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OPINION: This old mutt is loath to sound like Groundswell has been topping up his bowl with brisket off-cuts, but the ginger group makes a good point about the arguments raised in favour of toeing the Paris Agreement line.
From the Government through to the levyfunded lobby groups, they all calmly claim we will be penalised in the market if we drop Paris. Little or no effort is made to verify this claim. “Instead, they prey on fear.”
And with their myopic focus on emissions, they never reconcile the fact we are losing hundreds of thousands of hectares of food producing land to pines because of the Paris Agreement.
As the ginger group says, it’s not about giving Paris the middle finger and doing nothing, it’s about highlighting to other signatories the significant flaws and unsustainable cost implications of being bound to Paris.
OPINION: Defenders of New Zealand remaining bound to the Paris Agreement typically run the same argument. They do not explain the benefits of remaining bound to Paris, because there are none. At least none that are certain and enduring.
The ACT Party's call for a better deal on the Paris Agreement on climate change is being backed by farmer organisations.
OPINION: "Get us out of Paris” has achieved resonance and volume as a cry to save farming.
OPINION: Your old mate's ear has been chewed off recently by farmers voicing their displeasure with the National Party, particularly relating to how they're treating their farmer base.
OPINION: Forestry is not all bad and planting pine trees on land that is prone to erosion or in soils which cannot support livestock farming makes sense.
Nestled in Waikite Valley in Rotorua, Stokman Angus is one of the first beef farms in New Zealand to try virtual fencing technology.
Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell says the 2025 financial year has proven to be one of the co-op’s strongest years yet in terms of shareholder returns.
Many farmers have invested in solar energy for dairy sheds or houses, but little hard data exists on the viability of solar panels in open paddocks or the loss of drymatter this may cause. Massey University scientist Dr Sam Wilson is conducting research to get more information about this. Rural News reporter Peter Burke went to investigate.
With production volumes contracting in most major beef-producing regions, global cattle prices have continued to rise across recent months.
