Vege tips: Fennel - confessions of an aniseed addict
Opinion: Florence fennel is flavoursome but sometimes frowned upon.
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Barry Soper: NZ's brave new world of genetic modification
OPINION: NZ has finally come out of scientific hibernation and into the real world.
Opinion: If farmers can’t cover costs, what then for the economy?
Opinion: Most people in New Zealand know that farming is important for the economy.
Opinion: NZ is running out of gas - that’s good for the climate, bad for the economy
OPINION: NZ is running out of gas. That’s good for the climate, but bad for the economy.
Protein shake-up: What next for NZ?
OPINION: Is there room for both traditional and new and novel proteins?
Vege tips: How to grow a bumper crop of beetroot
Opinion: I love seeing friends leaving with their jars of beetroot.
Opinion: Where has all the veal gone?
Opnion: I can remember seeing veal in the local butcher shop window when I was young.
Linda Hall: Intelligence of the lambs leaves humans feeling sheepish
OPINION: Yep, the humans took the wrong ewe and her twins.
Vege tips: Don't pass up the versatile parsnip
Opinion: Do you say "pass" to parsnips or are they a fave?
Jacqueline Rowarth: What NZ needs to double its exports in 10 years
OPINION: Doubling exports' value within 10 years takes more than restating the goal.
Todd McClay: Primary sector stands ready to deliver for New Zealanders
Opinion: New Zealand farmers are world best – but we must do more.
The global food system is owned by an ever smaller number of companies - Opinion
OPINION: Across the world, more than 800 million people spend their days hungry.
Opinion: Don’t be afraid of running towards the hard stuff
OPINION: NZ's markets will define the standards we must meet, regulations are secondary.
Richard Prebble: A new path to net zero emissions
OPINION: Insisting on a plan using today’s technology just gives illusion of certainty.
Forestry and the drive to 'Survive to '25'
Sponsored content: OPINION: Not much movement with exports, China, or the carbon market.
Talking Point: A dam good plan for water resilience
OPINION: Our economy can work in harmony with the environment.
Climate change: NZ needs to get agriculture settings right
OPINION: Fragmentation leads to duplication, gaps and unintended consequences.
Scraping by in the 1950s: We had no fridge but we ate like kings
Opinion: On a Tuesday morning, I would take crayfish rolls to school for lunch.
How to make sweet chilli sauce - from your own chillies, no less
Opinion: Chillies are relatively easy to grow and take very little looking after.
Angus Simms: Record-breaking fruit season celebrated but still work to do in food waste
OPINION: Wonky Box ticks the food and waste boxes.
DairyNZ: Smoothing the road for Kiwi farmers
Sponsored content: Opinion: At the end of the day, when dairy does well, NZ does well.
The quiet strength of social supermarkets
OPINION: The Whakatāne social supermarket is a shining example of community collaboration.
This plant looks like a huhu bug but don't let that put you off
Opinion: It's worthwhile checking turmeric out, as there are many benefits.
Editorial: We need houses, but not at the expense of our food bowls
OPINION: The Government needs to be careful about an open slather approach to housing.
Why schoolkids and farmers need science
Opinion: NZ's next crop of expertise needs to be coming through the education system now.
Why you should plant Luisa plum trees
Opinion: I am relatively new to this variety of plum, but I am now sold on it.
Kem Ormond discovers miner's lettuce so you don't have to
OPINION: Once you know what to look for, you will start seeing it everywhere.
OPINION: Forestry - brace yourselves, June is upon us
OPINION: Market bottom hit with no price bounce for the first time in 15 years.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Why farmers need co-operatives
Opinion: Co-op's are doing together what nobody can do alone.
'Not easy out there': Why farmers should know their numbers and plan ahead
In these challenging times, being a good farmer alone is tough.
Kem Ormond's top tips for growing garlic - not rust
Opinion: I want to grow a good crop of garlic, but I seem to grow a good crop of rust!
Barry Soper: Farmers should be treated as treasures, not as tyrants
OPINION: Like the rest of the business sector, farmers are feeling the pinch.
Farmers can make great investors - Mark Lister
OPINION: Farmers have an awful lot of risks to consider.