Has farming lost its ability to influence?
Comment: As hard as we try to tell our good stories - others speak louder.
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Why MPs need to stop playing with our livelihood
Comment: Do not pass Go. Zero carbon and the ETS are making farming a game of Chance.
Rowena Duncum: Time to stop shaming farmers
Comment: Will to Live Tour gets Rowena Duncum thinking about rural mental health.
Our precious soils need protection from property
Comment: Too much fertile land is going under in the 'Potato v. Property' balancing act.
Rachel Stewart: Fate of Fonterra - don't say you weren't warned
COMMENT: Years have been spent ignoring fact Fonterra was heading toward the rocks.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Why we should see NZ how tourists see it
Environmentalists present gloomy view of NZ that doesn't accord with how tourists see it.
Comment: GE and irrigation - let's have that talk
Comment: What is the worst scenario for our economy: climate change or gene editing?
Comment: The real cost of zero carbon and the ETS
Comment: It's time for farmers – and New Zealand – to wake up.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Fonterra needs an ego check
COMMENT: Fonterra acts like it's above accountability.
Comment: Why our farmers deserve better
Comment: Our standard of living depends on our farmers.
Farmer's open letter to Jacinda Ardern
Comment: Farmers not only fighting for our futures, but for the futures of our children.
Comment: Why I'm fed up with the methane myth
Comment: Feds' David Clark says he has some myth-busting facts about methane.
Billion trees? Sure, but not pine, thanks
Bruce Bisset agreeing with the farming lobby? Wow.
Comment: Fonterra no longer a cash cow
Comment: Fonterra was once lauded as the golden child of New Zealand's primary industries.
Govt shoots itself in the foot with its bungled buyback
COMMENT: The gun back won't get close to ridding New Zealand of high-powered weapons.
Fran O'Sullivan: They were CEOs of three huge NZ companies. All foreign, all left under a cloud.
COMMENT: Horrible symmetry in three vaunted arrivals.
Time to call out winter grazing 'laggards'
Comment: Every industry has laggards, and farming is no exception.
Soper: Shane Jones' harsh words for Fonterra seem justified
COMMENT: Fonterra's a cash cow for the suits but little more than M bovis for the farmers.
Peter Clark: Smart farmers and landowners welcome trees
Comment: Return from forestry is many times greater than farming sheep or cattle.
Comment: Telford's brighter future
Comment: Govt's funding boost for Telford farm keeps this valuable training centre alive.
Fed Farmers addresses climate change Select Committee
Easier to tell people to consume less animal-based protein than cut back on trips to Bali.
OCR slashed – what now for farmers?
Comment: What could the Government do and how could it affect farmers?
MP: Why I'm fighting whitebaiting changes
Comment: Whitebaiting is a tradition for many New Zealanders, writes Sarah Dowie.
Forestry alternatives to clear-felling radiata
New Zealand's narrow focus on pinus radiata should change, forester Rachel Rose says.
Comment: Change the meat and dairy conversation
Comment: How can we differentiate meat and dairy from other protein sources?
Comment: Pinning down politicians on climate change
Comment: We should make the most of the two election cycles in which we find ourselves.
Pressure from PM makes agriculture a sacrificial lamb
PM's plan is to put so much pressure on farmers that she will drive them out of business.
Fran O'Sullivan: Four choice cuts from red meat talks
Some key takeouts from the Christchurch conference.
Differences ripe for the picking
The ability to adapt producer practices to meet consumer demands is key to survival.
The best corned beef recipe you'll ever try
Comment: Is there a cut of meat more polarising than corned silverside?
Stand aside people - I have my First Aid certificate!
We bandaged each other's pretending arterial bleeds and compound fractures.
Julia Jones: 'Dear food and fibre 2019, it's 2030 here'
Comment: Julia Jones imagines what 2019 could teach the food and fibre industry of 2030.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: If veganism is the answer, what was the question?
Comment: Are you really saving the planet by becoming a vegan?
Comment: Time for amnesty for M. bovis culprit?
Comment: Should there be an amnesty for whoever brought Mycoplasma bovis to NZ?