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![Comment: How constant are we on water?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Comment: How constant are we on water?
Comment:If farmers are expected to do their best over water discharge, shouldn't everyone?
![Soper: Govt's plan to push green vehicles a no-brainer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Soper: Govt's plan to push green vehicles a no-brainer
COMMENT: It seems they've come up with a pretty good way to do it but it'll take time.
![Comment: Why Shane Jones' Billion Tree scheme will fail](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Comment: Why Shane Jones' Billion Tree scheme will fail
Comment: China takes 75% of our logs, you could say we have all our logs in one basket.
![Boyd Swinburn: Food for thought - drastic change needed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Boyd Swinburn: Food for thought - drastic change needed
COMMENT: We need to collectively understand the urgent need for systemic transformation.
![Hosking: Westland Milk sale will see xenophobes out in force](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Hosking: Westland Milk sale will see xenophobes out in force
Comment: "Foreign investment, like it or not, makes this country run."
![Comment: Why we shouldn't allow trout farming](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Comment: Why we shouldn't allow trout farming
Comment: Are trout farms a good idea? David Haynes has 10 reasons why they're not.
![Sir Rob Fenwick: Auckland needs regional composting plant now](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Sir Rob Fenwick: Auckland needs regional composting plant now
COMMENT: Urban dwellers can do so much more for the well-being of our soil.
![Comment: Government won't see the wood for the trees](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Comment: Government won't see the wood for the trees
Comment: Federated Farmers is concerned to see industrial forestry replace farms.
![Climate change: Is more expected of farmers than anyone else?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Climate change: Is more expected of farmers than anyone else?
Comment: Farmers are among the first to feel the impacts of climate change.
![Comment: Why farming is like a marriage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Comment: Communication on sharemilker contracts vital
Comment: Contracts are the only way to make sure everyone is on the same page.
![Comment: The politics of trout farming in New Zealand](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
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?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Comment: Fieldays enables real conversations
Comment: Federated Farmers is at the National Agricultural Fieldays this week.
![Comment: Fonterra could end up being owned offshore](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
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 ...](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Comment: DIRA recommendations disappointing
Comment: Fonterra says farmers will be left feeling "unheard" after DIRA changes.
![Adding to family ... it's a waiting game](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Comment: It's fossil fuels not farming that's the problem
Comment: Climate change more about burning fossil fuels than the farming of animals.