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OPINION: Federated Farmers' latest farmer confidence survey results won’t surprise too many people.

For the primary sector, 2024 would go down as one of the toughest years on record. Peter Burke reports.

ACT MP Mark Cameron says the Government is bringing common sense “back in the room” by halting the rollout of freshwater farm plans.

OPINION: Last week's announcement by the Government to remove a decades-long ban on genetically engineered crops was generally well-received by farming and science communities.

There are massive market opportunities for the horticulture sector in southeast Asia, according to Nicola Grigg, the Associate Minister for Horticulture and also Minister of State for Trade, with a focus on southeast Asia.

"I've still got my trainer wheels on".

OPINION: Most of the country's wage slaves will welcome the extra coin left in their wallets thanks to National's tax cuts.

OPINION: Dairy News' stablemate Rural News, specifically The Hound, has upset a rural publisher by outing them for putting their snout deep in the trough of Labour's 'public interest journalism fund', something we refused to do.

The Government has launched a plan to manage hospital waiting lists on a national scale, says Health Minister Andrew Little.

OPINION: Your old mate notes that the PM has made a big thing out of her government's supposedly 'be kind' mantra.