Rowena Duncum: Time to stop shaming farmers
Comment: Will to Live Tour gets Rowena Duncum thinking about rural mental health.
Comment: Will to Live Tour gets Rowena Duncum thinking about rural mental health.
Comment: Too much fertile land is going under in the 'Potato v. Property' balancing act.
COMMENT: Years have been spent ignoring fact Fonterra was heading toward the rocks.
Environmentalists present gloomy view of NZ that doesn't accord with how tourists see it.
Comment: What is the worst scenario for our economy: climate change or gene editing?
Comment: It's time for farmers – and New Zealand – to wake up.
COMMENT: Fonterra acts like it's above accountability.
Comment: Our standard of living depends on our farmers.
Comment: Farmers not only fighting for our futures, but for the futures of our children.
Comment: Fonterra was once lauded as the golden child of New Zealand's primary industries.
COMMENT: The gun back won't get close to ridding New Zealand of high-powered weapons.
COMMENT: Horrible symmetry in three vaunted arrivals.
Comment: Every industry has laggards, and farming is no exception.
COMMENT: Fonterra's a cash cow for the suits but little more than M bovis for the farmers.
Comment: Return from forestry is many times greater than farming sheep or cattle.
Comment: Govt's funding boost for Telford farm keeps this valuable training centre alive.
Easier to tell people to consume less animal-based protein than cut back on trips to Bali.
Comment: What could the Government do and how could it affect farmers?
Comment: How can we differentiate meat and dairy from other protein sources?
Comment: We should make the most of the two election cycles in which we find ourselves.
PM's plan is to put so much pressure on farmers that she will drive them out of business.
Some key takeouts from the Christchurch conference.
The ability to adapt producer practices to meet consumer demands is key to survival.
Comment: Is there a cut of meat more polarising than corned silverside?
We bandaged each other's pretending arterial bleeds and compound fractures.
Comment: Julia Jones imagines what 2019 could teach the food and fibre industry of 2030.
Comment: Are you really saving the planet by becoming a vegan?
Comment: Should there be an amnesty for whoever brought Mycoplasma bovis to NZ?
Comment: It's important we take the necessary steps to eradicate M. bovis from NZ.
COMMENT: Keep native trees at the front of mind in responding to climate change.