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Editorial: Unwelcome pests need firm response
EDITORIAL: Valuable primary sector requires protection, at border and inside farm gate.
'I can't wait for when we don't have possums'
Life in the country is better without pests.
Rural Ramblings: Girls are back in town
Our two girls are home from university for the summer and the house is full to overflowing
Editorial: The silly season
The right to privacy is wielded like a shield, though not always for the greater good.
Mark Ross: Managing pests to help eradicate global hunger
In NZ, the economic damage caused by pastoral weeds is estimated at $1.2 billion per annum
Lake Taupo water toxic to people and dogs
In 1963, all NZ waterways were drinkable. What, oh what are we doing to our world?
Brian Rudman: Douse the water deniers
COMMENT: You do have to despair at what the democratic system can throw up.
2017: The good, the bad, the ugly, Trump and Winston
Jamie Mackay gives his review of the year that was and announces his Ag Person of the Year
1080 crucial to saving our native species
Mistaken views of 1080 lead to destruction, writes conservation volunteer Sue Boyde.
Mills gave pioneers their daily bread
Flour shipped into the Bay wasn't cheap in the early days so mills sprang up.
Bruce Dickens: Waxing lyrical on 1080 isn't credible
The deer that die of 1080 poison do not look like they died with a smile on their face.
Martin Williams: Hawke's Bay needs water storage
There can not be a reality for Hawke's Bay that does not involve water storage.
Kerry Thomas: Time to recharge
Spring is now turning into a busy summer and Christmas is approaching at break-neck speed.
Avoid unnecessary packaging
With Christmas looming, now is the time to think how you can avoid unnecessary packaging.
Sutton: Forests needed to save planet
On a per capita basis we contribute more greenhouses gases than the US or China.
Lessons from Havelock North water crisis
The Havelock North contamination outbreak was always an event waiting to happen.
Hosking: The cost of restricting land sales
COMMENT: Here's what I know. When you list your house, you want top dollar - from anywhere
Perley: Fed Farmers need radical thinking
Traditional mindset at risk because discerning markets want safe, quality food.
Nathan Guy: Horowhenua Taste Trail boost for local producers
Horowhenua's Taste Trail last weekend was a huge success
Sean Connelly: Harvesting experience feeds progress
The best ways to a better food system have been gathered for sharing, writes Sean Connelly
Ewan McGregor: One billion trees need sensible management
Wholesale forest destruction has come at an enormous environmental cost.
Brian Gaynor: Focused a2 shows how it's done, who's next?
COMMENT: Successful companies are all about strategy and execution and a2 has excelled.
No joy in supporting 1080
Negative rumours abound about 1080 but proof of facts is harder to come by.
What makes farming so special?
COMMENT: In fighting emissions, should agriculture get a better deal than others?
Chairman steps down from the Beef + Lamb board
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) chairman James Parsons will not seek re-election
Editorial: Mud-slinging countered with icecreams
Battle looms over how many cows is the right number of cows
Rural Ramblings: How to fowl up a diagnosis
Animals make life tricky on the farm — as usual, says Julie Paton
Alastair Scott: Lack of certainty surrounds new Government
Aspirations are admirable but now the new Government has to be accountable.
Excessive focus on Auckland highlighted
Waterview's cost benefit is down there with Muldoon's methanol plant.