Wyn Drabble: Trying hard to net a decent crop
So, right at this moment, I'm feeling pretty proud of myself
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Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Is grass-only still feasible in NZ farming?
Comment: Nobody, least of all farmers, wants animals to be hungry. But is grass-only best?
Comment: Agricultural aviators showed early foresight
Comment: John Nicholson looks at the history of the Aviation Charitable Trust Fund.
Comment: War on wilding pines deserves more funding
Comment: Doing the control work on wilding pines now is an investment in the future.
Are whitebait doomed or will new rules save them?
Whitebaiting rules are set to change in a bid to save the species, but it is enough?
Comment: Robotic technology is revolutionising farming
Comment: Advancements in robotic technology changing the face of farming for the better.
Pattrick Smellie: Fish farm objections smell like seabed mining
Huge difference between salmon farm and undersea mining op, but parallels are emerging.
Rural ramblings with Julie Paton: Heat, pests and the neighbour's smoke
Brown hills, flies, ferrets and bushfire smoke test our resilience.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: The moral dilemma facing vegans
Comment: Animal welfare or climate change? Dr Rowarth and Dr Coles investigate.
Game fishing holds a place in NZ culture
Catching a marlin doesn't come around very often and should be celebrated.
Ian McKelvie: Co-operation needed for NZ's fishing future
Comment: Commercial and recreational sectors can work together for a sustainable industry.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: The problem with Veganuary
Comment: Dr Rowarth investigates the vegan call to "give up meat to save the planet".
Rob Rattenbury: The ongoing war against possums
This is a neverending war with periods of peace after bouts of extermination.
What a swine of a reputation, time to stick up for pigs
Pigs unique value in land management is that they don't eat trees, shrubs, vines or flax
Talking Point: Celebrating New Zealand's healthy food
What do you know about the food you just ate?
Simon Wilson: This broken country (and the Govt that says it wants to fix it)
COMMENT: Why has Govt done so much less than promised? Simon Wilson's election challenge.
Comment: Dung beetles could save Kiwi farmers millions
Comment: Dung beetles are a hard working employee who won't mind if the pay is crap.
Talking Point: Fonterra focus on sustainability in 2020
Our farmers are close to the land and will feel climate change hard.
Comment: Celebrating NZ's healthy food
Comment: How often do we consider the journey our food takes to our plates?
Best of 2019: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's mānuka
Beehives are being stacked on boundaries to take advantage of neighbouring mānuka.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Check before you swim this summer
Comment: Is NZ's Clean Water proposal too stringent in its assessment of swimmability?
Comment: Let's stop lumping Govt costs on ratepayers
Comment: The high rates on farms are concealing profound problems, writes Nigel Billings.
Comment: Sheep spray staining crossbred wool
Comment: Just when you though things couldn't get worse for the wool industry ...
Opinion: Nervous vigilance required in Hawke's Bay's dry, windy conditions
Windy and dry conditions mean we should be nervously vigilant.
Year in Review: Todd Muller - Why our farmers deserve better
Looking back at one of the most popular stories on The Country in the past 12 months.
DairyMan: The delectable properties of free-range pork
Comment: Craig Hickman thought he knew all there is to know about pork - he was wrong.
Year in Review: Nathan Penny's open letter to James Cameron
Looking back at one of the most popular stories on The Country in the past 12 months.
Comment: When aspirations trip up the export/import balance
Comment: New Zealand should not spend more than it earns.
Comment: Identifying 'whodunit' is a freshwater priority
Comment: Are our favourite swimming spots good to go? And if not, why not?
Comment: Seven 'must do's' for employment contracts
Comment: Feds' Chris Lewis on his top seven considerations from a farmers' perspective.
Comment: Rethinking the narrative on NZ meat and milk
Comment: Could a rebellion against synthetic proteins work in New Zealand's favour?
Comment: Reflecting on our rural past and building for the future
Comment: The end of the year can provide a time of reflection and future planning.
Julia Jones: Farmers need to accentuate the positive
Comment: Julia Jones calls for the farming industry to focus on the positives.