Northland Study: Emissions Cuts "Unsustainable" for Dairy
A five-year study has found that the cost of reducing emissions without technology may be significant and unsustainable for Northland dairy farmers.
OPINION: A press release from the oxygen thieves running the hot air symposium on climate change, known as COP30, grabbed your old mate’s attention.
‘Climate Doom Loop’ sounded ominous.
Turns out it’s more than a bit revealing of the true agenda behind many of the lanyard-wearers who racked up the airpoints to attend COP30 – they are rabid opponents of livestock farming, trying to implicate farmers in the death of their own livestock: “Millions of farmed animals are killed each year by floods, storms and heatwaves driven by climate change, yet the very system they are reared in is making the situation worse”, they said, followed by a quote that reveals their true agenda: “Governments must take urgent action to reduce emissions and livestock production as well as meat consumption in richer countries”.
Growers and farmers are being encouraged to have an important conversation before the coming season starts: how to prolong the effectiveness of the crop protection tools they rely on.
A new digital assistant is now helping Ballance Agri-Nutrients farmers speed up nutrient information and ordering.
New Zealand apple and pear industry stakeholders are out in force for the annual conference in Queenstown.
Cameron Reed lives between two worlds.
Improving health and safety is about incremental gain rather than a sudden decision, says Leeston farmer and Federated Farmers health and safety spokesman David Birkett.