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THAT OLD saying ‘lies, damned lies and statistics’ should be rephrased: ‘lies, damned lies and environmental lobby-commissioned research’. This follows last week’s laughable report claiming the Government’s freshwater proposals will have a “limited impact” on New Zealand’s economy. Forest & … Continue reading →

IF YOU borrow money from the bank, it holds a grip (‘death pledge’) over you. And the bank is not in it primarily for their fun or your enjoyment, despite what its advertising schmooze says. The shareholders in the big-four … Continue reading →

DESPITE THE much hyped claim by certain prophets about the ‘historic’ agreement between the farming sector and the Government over the Zero Carbon Bill, the rumblings of discontent are growing louder by the day. Climate Change Minister James Shaw crowed … Continue reading →

NEW ZEALAND’S farming sector is often targeted by any number of different pressure groups wanting to blame it for one or other of the world’s problems. This is not helped when merchants of doom such as Greenpeace, Fish & Game, … Continue reading →

NEARLY TWO years have passed since Mycoplasma bovis was first discovered on a dairy farm in South Canterbury. This devastating disease has since severely impacted many farmers, their families and livelihoods. Meanwhile, at the same time, both the dairy and … Continue reading →

Undoubtedly, the Fieldays spin doctors will soon be breathlessly trotting out all sorts of fanciful facts and figures claiming this year’s event was the biggest, brightest and most money spinning ever. WITH ANOTHER National Fieldays done and dusted for the … Continue reading →

THAT OLD saying about not being able to see the wood for the trees could well describe the government’s infatuation with forestry at the expense of farming. Objections are growing stronger in rural New Zealand to the impact the ‘one … Continue reading →

TARGETS PROPOSED for cuts to methane in the Government’s Zero Carbon Bill have left the agricultural sector aghast at just exactly how it will meet these targets without the necessary technologies or major culls to livestock numbers. The bill, backed … Continue reading →

NOW THAT any notion of a capital gains tax has been struck down the agriculture sector nervously awaits the Government’s plans for tackling climate change and the resulting impact. As this issue of Rural News goes to print, there are … Continue reading →