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Out of touch

OPINION: This old mutt reckons many of the highly paid executives in farm industry-good organisations are so removed from the day-to-day reality of farming we need not be surprised at the disconnect between them and their levy paying employers (the farmers).

Not so good

OPINION: The Hound is picking up a growing sense of frustration and disappointment from farmers NZ-wide about how their supposed ‘industry good’ organisations – which they fund – seem to be selling them out to curry favour with the Government.

Misfiring?

OPINION: Your old mate believes the moves by our politicians to try to prevent an awful recurrence of the March 15 Christchurch shootings are highly laudable but ultimately hopeless.

Bad taste

OPINION: Your canine crusader was not surprised to see that Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor’s solution to problems with winter grazing was to set up another committee.

PGG result boosted by seed division sale

PGG Wrightson (PGW) earnings are down on expectations after a “transformational” 2019.

Cutting meat not the answer – MIA

Meat processors are debunking activists’ claims that the recent IPCC Report on Climate Change and Land has called for lower meat consumption to save the planet.

NZ beef gains in China

New Zealand beef exports to China are booming, thanks to trade tensions and a disease outbreak in China’s pork industry.

Deer man to fly the ‘Coup’

Dan Coup is moving on from Deer NZ after six years.

Deer Industry NZ (DINZ) chief executive Dan Coup is moving on from the role after six years to become chief executive of the QEII National Trust from October 7.

Gun buy back a flop?

Farmers need access to centrefire, semi automatic rifles for killing pests, claims hunter Stewart Hydes.

Commodity outlook positive

A sudden drop in log prices which impacted the New Zealand commodity price index in July seems to have stabilised, says ANZ agriculture economist Susan Kilsby.