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:
The Hound reckons while the farming sector in this country may have a tough time with some of the opposition political parties...
Those parties hate farmers, want to ban trade with overseas countries and/or believe the world has not changed since 1887, but spare a thought for farmers in the UK. The recent election of life-time socialist Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the opposition Labour Party has seen him appoint vegan Kerry McCarthy as his new, shadow farming minister. McCarthy admits she is a "militant" when it comes to clamping down on meat consumption. "I believe meat should be treated in exactly the same way as tobacco, with public campaigns to stop people eating it," she told a vegan magazine. Perhaps Eugine Sage is not so nutty after all?
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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