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![Todd McClay: Primary sector stands ready to deliver for New Zealanders](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Todd McClay: Primary sector stands ready to deliver for New Zealanders
Opinion: New Zealand farmers are world best – but we must do more.
![The global food system is owned by an ever smaller number of companies - Opinion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
The global food system is owned by an ever smaller number of companies - Opinion
OPINION: Across the world, more than 800 million people spend their days hungry.
![Opinion: Don’t be afraid of running towards the hard stuff](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Opinion: Don’t be afraid of running towards the hard stuff
OPINION: NZ's markets will define the standards we must meet, regulations are secondary.
![Richard Prebble: A new path to net zero emissions](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Richard Prebble: A new path to net zero emissions
OPINION: Insisting on a plan using today’s technology just gives illusion of certainty.
![Forestry and the drive to 'Survive to '25'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Forestry and the drive to 'Survive to '25'
Sponsored content: OPINION: Not much movement with exports, China, or the carbon market.
![Talking Point: A dam good plan for water resilience](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Talking Point: A dam good plan for water resilience
OPINION: Our economy can work in harmony with the environment.
![Climate change: NZ needs to get agriculture settings right](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Climate change: NZ needs to get agriculture settings right
OPINION: Fragmentation leads to duplication, gaps and unintended consequences.
![Scraping by in the 1950s: We had no fridge but we ate like kings](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Scraping by in the 1950s: We had no fridge but we ate like kings
Opinion: On a Tuesday morning, I would take crayfish rolls to school for lunch.
![DairyNZ: Smoothing the road for Kiwi farmers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
DairyNZ: Smoothing the road for Kiwi farmers
Sponsored content: Opinion: At the end of the day, when dairy does well, NZ does well.
![The quiet strength of social supermarkets](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
The quiet strength of social supermarkets
OPINION: The Whakatāne social supermarket is a shining example of community collaboration.
![This plant looks like a huhu bug but don't let that put you off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
This plant looks like a huhu bug but don't let that put you off
Opinion: It's worthwhile checking turmeric out, as there are many benefits.
![Editorial: We need houses, but not at the expense of our food bowls](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Editorial: We need houses, but not at the expense of our food bowls
OPINION: The Government needs to be careful about an open slather approach to housing.
![Why schoolkids and farmers need science](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Why schoolkids and farmers need science
Opinion: NZ's next crop of expertise needs to be coming through the education system now.
![Why you should plant Luisa plum trees](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Why you should plant Luisa plum trees
Opinion: I am relatively new to this variety of plum, but I am now sold on it.
![Kem Ormond discovers miner's lettuce so you don't have to](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Kem Ormond discovers miner's lettuce so you don't have to
OPINION: Once you know what to look for, you will start seeing it everywhere.
![OPINION: Forestry - brace yourselves, June is upon us](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
OPINION: Forestry - brace yourselves, June is upon us
OPINION: Market bottom hit with no price bounce for the first time in 15 years.
![Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Why farmers need co-operatives](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Why farmers need co-operatives
Opinion: Co-op's are doing together what nobody can do alone.
!['Not easy out there': Why farmers should know their numbers and plan ahead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'Not easy out there': Why farmers should know their numbers and plan ahead
In these challenging times, being a good farmer alone is tough.
![Kem Ormond's top tips for growing garlic - not rust](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Kem Ormond's top tips for growing garlic - not rust
Opinion: I want to grow a good crop of garlic, but I seem to grow a good crop of rust!
![Barry Soper: Farmers should be treated as treasures, not as tyrants](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Barry Soper: Farmers should be treated as treasures, not as tyrants
OPINION: Like the rest of the business sector, farmers are feeling the pinch.