memorial Award from the New Zealand Society of Animal Production.
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