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Fed Farmers national president Andrew Hoggard.

OPINION: Climate Change Minister James Shaw should not hesitate to sign the global commitment to reduce methane by 30% by 2030.

OPINION: Climate Change Minister James Shaw should gainfully spend his time in MIQ - following his attendance at the recent COP26 in Glasgow - getting his head around how to better promote NZ's world leading split gas approach.

No bull!

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.

Tainted?

OPINION: This old mutt has questioned before the objectivity of research produced by Landcare Research on regenerative agriculture (RA).

Body on the line!

OPINION: Your old mate has heard about rugby players putting their bodies on the line for their country, but not bureaucrats.

No idea!

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.

Slow start to new season

Dairy

Supply pressures are continuing to provide support to commodity prices.

Farmlands' year of transformation

Farmlands chief operating officer Kevin Cooney.

Rural retailer Farmlands says it is undergoing a transformation period.

Rural license support

Rural Communities Minister Damien O'Connor.

An extra $600,000 in funding to support driver licensing and education programmes in rural communities across NZ has been committed by the Government.

Growers back wool merger

WNZ chair James Parsons believes the strong vote backs the decision to consolidate the sector and better link the supply chain from the grower through to the consumer.

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).

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The best job in NZ agriculture!

Kit Arkwright reckons he has landed the best job in the agriculture sector.

Newly-appointed chief executive of Beef + Lamb New Zealand, Kit Arkwright, says he has landed the best job in the agriculture sector.

Keeping up with the Joneses

Matt and Tracey Jones with their milking flock on their farm at Kirwee, in Canterbury.

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.