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Comment: Thoughts from a rural dinosaur

Comment: Pete Fitz-Herbert worries his idyllic, rural life may be making him a dinosaur.

Keeping pest animals and plants in check

Weekly column by Kāpiti's Greater Wellington Regional Council representative Penny Gaylor.

What the world still needs and we can provide

For decades agriculture and horticulture has been the back bone of our economy

Comment: Emissions comparison needs to be on level playing paddock

Comment: Stats NZ emissions report needs a different approach says Feds' Andrew Hoggard.

Gareth Carter: Microgreens and sprouts - easy to grow and so tasty

Growing microgreens from seed is relatively straight forward.

Comment: Why the regenerative farming dream won't come true

Comment: Aspirations to create a better world overlook the realities in food production.

Rowena Duncum: The one day I enjoyed politics

Comment: Politics is becoming a steady progression for the exit door.

Audrey Young: Ardern v Collins must force election rethink

COMMENT: National and Labour will need to rethink their election strategies and messages.

Andrew Hoggard: What stands in the way of Govt plans for primary sector

Comment: Feds president takes a look at Govt's latest primary sector plan.

How farming must juggle uncertainty and opportunity

Covid, drought and uncertainty have tested many of us in ways we could not have foreseen.

Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Stop nudging the primary sector

Comment: The sector could do with more understanding and encouragement, not more nudges.

Bridging the gap: Feds boss on her achievements

Comment: "What a ride!" Katie Milne reflects on her achievements as Feds president.

Opinion: Measurable limits on nitrogen and phosphorus a must to protect waterways ecology

Regenerative agriculture over unsustainable dependence on synthetic nitrogen fertiliser.

Long-term focus not lost in lockdown

Watershed year on many fronts

Karen Adair: Food and fibre - it's in our nature

MPI's Karen Adair on the Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures Fund.

Jamie Mackay: Wake me up after September's election

COMMENT: We're on track for the most economically-defining election in a generation.