Comment: GFC sparked lessons for farmers, so what has Covid 19 taught us?
Comment: Will Covid-19 teach farmers the same lessons as the Global Financial Crisis?
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Comment: Time to hit the 'reset' button
Comment: Nothing's the same after Covid-19, so we need to press our brains' reset button.
What farmers want from Budget 2020
Comment: Budget 2020 will be vital to the rural sector, especially after Covid-19.
Covid 19 recovery projects need caution
Comment: Covid-19 recovery is nothing like the Kaikoura and Christchurch earthquakes.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Time to look at food waste
Comment: Examining food waste is never a waste of time.
Four things politicians should be thinking about right now
COMMENT: There are four things politicians should think about right now.
Comment: Covid 19 adds extra stress to busy calving season
Comment: Calving is an intense time on farms in terms of workload and skills required.
Comment: Mapping the road out of Level 4 lockdown
Comment: It's time for the Govt to support truck drivers working during lockdown.
Todd Muller: Coming out of the crisis
Comment: NZ needs to consider some big ideas if we are to recover from Covid-19.
Editorial: Agriculture must again lead us to recovery
We say: Winter is coming, not just weather-wise, and farmers are feeling it too.
Comment: We're all in this together
Comment: We need to take the time to understand the challenges others in the sector face.
Comment: Free up freight to keep economy moving
Comment: Supply chain links vital to moving essential supplies must be allowed to work.
Shearing services will continue under the lockdown
Farming and shearing are both on MPI's list of essential services.
Jamie Mackay: It's okay to not be okay
Comment: If you need help, please ask someone. Don't be too proud.
Keeping safe from rural crime in lockdown
Comment: With longer nights and no one around, conditions are prime for rural crimes.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Embrace rather than persecute farmers
Comment: Farmers need to be left alone to focus on what we do best - farming.
Pulling together as a community while also staying apart
Comment: These are not "business" as usual times.
Coronavirus - Jamie Mackay: Why there must be a seachange (and I'll stop picking my nose)
Comment: The Country host is determined to accentuate the positive in these trying times.
Comment: A farmers' guide to staying connected in isolation
Comment: Sticking in our own bubble has never been as important as it is now.
Covid 19 coronavirus: It's essential that agriculture does its bit
Comment: To beat Covid-19 those working on the land must do their bit on-farm and off.
Kiwifruit industry reaches out to those who need jobs
The kiwifruit industry needs more workers and is reaching out to those who have lost jobs.
Comment: Water storage an investment in everyone's future
Comment: Feds Vice President Andrew Hoggard writes on the benefits of water storage.
Kiri Gillespie: Water hoggers need to heed Bay's water restrictions
Their actions could affect us all.
Todd Muller: Water will be the currency of the 21st century
Comment: Water is one of our nation's critical strategic assets.
Managing whitebait - a species in decline
Four of our six whitebait species are categorised as threatened or at risk of extinction.
Jamie Mackay: The Great Hollyford Walk 2020
Comment: Jamie Mackay got more adventure than he bargained for on the Hollyford Track.
Damien O'Connor: It's not easy but we are winning M. bovis fight
Comment: The impact on farmers and steps required to eradicate it cannot be understated.
Comment: Could Govt try to seize natural gas reserves?
Comment: Confiscating natural gas reserves would be an extremely risky move.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Is food in NZ really that expensive?
Comment: Without NZ farmers, food would be more even expensive than it already is.
Time for a national strategy to manage our water
COMMENT: Why are we still managing and governing water resources at regional level?
A drought is coming and what are we doing about it?
Should the regional council change its name?
Frank Greenall: VR goggles for election MooTube
It's great to be a Kiwi after the Tooth Fairy has waved her wand in the Year of Delivery.
Wool exchange designed for 'function over form'
To keep out traffic noise, air conditioning was installed.
John Williamson: Neglect at your peril - the gravel road...
Sealing unsealed roads not part of Government infrastructure spend-up, why is that?