15 July 2019
Farmers are facing some of the biggest non nature-related challenges they have seen in many years.
Environmental concerns, changes in consumer preferences and new regulations seem to be adding an extra level of complication to an already complex sector.
15 July 2019
I don't like cricket, I love it.
That of course a line from 10cc’s song Dreadlock Holiday.
8 July 2019
I've been to more Federated Farmers conferences than I care to remember. Somewhere between turgid and torrid would be where I’d put most.
It was, therefore, with some pleasure I went to last week’s event. It was interesting, relevant and entertaining.
8 July 2019
Let us talk about planting trees.
It is, after all, the season for doing just that.
8 July 2019
Anzco's 2018 pretax loss of $38 million was the worst result in the company’s history.
The exporter has traditionally posted a profit, even in difficult years for the meat industry, which has always had a chequered history, so it is critical to assess what went wrong and, more important, how to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
2 July 2019
Recently the Climate Change Amendment Act (Zero Carbon) Bill had its first reading in Parliament.
National voted in favour of this Bill because we support the concept of an independent Climate Change Commission to provide advice on how we wrestle our emissions down over the next few decades.
2 July 2019
The time has come when Westland’s dairy farmers must make their decision.
Do they want to take the money and go with Chinese mega-company Yili, or do they wish to struggle on as a co-operative?
We will know the answer after the July 4 vote.
2 July 2019
I was a vegan myself once.
It was in India 40 years ago in a small village where it seemed everyone was vegan, going by the menus in the cafes.
But it was only for one day.
2 July 2019
I was pleased that the Farm Debt Mediation Bill is to proceed through parliament.
It started as a private member’s bill from NZ First agricultural spokesman Mark Patterson and was accepted by the Government supported by agriculture minister Damien O’Connor.
24 June 2019
HYPOCRISY: The practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.
Jane will occasionally cruelly label me a hypocrite.
