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OPINION: Your canine crusader was truly impressed by the almost unanimous support given by politicians of all stripes in Parliament to the recent passing of legislation for the NZ/EU free trade deal.
OPINION: There was a lot of gnashing of teeth, wailing and tears (including our PM) when celebrity teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has a crack at NZ's efforts to reduce carbon emissions.
This was all brought to a head when Thunberg 'tweeted' her displeasure at NZ's climate change performance, citing a Guardian article.
This old mutt reckons people shouldn't get upset with little Greta as he believes she's an over-exposed child who is being used by climate change calamatists to promote their 'the world is ending' agenda.
The real villain is the Christchurch-based 'journalist' behind the Guardian story (a publication that is so left wing and woke that it makes Stuff look middle-of-the-road) who gave one sentence in her article to Feds Andrew Hoggard and then devoted the rest of her 'story' to unsubstantiated claims made bhy Greenpeace spokesman Steve Able.
Rural trader PGG Wrightson has revised its operating earnings guidance, saying trading conditions have deteriorated since the last market update in February.
It's been a bumper season for maize and other supplements in the eastern Bay of Plenty.
Leading farmers from around New Zealand connected to share environmental stories and inspiration and build relationships at the Dairy Environment Leaders (DEL) national forum in Wellington last month.
AgriZeroNZ, a joint venture fast-tracking emissions reduction tools for farmers, is pouring $5 million in a biotech company to develop a low emissions farm pasture with increased productivity gains.
Fonterra is teaming up with wealth app provider Sharesies to make it easier for its farmer shareholders to trade co-op shares among themselves.
Te Awamutu dairy farmers Doug, Penny, Josh and Bayley Storey have planted more than 25,000 native trees on the family farm, adding to a generations-old native forest.