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: A mate of the Hound's pointed him to a snippet in a recent newsletter from Wairarapa ram breeder Derek Daniel's Wairere Romney, which he found rather alarming.
According to the newsletter, under the Government's new 'plain language' legislation, every government department is going to have to employ a 'plain language commissioner' to ensure any information coming out of said government department is 'understandable' and that 'officials communicate clearly with the public as part of a bid to improve accessibility for all parts of society'.
Your old mate suggests this is a big ask, as how much information coming out of government is ever understandable?
So now we will see more layers of government bureaucracy in the form of plain language police running around looking over the shoulders of all the public servants, checking on their language?
The mind boggles.
Business Advisors and Accountants (BFA) and Craigs Investment Partners will be hosting an event later this month where they will take a deeper look at the practical and emotional side of succession planning.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) says the Government needs to close loopholes in the guidance around limits on carbon forestry as news of further whole-farm sales emerges.
Sales of premium brand Envy apples are booming in Taiwan.
Sheep milk powder and products exporter Maui Milk is partnering with one of China’s biggest dairy players to boost its market presence.
Ngai Tahu's legal action seeking self-determination (rangatiratanga) over fresh water could have huge implications for the future of farming, the viability of farming businesses, and our wider rural communities, says Federated Farmers national vice president Colin Hurst.
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.