Don't hold back!
OPINION: ACT MP Mark Cameron isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but he certainly calls it how he sees it, holding nothing back when ‘climate scientists’ had a crack at Kiwi farmers recently:
OPINION: The Hound reckons the country’s woolgrowers, already outraged by the Ministry of Education’s recent decision to award an American company the contract to install nylon carpet in 800 rural schools around the country instead of wool, now have an even bigger gripe with the Government and its so-called focus on sustainability.
Remember when Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor claimed at the establishment of the Wool Working Group and Wool Impact Ltd that it would be “fantastic if strong wool became the first choice of fibre in homes, schools and businesses”?
However, even the Government’s own state housing entity hasn’t take any notice, because over the past six years, Housing NZ has installed some 600,000 sq metres of nylon carpets – not wool – in its taxpayerfunded new builds.
This is just more proof that this Government is all talk and no action when it comes to supporting the ag sector.
On the eve of his departure from Federated Farmers board, Richard McIntyre is thanking farmers for their support and words of encouragement during his stint as a farmer advocate.
A project reducing strains and sprains on farm has won the Innovation category in the New Zealand Workplace Health and Safety Awards 2025.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ), in partnership with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and other sector organisations, has launched a national survey to understand better the impact of facial eczema (FE) on farmers.
One of New Zealand's latest and largest agrivoltaics farm Te Herenga o Te Rā is delivering clean renewable energy while preserving the land's agricultural value for sheep grazing under the modules.
Global food company Nestle’s chair Paul Bulcke will step down at its next annual meeting in April 2026.
Brendan Attrill of Caiseal Trust in Taranaki has been announced as the 2025 National Ambassador for Sustainable Farming and Growing and recipient of the Gordon Stephenson Trophy at the National Sustainability Showcase at in Wellington this evening.
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