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Fake flake

OPINION: They say nothing is as good as the real thing - and this seems to be the case for fake meat company Beyond Meat.

Bully boys

OPINION: Your old mate notes that the PM has made a big thing out of her government's supposedly 'be kind' mantra.

OPINION: The Hound always considered the Government's $3 million propaganda - sorry, advertising - campaign, last year, to promote its takeover of local councils' Three Waters assets a huge waste of taxpayer money.

Sticky spot

OPINION: This old mutt notes that NZ's mānuka honey sector recently lost a trademark case in the UK, which may end up costing the sector big money.

No challenge too tough!

Elite para-triathlete Shaz Dagg will be a keynote speaker at this year's East Coast Farm Expo.

Coast to Coast is New Zealand's toughest multisport event. Competitors run, bike and kayak the 243km from Kumara on the West Coast to Sumner in the east.

East Coast Farm Expo will go on... but differently

East Coast Farming Expo event co-ordinator Sue Wilson.

Organisers of the East Coast Farming Expo are confident the annual event will be able to happen despite stricter Covid restrictions now in place.

Agriculture needs to adapt or die

Hamish Gow says firms shouldn’t be sitting back and complaining about Covid but adapting their businesses to deal with it.

NZ's agricultural sector needs to recognise Covid-19 as the "new normal," says leading expert on international trade, Professor Hamish Gow.

Gain and pain in move to carbon pricing

Beef+Lamb NZ chair Andrew Morrison says the upcoming consultations on the HWEN proposals as one of the most important issues for farmers in 2022.

Beef+Lamb NZ chair Andrew Morrison concedes that the two alternative options to the ETS that the He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) partnership has developed are not perfect.

Ag innovator and contributor leaves his mark

Colin Harvey receiving his Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit insignia from then Governor General Sir Anand Satyanand in April 2008.

Colin Harvey (ONZM), one of the NZ agri-sector’s foremost innovators and contributors, died in a drowning accident in late January.

Open Country Dairy breaks the $9 barrier

OCD chief executive Steve Koekemoer describes breaking the $9 mark as a great start to the New Year.

The country's second largest milk processor has broken the $9/kgMS milk price barrier.

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New head for FoodWaikato

Three years after leaving the Dairy Goat Co-operative, Tony Giles is returning to the sector to head Food Innovation Waikato (FoodWaikato).

Less facetime costing NZ exporters

Mike Petersen says Covid-19 is stopping NZ politicians and business people having face-to-face contact with their counterparts in our major markets.

One of the biggest problems that Covid-19 is causing NZ is that it's stopping politicians and business people having face-to-face contact with their counterparts in our major markets.