Make it 1000%!
OPINION: The appendage swinging contest between the US and China continues, with China hitting back with a new rate of 125% on the US, up from the 84% announced earlier.
OPINION: According to political scientist Bryce Edwards the new parliamentary intake is heavy on farmers and professionals, but light on unionists.
Edwards has researched the backgrounds of new MPs, to analyse what it says about our political leadership.
He says the 2023 intake is very diverse relative to decades past.
Edwards added that in the last parliamentary term, ACT MP Mark Cameron claimed he was the only ‘working farmer’ in parliament.
Now he’ll be joined by party colleague and former Feds president Andrew Hoggard, as part of a wider group of seven farmers becoming new MPs.
Edwards says on the current numbers, 18 out of the 121 parliamentarians will have some kind of farming or agricultural background.
Your old mate suggests that less unionists and more farmers in the parliament has to be a good thing!
A Māori-owned agribusiness helping to turn a long-standing animal welfare and waste issue into a high-value protein stream for the dairy and red meat sectors wants more industry support.
Only this season’s $10/kgMS bumper payout has saved some dairy farms along the Taranaki coast from absolute disaster due to the present drought – dubbed as one of the worst ever for some.
A survey of contract milkers in the dairy sector has revealed some shocking statistics - 43% of respondents reported abusive behaviour from a farm owner and a whopping 72% suffered a mental and/or financial setback in the role.
The 2025 game bird season is underway with Hawke’s Bay and Southland reporting the ideal weather conditions for hunters – rain and wind.
A group of meat processing companies, directors and managers have been fined a total of $1.6 million for deliberately and illegally altering exported tallow for profit.
New Zealand’s top cheeses for 2025 have been announced and family-owned, Oamaru-based Whitestone Cheese is the big winner.
OPINION: The appendage swinging contest between the US and China continues, with China hitting back with a new rate of…
OPINION: The irony of President Trump’s tariff obsession is that the worst damage may be done to his own people.