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In a case of poacher turned gamekeeper, the Hound notes that dairy farming critic Alison Dewes has been appointed Landcorp’s new head of environment.
Dewes was running a ‘sustainable farming consultancy firm’, but says she will no longer be involved. She starts her new job in January in Wellington. Your old mate wonders if Dewes will soon appoint her good mate Mike Joy (also an arch-critic of dairy farming) to join her on the public teat at Landcorp. Stranger things have happened.
A scholarship for up to five students each year, studying Massey University’s Bachelor of Horticultural Science degree has been launched by kiwifruit exporter Zezpri.
The needs for animal protein in discussions on future nutritious and sustainable food systems seems to be missing from much of the rhetoric, says Jeremy Hill, Fonterra’s chief scientist and technology officer.
How we take the farming community with us and what trajectory we are on for climate change response is all open for discussion, says Dr Rod Carr, the new chair-designate of the Climate Change Commission.
The new chair of the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards (NZDIA) Trust wants to use the awards to showcase NZ dairy to the world.
Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor is warning travelling Kiwis to be vigilant as the high-season for the crop-eating brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) is under way.
Taranaki farmer Mel Poulton will work with New Zealand’s special agricultural trade envoy, Mike Petersen, over the next three months in preparation for taking over his role on January 1.
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