Monthly Archives: May 2022

WHEN THE Covid pandemic broke out over two years ago, Jacinda Ardern waxed lyrical about the importance of the rural-based primary sector and how it would pull the NZ economy through the tough times ahead. It has delivered on that … Continue reading →

RECENTLY AGRICULTURE Minister Damien O’Connor made great fanfare when announcing a new farm planning system for farmers and growers. He claims that the Government will spend more than $25 million to “expand and strengthen” the primary industry advisory sector to … Continue reading →

IT APPEARS the gloves have well and truly come off between rural ginger lobby Groundswell and the establishment ag-sector bodies. To be fair, the mere existence and growth of the Groundswell movement shows there has been – and for some … Continue reading →