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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.
Fighting to establish a plan everyone can live under
Comment: Plan Change 1needs a complete re-think to ensure regulations are sensible.
CGT: How fair is it really for farmers?
Comment: Will a capital gains tax make the tax system fairer for farmers?
Think positive when trying to catch tricky trout
Comment: Sometimes perfect conditions for anglers aren't perfect conditions for fish.
Farmers not being told full story on climate
Comment: Selective information on emissions is being used to build a case against farmers.
The Feds Say: Good reasons behind fit-for-travel rules
Ensure your cows are ready for the journey ahead, or you may be fined $5000.
PCE report a climate change curve ball
Comment: Sound science and elegant logic underpin Simon Upton's recommendations
Opinion: What is fair trade to the American farmer?
Comment: Fed Farmers' Cameron Henderson says trade policy is a hot topic in the US.
Talking Point: How wisely is our money being spent?
"The dream of Ruataniwha lives on, while the lessons are ignored."
Commodity levies - another tax or vital industry aid?
Comment: A commodity levy is an investment in the protection of your livelihood.
Opinion: Tribal politics play part in extremism
Comment: I'm okay with a few more hoops if it keeps guns from those who shouldn't get them
Opinion: 'Be Seen, Be Sure' this hunting season
Comment: Mike Daisley urges hunters to call people out if they see something unsafe.
I gave up a gun after the Chch shootings. Why are Americans mad at me for it?
Comment: "I didn't expect how controversial my plan would be - with Americans."
Mike Hosking: Hats off to a farmer who tells it like it is
Hosking: Comments are colourful and not PC but they're not all that inaccurate.
Opinion: RMA a drain on ratepayers
Comment: The Resource Management Act is steadily becoming more unfair and biased.
Opinion: Refreshing approach from Fonterra
Opinion: Fonterra hopefully now heading in the right direction with new leadership.
Opinion: Time to build bridges over hunting and fishing
Comment: The average farmer feels they can't do a thing right in the eyes of Fish & Game.
Conservation comment: Make sure we protect our region's economy when planting trees
2.8 million hectares of hill country should be planted in trees.
Opinion: Healthy Home Standards' deadlines tight
Comment: The Feds are concerned with Healthy Home Standards' tight deadlines.
Rachel Stewart: Owning firearms a privilege not a right
COMMENT: Whatever Govt decides, I am fully prepared to relinquish my semi-automatics.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Semi-automatics must be banned
COMMENT: Ban and buy back these massacre weapons. We could've done this 20 years ago.
Different sort of book collecting
A couple of book collectors travel the world seeking the authors' signatures
Why the weather matters so much to farmers
Comment: With minimal rainfall since January, this current summer is starting to hurt.
Opinion: Riches mean choosing where to go the hardest call
If conditions remain settled, autumn can provide some of the best fishing of the season.
Federated Farmers: WCO a blunt tool for a status that lasts forever
Federated Farmers do not want a Water Conservation Order.