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Bad look

OPINION: Your canine crusader reckons something smells really iffy about the move by Beef+Lamb NZ directors to sack the independent committee set up to decide their remuneration and then award themselves a big pay rise this coming year.

Out of touch

OPINION: This old mutt has always thought the people who inhabit the nation’s parliament are a weird bunch with very little in common with the average New Zealander.

Silly tits!

OPINION: The Hound sees that the Australian National University in Canberra has taken ‘going woke’ to the next level.

Who's paying?

OPINION: Your old mate notes that MPI was recently sued by WorkSafe in relation to the health and safety of its contractors.

Editorial: Scrutiny needed

OPINION: Beef+Lamb NZ and the NZ Meat Board’s annual meeting, to be held in Invercargill on March 17, is likely to be a more fiery affair than the usual.

Cattle prices remain strong

Rabobank say they expect solid returns from key export markets.

Strong demand and limited cattle supplies saw cattle prices rise across most major cattle producing countries.

Farmers still waiting

DairyNZ is calling on the Government to respond to an advisory group’s recommendations to improve winter grazing rules.

Allied Farmers' profits nosedives

Allied Farmers chairman Richard Perry says the poor returns from the veal processing operations continue to have a major impact on performance.

Allied Farmers posted a better-than-expected net profit of $531,000 for the six months ending December 31, 2020.

Healthy half year for PGG Wrightson

PGW chief executive Stephen Guerin says its rural supplies business had seen solid growth across most categories.

Rural services company PGG Wrightson’s (PGW) net profit leapt 41% in the first half of the current financial year to $18m – up from $12.8m for the same time last year.