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Today Jamie Mackay has 10 water questions for Todd Muller, tomorrow, Jacinda Ardern.
Damien O'Connor: Backing farming for the long term
Minister of Agriculture Damien O'Connor is proud to be part of a Govt that backs farming.
Robots, trees and pushbikes: Farming's 'bright' future
Comment: Farmer Pete Fitz-Herbert takes a tongue in cheek look at NZ's farming future.
Editorial: Fonterra result looms large
Why aren't Fonterra's farmer-owners marching in the streets?
Farmer's open letter to Jacinda Ardern: Part 2
Andrew Stewart shares facts about his clean and green farm and waits for the PM to visit.
Chester Borrows: Need to hit the right target
The risk aversion of police is such that they deny the return of many firearms licences.
Comment: Why Kiwis crave plant-based products
Comment: Changing how they're named won't change Kiwis' desire for plant-based products.
Why you should enjoy meat and dairy without guilt
Comment: Kiwis can tuck in to NZ milk and meat without global warming worries.
Julia Jones: Is there is an emerging rural divide?
Comment: Everyone must change and no one agricultural subsector is the answer.
DairyMan: The virtues of a year-round barbecue
Comment: I'm not one of those "it's summer, let's dust off the barbie" people.
Comment: What emissions reduction will really mean for you
Kiwis should accept emissions proposals will have a negative effect on their lifestyles.
Liam Dann: Is this the stupidest thing Trump's ever said?
COMMENT: Never mind Greenland, it doesn't get dumber than Trump's 2018 take on trade wars.
Has farming lost its ability to influence?
Comment: As hard as we try to tell our good stories - others speak louder.
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.