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: Your canine crusader notes that rural services company Farmlands recently announced a bumper profit of $17.1 million for the 2022 financial year.
It also declared a $8.6m after tax rebate - the first return it has delivered to its shareholders in four years.
However, word around the traps is that while the company might be doing better in a financial sense, it is losing staff faster than the Labour party is shedding popularity in the polls.
According to chief executive, Tanya Houghton, the company is providing, "a great product range and pricing, specialist sector expertise and excellent customer service".
However, it appears Houghton and her leadership team's 'K-Martization' of Farmlands - including enforcing weekend trading at many of its stores and pushing online shopping - has seen a number of its long-serving staff head for the door.
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.