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OPINION: After two tough years, farmers are finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel.

OPINION: As predicted there was a definite mood for change in rural and provincial New Zealand at this year's election.

OPINION: One of the tasks of whatever new government emerges in the coming days and weeks will be to look and see what can be done to restore farmer confidence.

OPINION: News of the discovery of a new case of Mycoplasma bovis on a dairy farm in Canterbury should not come as a surprise.

OPINION: I am writing this the day after the opening game of the Rugby World Cup and the All Blacks' loss to France.

OPINION: People have been "pivotal" to Dr David Jordan's career in wine, from the generosity of those who shared their knowledge when he was starting out, to the insights he still gleans from those in the field.

OPINION: Plan for the worst and hope for the best!

OPINION: The time it’s taking the various bureaucracies to ease the pain of farmers, orchardists and townspeople affected by storm damage is grossly unfair.

OPINION: Hopefully agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has metaphorically penned his own resignation letter with the release of his government’s agricultural emissions policy.

OPINION: Last week's Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction result doesn’t make good reading.