Climate change: Is more expected of farmers than anyone else?
Comment: Farmers are among the first to feel the impacts of climate change.
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Comment: Why farming is like a marriage
Comment: Communication, compromise and commitment are also important in farming.
Julia Jones: The tough question for co-op shareholders
Comment: Co-ops need to keep pace with a changing business world.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Why gun recall will backfire
COMMENT: The gun buy-back is doomed to fail. It's being done on the cheap.
I love trees, but this initiative could cause problems
Forestry done well adds to our communities - but is this programme doing it well?
Dealing with the ongoing complexities of wool
Comment: Wool has so much potential yet we do not seem to be making any progress.
Dear James Cameron, here's what you get wrong about NZ
ASB's rural economist has penned an open letter to James Cameron.
The next step in agriculture: Be better, not different
Comment: How do we create the next step in the agricultural sector?
Comment: Communication on sharemilker contracts vital
Comment: Contracts are the only way to make sure everyone is on the same page.
Soper: What happened to tackling bottled water exporters?
COMMENT: Is it too much to ask that we all own the water for the purposes of export?
Soper: Govt steps up to farmers' plate usually served up by Nats
COMMENT: Farming is a business like no other.
Comment: The politics of trout farming in New Zealand
Comment: Political and commercial implications can scupper trout farming in NZ.
Comment: Billion trees plan needs thoughtful policy
Comment: The desire to cover farms in trees is farming's biggest challenge at present.
Damien Venuto: Fonterra, Kiwibank, Sport NZ make marketing moves
Comment: There have been some big moves in the advertising space.
Is our future one where water from the tap is off the menu?
The science is simple: Don't poison Papatuanuku.
Comment: Fieldays enables real conversations
Comment: Federated Farmers is at the National Agricultural Fieldays this week.
Comment: Fonterra could end up being owned offshore
Asset sales are only a temporary reprieve.
Editorial: What certainty has to do with the price of milk
We say: Government needs to offer certainty on what it expects of farmers and environment.
Editorial: The end of the meat? Not impossible, just not likely
We say: Meat substitutes are changing trends in West but global consumption still rising.
If you fall off the horse, you're meant to get straight back on ...
Plenty of folk said: "So I guess you won't be riding again?"
Comment: DIRA recommendations disappointing
Comment: Fonterra says farmers will be left feeling "unheard" after DIRA changes.
Adding to family ... it's a waiting game
It started to look like we weren't going to make it.
Comment: It's fossil fuels not farming that's the problem
Comment: Climate change more about burning fossil fuels than the farming of animals.
Comment: Mental health finally recognised as worthy of money
Comment: It is a relief to see that mental health's getting a much need funding injection.
Urban liberals would back our call to farm trout
Comment: New Zealand is in slow motion when it comes to aquaculture.
Comment: Fashion, wool and hemp - a natural fit
Comment: Could we get any more hipster than a NZ grown hemp-wool combination?
Comment: Contract milking – what's the fuss?
Comment: Contract milking has had a chequered history.
Shaun Brookes: Legalised cannabis will be a test for employers
COMMENT: Will legalising cannabis mean employees will be allowed to come to work stoned?
Comment: Money can grow on trees
Comment: Significant gains for farmers who integrate forestry into their business.
Comment: Valuing our migrant workers
Comment: Immigration NZ "broken" system throws up barriers for the farming industry.
Comment: Life on the road with The Country
Comment: Most people venturing from Dunedin to Waikato's Mystery Creek would fly.
Comment: What we all need to realise about farming
Comment: New Zealand is not destined to feed the world; it never was.
The unintended consequences of over-regulation
Comment: Farming is quickly becoming the most regulated industry in the country.