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: The Hound reckons our government and its wokester surrogates' current obsession with re-hashing past Māori grievances and implementing things like co-governance is doing more harm to race relations in the country than the opposite.
However, it seems that NZ is not the only country going down this lonely track.
Our cousins across the pond seem to be taking a similar route with inner-city, liberal elites and the political class wanting to impose silly political class wanting to impose silly politially correct regulations on its farming sector.
A good example is West Australia's state government, which is trying to introduce a law that will see farmers wanting to make changes on their land first having to seek approval from an 'indigenous elder'.
In practice, farmers will require such elder approval to dig a fencepost, build a new shed or even remove sediment from a dam on their proprties - all adding time and costs to such activities.
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.
Only this season’s $10/kgMS bumper payout has saved some dairy farms along the Taranaki coast from absolute disaster due to the present drought – dubbed as one of the worst ever for some.
OPINION: The appendage swinging contest between the US and China continues, with China hitting back with a new rate of…
OPINION: The irony of President Trump’s tariff obsession is that the worst damage may be done to his own people.