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Editorial: Howling in the wind?

Could Groundswell's next protest be high-jacked by fringe groups?

OPINION: Grassroots farmer protest group Groundswell has announced another national protest on November 21.

Catchment group making group progress on improving water

The Thomson Creek Catchment Group was set up in 2019 to primarily address the freshwater health and water quality issues identified within the catchment.

Over the last two and a half years, Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has worked on a project to improve the freshwater health catchment groups from across the country, with help from the Ministry for Environment's (MfE) Freshwater Improvement Fund. One of these groups is the Thomson's Creek Catchment Group in Central Otago.

Fickle weather frustrates contractors

Rural contractors say silage making is being impacted by weather in some parts of the country.

Rural contractors in Southland say the wettest spring in 30 years is impacting on already short supplies of feed.

Ice broken on an old problem

Hamish Ryall, Luke Jordan and Amy Hay with a prototype of their Flexi Mat FrostEase device, which is designed to stop water troughs from icing over during the winter.

Three enterprising Mackenzie College (Fairlie) students may well have come up with the perfect solution to an age-old problem of livestock accessing water from frozen troughs. David Anderson reports...

Cruel April Fool's joke!

The Government has pushed out the Introduction of its new 'Ute Tax' until April 1 2022 - April Fool's Day!

In an ironic twist, the Government has pushed back the date of its so-called 'ute tax' or feebate scheme to April 1 next year - April Fools' Day!

Crossing the border with ease

South Auckland dairy farmer Brian Gallagher says the system allowing him and his staff to cross the border from the Auckland region into the Waikato is working well.

South Auckland dairy farmer Brian Gallagher says the system that allows him and his staff to cross the border from the Auckland region into the Waikato is working, is easy and seamless.

Will Aussies buy Fonterra?

A planned public listing of Fonterra’s Australian business will attract investors, including dairy farmers, claims Freshagenda analyst Steve Spencer.

China's milk boom bad news

RaboResearch dairy analyst Emma Higgins says milk supply is outpacing demand in China.

Milk production in China is booming and this could be bad news for New Zealand farmers.

Countries race to join CPTPP

Stephen Jacobi says the motivation of the three countries to join the CPTPP is a mixture of geopolitical and economic issues.

Chinese Taipei is the latest of three countries seeking to join the CPTPP – the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership.

Expert debunks Greenpeace claim

Harry Clark says while reducing synthetic nitrogen fertiliser would lower emissions, the commission is unsure if the impact of this would mean whether farms would continue to be viable.

Claims by Greenpeace that the Climate Change Commission ignored internal advice are not what they appear to be, says Climate Change Commissioner Harry Clark.