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New Zealand's horticulture industry has set out its wishes for the upcoming election campaign, covering water, climate change, country of origin labelling and labour issues.

DairyNZ has released its ten policy priorities for the 2020 election and its The View from the Cow Shed report which provides policymakers with insight from the farm.

National's long-held position in Port Waikato is under threat from a new party, according to John Jackson.

The right to elect should include the right to eject, explains Jordan Williams, executive director of the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union.

OPINION: New Zealanders have become disconnected from reality and what makes good Government policy.

Federated Farmers has released its election manifesto, advising the incoming government on the policies farmers want.

OPINION: For as long as MMP has existed, we in the provinces have played along to our detriment.

Australian farmers are hailing bipartisan support for a free trade deal signed with China.

With the payout down and dry conditions looming, what's the last thing dairy farmers need now? An ageing political mouth with an overactive media secretary using the industry to try to make political capital.

The Republican presidential front-runner who appears to wear a dead possum on his head – Donald Trump – has finally managed to get agriculture into the US political debate, but not in a good way.