Nitrate poisoning usually occurs in late autumn or winter when nitrate levels in the feed are high, particularly during a flush of growth after a dry period. Cattle are most susceptible to nitrate poisoning, and the onset of symptoms is … Continue reading →

Misgivings about the practicality and cost of a firearms register are likely to dominate feedback from rural people on the second round of proposed Arms Act amendments, says Federated Farmers. Feds rural security spokesman Miles Anderson anticipates support for many … Continue reading →

State-owned farmer Landcorp – rebranded as Pāmu – refused to release most of the details and costs of a self promotion campaign running on a political and news website. As revealed in our July 2 issue, the state farmer has … Continue reading →

All the agricultural sector groups pointed to their willingness to work with the Government. But before the ‘love in’ at Parliament had ended, cracks – albeit small – were appearing. For its part, the Government appears to be backing a … Continue reading →

New technologies will help reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. But meanwhile farmers must remain as efficient as possible. So says Dr Harry Clark, director of the New Zealand Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC) and a member of the Interim Climate … Continue reading →

National’s climate change spokesman Todd Muller has described as “absolute nonsense” the Government’s plan to make farmers start paying for agricultural emissions. “To simply take the New Zealand agriculture sector, which is the world’s most emissions efficient food producing sector, … Continue reading →

The primary sector is sceptical about whether the Government’s plans to move on climate change issues will actually incentivise farmers to make changes on farm to reduce gas emissions. Peter Burke reports. Back slapping was the rage recently at Parliament … Continue reading →

PGG Wrightson shareholders should receive the proceeds of the sale of its seeds business in the coming few weeks. Almost all (99.95%) voted for this at a special shareholders meeting on July 23 that considered two resolutions. The first resolution … Continue reading →

Your old mate notes that Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor (also a local MP) loudly disapproved of Westland Milk directors and shareholders overwhelmingly voting to sell the co-op to Yili. What did he expect? That the company stay in local hands … Continue reading →

Not content with slapping extra costs on the country’s farmers in the form of an ETS tax, impossible targets to cut methane and impending charges to improve water quality, the Government now wants more. These politcians want to bang an … Continue reading →