TOWN TALK: Foodie tourism begins at home
12 November 2018
While backpacking around Europe over a decade ago I happily spent hours drifting through markets where olives were the size of plums and cured meats hung from big metal hooks above counters.
OPINION ARCHIVES
THE BRAIDED TRAIL: We can’t let farming’s sun set
12 November 2018
These are increasingly troubled times for New Zealand agriculture.
FROM THE RIDGE: At last, the Australians do us a favour
5 November 2018
Today, as I write, is a significant day for trade for this country as the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership is triggered because the required six nations have signed the pact and now there is a 60-day countdown until it comes into force on December 30 – a great Christmas present for many exporters.
ALTERNATIVE VIEW: Push pause on zero-carbon target
5 November 2018
Last week’s Farmers Weekly made sobering reading.
Highly respected rural economist Phil Journeaux told us the Government has the figures wrong over the cost of mitigating global warming.
MEATY MATTERS: Strong progress on origin brand
5 November 2018
Red meat origin brand Taste Pure Nature is on track to be launched early next year in California, more specifically in the target cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles, with the full support of parties across the industry.
THE VOICE: The right people for the job
31 October 2018
Nait was a dog controlled by people who couldn’t whistle so the flock had no direction – the outcome of a poorly implemented animal traceability system that relied on farmers to be 100% compliant with no recourse for those who weren’t.
THE BRAIDED TRAIL: A2 now a global dairy disruptor
30 October 2018
A2 dairy products are now mainstreaming on a global platform. In marketing parlance, A2 is becoming an industry disruptor.
A2’s products are characterised by being free of A1 beta-casein. Instead, all of the beta-casein is of the A2 type.
FROM THE RIDGE: Lack of wind shows flowers at their best
30 October 2018
This spring has been one of the nicest ever.
When I try to qualify that statement and give a reason why it has to be the unusual lack of wind for this time of the year.
PULPIT: Picking rams made easy
29 October 2018
October is the time most sheep farmers start to think of buying their rams to replace those that have passed their use-by date.
The vast majority of these farmers are very loyal to their ram suppliers, with some buying from the same source for decades.
OPINION: Gene editing not our future
24 October 2018
Pure Hawke’s Bay members Bruno Chambers, David Cranwell, Phyllis Tichinin and John Bostock are alarmed by the views on gene editing expressed by the Royal Society. The put their heads together to put the case against using the technology.
