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Marty Verry: Four causes of timber shortage - and what can be done
There are a number of reasons for the current timber shortage, writes Marty Verry.
Kate MacNamara: Labour shortage an unnecessary blight on the harvest season
Scarce labour this season stems from another chronic shortage: fresh Government thinking.
DairyMan: The secret to cooking the perfect steak
Opinion: DairyMan shares surprising, innovative and controversial ways to cook a steak.
Opinion: It's time Minister O'Connor took a crash-course in political PR
The MP of more than 25 years is causing the Government more and more headaches.
Opinion: An alternative remedy for public water reforms
Opinion: The Government has put just two options on the table - its way or stay the same.
Cameron Burrows: We're in the right place to face our climate-change challenge
Opinion: We need to rapidly make changes but they must be the right changes.
Opinion: Why vaccinating animals is vital for their health – and ours
Opinion: The spread of disease between humans and animals remains a constant threat.
Opinion: Emissions offsets can protect our heritage better than Climate Commission
The Climate Commission threatens a number of sectors.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: The downside of 8 cent tomatoes
Opinion: Low prices are an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
Liam Dann: Never mind the tomato wars, food prices are set to rise
Food prices have been subdued of late but global commodity markets point to big rises.
Comment: Seeing the wood for the trees
Opinion: Supply and demand imbalances different this year with various factors impacting.
Comment: Farming life no idyllic bliss
I probably would be ferocious, too, if I was going to be made into hamburgers.
Cecilia Robinson: Enough talk. It's time to move the port
New Zealand is good at talking but slow to act, argues Cecilia Robinson.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Why we should be using wool carpets
Opinion: We got rid of plastic bags - why can't we get rid of synthetic carpets?
Jamie Mackay: Stuck at home — but what a home it is
Global travel's off limits so go see our stunning country.
Juha Saarinen: Elon Musk's challenge to Kiwi rural broadband providers
New broadband option is bound to tempt some users.
Dr Doug Edmeades: 'RA 20 virus' a danger to Kiwi farming
Opinion: Dr Doug Edmeades takes a tongue in cheek look at "Regenerative Agriculture 2020".
Opinion: What the regenerative farming debate needs now
Opinion: Regenerative agriculture - are we all just arguing over a definition?
Liam Dann: RMA rewrite looks like a special kind of hell
Everyone cheered the RMA's demise but will new laws be at the mercy of political conflict?
Opinion: Climate Change report invites two major problems
We need to cast a very close eye over what the Commission is recommending.
Opinion: Will wool go the way of the whalers?
Opinion: A Manawatu farmer muses over the future of wool.
Ele Ludemann: How Pāmu could lower livestock numbers
Opinion: North Otago farmer on a novel way to slash livestock numbers by 15 per cent.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Why you should eat your heart out for 'Organuary'
Opinion: Research shows eating animal organs could help reduce greenhouse gases.
How wetlands can literally save lives
OPINION: Restoring New Zealand's wetlands should be part of our climate change response.
Todd Muller: Time to lift the anchor on free trade
Boris Johnson's talk on free trade seems more air than substance but change is possible.
Editorial: Upgraded NZ-China FTA a win for exporters
Editorial: Upgraded trade agreement with China is a win for NZ's primary sector exporters.
Jamie Mackay: Ten predictions from a wily old accountant
It's hard to argue with a worldly, wily and wise accountant.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Why veganism won't save the world
Opinion: A vegan diet isn't better for the planet than a moderate omnivorous diet.
Bryan Leyland: The good and bad news about the Tiwai Point reprieve
Opinion: Closing the Southland smelter would be bad for the economy and the environment.
Christmas Eve 1953 – A reflection on the Tangiwai disaster
"I spotted a child's Christmas teddy bear and other gifts lay idle on dry mud banks."
Jamie Mackay: And the 2020 Rural Oscars go to ...
There's no sugar-coating it, 2020 has been a bugger of a year.
Opinion: How sheep and beef farmers tackled a tough year
Opinion: B+LNZ chair and CEO wrap up 2020 and look towards 2021.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Maintaining our slice of heaven
Opinion: Invest in the industries which showed resilience and played to natural advantages