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THE HOUND notes that the Feds were lightning fast to distance themselves from the recent tour of New Zealand by well-known climate-change sceptic Lord Monckton.
The farmer lobby was quick to issue a media release denying it was supporting the controversial peer’s anti-climate change tour after Monckton said in a television interview that his tour was organised and supported by Federated Farmers of New Zealand. “This is incorrect,” vice president William Rolleston was quoted as saying.
The National Wild Goat Hunting Competition has removed 33,418 wild goats over the past three years.
New Zealand needs a new healthcare model to address rising rates of obesity in rural communities, with the current system leaving many patients unable to access effective treatment or long-term support, warn GPs.
Southland farmers are being urged to put safety first, following a spike in tip offs about risky handling of wind-damaged trees
Third-generation Ashburton dairy farmers TJ and Mark Stewart are no strangers to adapting and evolving.
When American retail giant Cosco came to audit Open Country Dairy’s new butter plant at the Waharoa site and give the green light to supply their American stores, they allowed themselves a week for the exercise.
Fonterra chair Peter McBride says the divestment of Mainland Group is their last significant asset sale and signals the end of structural changes.
