Overbearing?
OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the…
OPINION: Your canine crusader has had a wee bit of feedback about the new gender and sexual identity change being included in the next census, which was mentioned in the last column.
OPINION: This old mutt has questioned before the objectivity of research produced by Landcare Research on regenerative agriculture (RA).
OPINION: Your old mate has heard about rugby players putting their bodies on the line for their country, but not bureaucrats.
OPINON: The Hound suggests that the proposal to reform the country's three waters network has gone down like a cup of cold sick with councils and ratepayers all over NZ.
Dairy
Supply pressures are continuing to provide support to commodity prices.
Rural retailer Farmlands says it is undergoing a transformation period.
An extra $600,000 in funding to support driver licensing and education programmes in rural communities across NZ has been committed by the Government.
Woolgrowers have almost unanimously voted in favour of the proposed merger of Wools of NZ (WNZ) and Primary Wool Co-operative- owned CP Wool (CPW).
Newly-appointed chief executive of Beef + Lamb New Zealand, Kit Arkwright, says he has landed the best job in the agriculture sector.
Breeding the best dairy sheep for South Island conditions while developing the markets and processing capacity to support others into the industry are the twin goals of Canterbury sheep milking pioneers Matt and Tracey Jones.
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The country's second largest milk processor says it is on track to pay a record milk price to farmer suppliers this season.
DairyNZ was keen for Climate Change Minister James Shaw to go into bat for Kiwi dairy farmers and the split gas approach at the recent COP26.
Beef + Lamb NZ is calling on the Government to use the split gas approach in its recently announced climate action plan.
ASB has joined a large chorus of banks by picking a record dairy season and strong meat prices for the year ahead.
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