4 December 2018
It was a profit but, as Alliance chairman Murray Taggart said “We don’t budget to make $8 million on turnover of $1.8 billion”.
The just-announced 2018 result compared with the previous year’s operating profit of $20.2m though after pool payments the 2017 profit was only 11% higher than this year’s.
4 December 2018
I was a little surprised to receive a condescending and fatuous email from Farmlands on its recent board of directors election.
While I congratulate the successful candidates I found the process nauseating in the extreme.
27 November 2018
Suicide affects communities and strong communities are needed to combat the problem of youth suicide rural New Zealand is still experiencing at alarming rates.
Mainstream media have to be careful how they report suicide cases and suspected cases. Their hands are tied by the law.
26 November 2018
I have a gripe with a pipe I’d like to share with you. Not the fault of the pipe but more circumstance.
When the forestry gang turned up here in February, before I knew it, a young fellow was dropping trees in the valley next to where they started, not giving me the chance to salvage my 40mm high-pressure pipe that delivers stock water from the pump next to the creek to the tank on the hill.
22 November 2018
It is always a pleasant sensation to feel the first warm, sunny days on your back after a long, wet winter.
Late spring is an enjoyable time on the farm with loads of green grass, crops being planted and longer days to get all the jobs done.
22 November 2018
I was intrigued last week by the reports coming from airline pilots who were flying off the Irish coast and radioed in reports of Unidentified Flying Objects.
19 November 2018
Ospri Chairman Barry Harris says New Zealand farmers can be proud of the progress of the TB Plan towards eradicating the infectious livestock disease bovine tuberculosis.
19 November 2018
Fonterra's trials and tribulations have led to a rising crescendo of criticism of the co-operative’s performance since the release of the 2018 annual report.
Declining share value and dividend payments, fluctuating milk price, inadequate return on capital, failure to match international and domestic competitors’ financial performance, failed investments, rising debt ratio and overpaid staff are the most notable criticisms.
19 November 2018
There's a row brewing between the Government and Fish and Game and it’s going to be an interesting battle.
13 November 2018
Two elections in the same week, different hemispheres, different people and different in all aspects except folk voted for change and a means to curb what they see as excesses.
