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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.

OPINION: The politics of science or is it the science of politics that is driving research in New Zealand?

OPINION: The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has delivered a sobering assessment of our planet's future.

OPINION: The message was clear to Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor and other government ministers seated at the main table at this month’s New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards.

OPINION:As the dry begins to really bite around different regions of the country, farmers really need to take action to mitigate its affect - both on their livestock and themselves - especially heading into winter.