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.
A new website has pop-up called waterqualitynz, which purports to provide “independent honesty in freshwater environmental reporting in NZ”.
However, when your old mate went to look at who is behind the website his heart sank as it turns out to be the baby of Massey University’s ardent dairy industry critics Mike Joy and Kyleisha Foote. But if the Hound thought Joy and Foote were anti-dairying his eyes almost popped out of his head when he read the long list of collaborators and supporters of the site, included Anne Salmond, Brian Turner, Cath Wallace, Emily Bailey, Hamish Carnachan, Nandor Tanczos, Nicky Hager, Peter Fraser, Sam Mahon and Simon Terry, to name but a few. Google any name on this list and see just how ‘independent’ they are in their criticism of dairying.
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.
A survey of contract milkers in the dairy sector has revealed some shocking statistics - 43% of respondents reported abusive behaviour from a farm owner and a whopping 72% suffered a mental and/or financial setback in the role.
The 2025 game bird season is underway with Hawke’s Bay and Southland reporting the ideal weather conditions for hunters – rain and wind.
A group of meat processing companies, directors and managers have been fined a total of $1.6 million for deliberately and illegally altering exported tallow for profit.
New Zealand’s top cheeses for 2025 have been announced and family-owned, Oamaru-based Whitestone Cheese is the big winner.
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.