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Talking Point: Celebrating New Zealand's healthy food
What do you know about the food you just ate?
Simon Wilson: This broken country (and the Govt that says it wants to fix it)
COMMENT: Why has Govt done so much less than promised? Simon Wilson's election challenge.
Comment: Dung beetles could save Kiwi farmers millions
Comment: Dung beetles are a hard working employee who won't mind if the pay is crap.
Talking Point: Fonterra focus on sustainability in 2020
Our farmers are close to the land and will feel climate change hard.
Comment: Celebrating NZ's healthy food
Comment: How often do we consider the journey our food takes to our plates?
Best of 2019: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's mānuka
Beehives are being stacked on boundaries to take advantage of neighbouring mānuka.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Check before you swim this summer
Comment: Is NZ's Clean Water proposal too stringent in its assessment of swimmability?
Comment: Let's stop lumping Govt costs on ratepayers
Comment: The high rates on farms are concealing profound problems, writes Nigel Billings.
Comment: Sheep spray staining crossbred wool
Comment: Just when you though things couldn't get worse for the wool industry ...
Opinion: Nervous vigilance required in Hawke's Bay's dry, windy conditions
Windy and dry conditions mean we should be nervously vigilant.
Year in Review: Todd Muller - Why our farmers deserve better
Looking back at one of the most popular stories on The Country in the past 12 months.
DairyMan: The delectable properties of free-range pork
Comment: Craig Hickman thought he knew all there is to know about pork - he was wrong.
Year in Review: Nathan Penny's open letter to James Cameron
Looking back at one of the most popular stories on The Country in the past 12 months.
Comment: When aspirations trip up the export/import balance
Comment: New Zealand should not spend more than it earns.
Comment: Identifying 'whodunit' is a freshwater priority
Comment: Are our favourite swimming spots good to go? And if not, why not?
Comment: Seven 'must do's' for employment contracts
Comment: Feds' Chris Lewis on his top seven considerations from a farmers' perspective.
Comment: Rethinking the narrative on NZ meat and milk
Comment: Could a rebellion against synthetic proteins work in New Zealand's favour?
Comment: Reflecting on our rural past and building for the future
Comment: The end of the year can provide a time of reflection and future planning.
Julia Jones: Farmers need to accentuate the positive
Comment: Julia Jones calls for the farming industry to focus on the positives.
DairyMan: Deep in the heart of Texas
Comment: You owe it to yourself and your taste buds to try Texas barbecue.
Comment: Top on-farm health and safety tips for the holidays
Comment: With the coming summer months, there is often an influx of visitors to the farm.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Would NZ really be better without cows?
Comment: Simple solutions for difficult problem can have unintended consequences.
Julie Paton: Christmas challenging time on the farm
The other dogs wagged their tails enthusiastically but seemed unfazed by the death.
Buddy Mikaere: There is a real joy in sharing life with chickens
One of the little-known joys in life is quietly sitting in the middle of your hen pen.
Editorial: Right to protest is no license to threaten or abuse
Editorial: Conservation staff should not have to tolerate threats from 1080 opponents.
Comment: We can do better for our fishing industry
Comment: Rather than hamstringing the sector we should look for science-based solutions.
Elizabeth Soal: Water, water, everywhere but not a drop of funding
Comment: Piecemeal decisions on our essential resource need to be centralised.
Editorial: Where are Whanganui's rural leaders?
The rural community has voice, but who wants to use it?
Comment: CEO exit raises more questions for delicately poised a2 Milk
Jayne Hrdlicka got offside with investors early on.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Is organic food 'better' for the environment?
Comment: Some believe organic production systems are better for the environment.
Gareth Carter: Growing your own avocados is rewarding
Avocados are a hot commodity in the shops but can be grown at home with a bit of effort.
Jamie Mackay: The political play for the hearts and minds of farmers
COMMENT: It would appear Labour is not winning too many of those hearts and minds.