Comment: More innovation needed
Comment: Making a better future requires more innovation, writes Jacqueline Rowarth.
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Comment: Ice creams for sale, unfortunately
Another Kiwi name is scooped up by an overseas buyer.
Guidelines for transport of livestock
Comment: May is a time of year when livestock transportation is perhaps at its peak.
Hosking: Provincial Growth Fund looking dodgier by the day
Comment: The PGF of today doesn't look as flash as it did just 18 months ago.
Is this the Government's most 'dangerous' minister?
Eugenie Sage's decision over Waihī mining is causing widespread anxiety.
Comment: Zero Carbon Act a double whammy for Taranaki
Comment: The Zero Carbon Act unjustly transitions Taranaki toward further uncertainty.
Comment: Forestry a threat to rural communities
Comment: Provincial communities will shrink if farming land is converted to forestry.
Editorial: Sorry James Cameron, the end isn't nigh for NZ meat farmers
EDITORIAL: Despite hype about Impossible Burgers, global meat consumption is on the rise.
Opinion: What the Official Cash Rate cut means
Comment: Most central banks have moved from being hawks to doves writes Nick Clark.
Opinion: Keep an eye on your rates
Comment: Get informed about how you are rated and where your rates are going.
RBNZ predicting risk could increase costs for farmers
Comment: The majority of farmers are worried about increase in costs on their businesses.
Opinion: Southland water plan targets farmers
Comment: The burden of the proposed plan falls disproportionately on farmers.
Opinion: Advocacy is your insurance policy
Comment: Federated Farmers is like an insurance policy for food security and farming.
'It ain't farming that's the problem'
Jim Hopkins has a few choice words for politicians who blame farming for climate change.
Rachel Stewart: Earth is heating up and activism will too
COMMENT: The environmental movement, like every other movement, is changing dramatically.
Comment: Joys of shovelling steaming sheep compost
A sheepish Kevin Page digs into a language barrier.
Hang on ... who's the boss?
The only way to stop her from yelling is to figure out what she's on about ... and fix it
Concentrate on more pressing problems
Comment: We are being asked to indulge the fantasies of one sector of the government.
Opinion: The dry is different in Clutha this year
Comment: Fed's Simon McAtamney reflects on how the dry has affected the Clutha district.
Opinion: How do we save the kauri from disaster?
Comment: Are we in the very real position of losing Kauri?
Comment: The 10 biggest stories in farming over the past 25 years
Jamie Mackay looks back on a quarter of a century in radio.
Opinion: Give me the local government I deserve
Comment: If you understand how important communities are, consider standing for election.
Opinion: Pre-lamb shearing has its place in farming
Comment: Pre-lamb shearing is possible but it must be carried out using best practice.
Opinion: Creating a sustainable future for wool
Comment: Wool Industry Working Group will take on a number of problems faced by industry.
Opinion: Logging trucks test rural driving skills
Comment: Rural roads are taking a battering from logging trucks writes Peter Fitzherbert.
Country-of-origin brands: Why tell our stories to the world?
Comment: Brands like Taste Pure Nature are important for success in NZ's primary sector
Courage needed when farming through the dry
Comment: During droughts or drought-like conditions, be aware depression is very real.
Hold those around you to your values
Comment: Farmers need to ask hard questions to make values-based choices their business.
Rowena Duncum: In someone else's boots
Comment: Ro reflects on how the humble gumboot can represent rural highs and lows.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Too many cows?
Lobby groups need to learn that not all science is good, and not all science is relevant.
Opinion: How potential changes to paraquat use could affect farmers
Comment: Public scrutiny of the use of agrichemicals in New Zealand is growing.
Opinion: Emissions tracker data shows up home truths
Comment: Emissions tracker shows it's not just agriculture contributing to climate change.
Opinion: Have your say on the Biosecurity Act
Comment: The Feds urge members to give feedback on the Biosecurity Act.
What will it take to get farmers a decent online connection?
Comment: Digital hubs are still not practical for many in the rural community.