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News that the TPP is to be signed here early next month will no doubt fire up outrage, ridiculous claims and pontificating by the usual array of serial protestors, desperate politicians and other economic Luddites.

'Grossly irresponsible' is how New Zealand's special agricultural trade envoy Mike Petersen has rightly described animal rights group SAFE's placement of an anti-NZ dairy farming ad in a British newspaper.

Another year is about to end, with the next one waiting just around the corner.

Fonterra shareholders will be watching hawk-eyed this week's annual general meeting in Waitoa.

The Government has set a target to increase the value of New Zealand's food sector exports from $25 billion to $60b, meaning there will be an additional 50,000 jobs in the primary sector by 2025.

It's almost too good to be true. A report on the state of the New Zealand environment that is honest, factual and not littered with references to the damage farmers alone are doing to land and water.

Surprise surprise, the Trans-Pacific Partnership has at last been concluded and no babies have been murdered.

Recently I received a book written by Michael and Judith Bassett, that outlines the history of the Babich family's 100 years within the New Zealand wine industry.

This season threw up a big challenge for dairy farmers in the low payout, but all hoped the weather might have been kind.

It seems that farmer/shareholder ownership of primary sector entities is almost worshipped in some quarters.