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Un‘Fairfacts’
This old mutt reckons it's hard enough having a rational discussion on the issue of PKE use in the dairy industry without halfwits spreading false information about it. Fonterra's recent unilateral...
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SFF deal good for shareholders and NZ
Cooperatives have many positive benefits, but raising capital is not one of them. Silver Fern Farms (SFF) has been experiencing the same challenges Fonterra had before listing on the NZX in November...
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Not so bad
The Hound reckons while the farming sector in this country may have a tough time with some of the opposition political parties... Those parties hate farmers, want to ban trade with overseas countries...
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Credibility issues
Your canine crusader suggests that while opponents of the proposed SFF/Shanghai Maling deal may have some genuine points to make, they are hampered by a number of major credibility issues. For...
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Farm succession all about communication
Question: Why is the bank focused on assisting farming families with succession planning? In this first of a series of regular interviews with Rabobank staff on a range of topics, the bank's succession...
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Making it sexy! - editorial
The Government has set a target to increase the value of New Zealand's food sector exports from $25 billion to $60b, meaning there will be an additional 50,000 jobs in the primary sector by 2025. What...
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MBIE sheepish
The Hound reckons the bureaucrats of MBIE, who among other things have responsibility for employment -- but also the unemployed, or is it unemployable? -- are themselves so unemployable that... ...they...
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Ag twits
Rural News' irreverent and hypothetical look at what's happening in the farming world. @robhewettsff: Ni how, comrades. Welcome to the wonderful new world of the People's Republic of Silver Fern...
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Bad smell
The Hound suggests that something very fishy has been going on at the Hawkes Bay branch of 'Bitch & Complain' (Fish & Game) that warrants deeper investigation. According to the minutes of HB...
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What a twit
The Republican presidential front-runner who appears to wear a dead possum on his head – Donald Trump – has finally managed to get agriculture into the US political debate, but not in a good way....
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Who dunnit?
This old mutt has long been suspicious of a group of water zealots in South Canterbury known as the Opihi Catchment Environmental Protection Society (OCEPS). The group has for years been making...
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Interesting
The Hound notes that Fonterra’s head of people, culture and safety, Maury Leyland, left the co-op at the end of the month, citing personal reasons. Given the way Fonterra has being performing in the...
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Ag twits
Rural News' irreverent and hypothetical look at what's happening in the farming world. @jmccarthymie: I'm absolutely mystified how both MIE's remits at this year's BLNZ annual meeting failed to gain...
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The case for irrigation — Editorial
It has begun a communications offensive, first by inviting journalists – many from outside the rural media – to attend its annual conference in Oamaru earlier this month. Many presentations during the...
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People, not animals the antibiotic problem
The era of 'peak antibiotics' might have arrived, but not because of antibiotic use in farm animals in New Zealand. In an examination of 26 EU and EEA countries in 2012, the estimated usage of...
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Carry on and keep everyone safe
This month marks the launch of new health and safety laws making all of us doing a job more responsible for creating safe working environments. The new law sees a shift from 'do I have a...
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Dopey move
Your canine crusader suggests it's no wonder Labour's primary industries spokesman Damien O'Connor is now looking a little lost in the Labour caucus. His fellow right-wingers are falling faster than...
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Time for the country to fight back!
Former Central Hawkes Bay local body politician Tim Gilbertson proposes a way for beleaguered dairy farmers to fight back against the sector's army of critics. Don't get me wrong, I've nothing against...
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Hooray for ‘Hen’ry
A mate of the Hound reckons those who think dairy is tough going these days should spare a thought for former Fonterra chair Sir Henry van der Heyden. The ex-dairy boss is – among a myriad business...
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Chinese-bashing?
This old mutt understands that the man behind a call for Silver Fern Farms (SFF) to run another poll on its merger with Chinese investor Shanghai Maling is... apparently Mid-Canterbury-based SFF...
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