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OPINION: Over the coming weeks, government officials will start going through the raft of submissions on their bosses’ proposal to tax farmers on agricultural emissions.

OPINION: The Government's so-called plan to price agricultural emissions must surely rank as one of the most bewildering decisions in the history of New Zealand farming.

OPINION: The move to ban export of livestock by sea from April next year is yet another example of the current Government’s all-controlling ethos.

OPINION: When it comes to own goals, this latest gaffe by the Government tops the list.

Reputation, as everybody knows, is a hugely valuable asset - hard to earn and easy to lose.

OPINION: Finally it looks like the Government has fashioned new regulations for the primary sector that will actually be welcomed.

OPINION: The latest Federated Farmers survey of farmer confidence paints a worrying picture.

OPINION: Given what's happening around the world, New Zealand dairy farmers are on to a pretty good thing with its internationally envied farming system.

OPINION: As the round of He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) farmer 'consultation' meetings continue around the country, cracks seem to be appearing in the voices tasked with promoting its options of tackling farm emissions.

OPINION: When it comes to hedging between the world's two superpowers, the US and China, no one does it better than the New Zealand Government.