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?"
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Comment: DIRA recommendations disappointing
Comment: Fonterra says farmers will be left feeling "unheard" after DIRA changes.
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
Comment: Climate change more about burning fossil fuels than the farming of animals.
Comment: Mental health finally recognised as worthy of money
Comment: It is a relief to see that mental health's getting a much need funding injection.
Urban liberals would back our call to farm trout
Comment: New Zealand is in slow motion when it comes to aquaculture.
Comment: Fashion, wool and hemp - a natural fit
Comment: Could we get any more hipster than a NZ grown hemp-wool combination?
Comment: Contract milking – what's the fuss?
Comment: Contract milking has had a chequered history.
Shaun Brookes: Legalised cannabis will be a test for employers
COMMENT: Will legalising cannabis mean employees will be allowed to come to work stoned?
Comment: Money can grow on trees
Comment: Significant gains for farmers who integrate forestry into their business.
Comment: Valuing our migrant workers
Comment: Immigration NZ "broken" system throws up barriers for the farming industry.
Comment: Life on the road with The Country
Comment: Most people venturing from Dunedin to Waikato's Mystery Creek would fly.
Comment: What we all need to realise about farming
Comment: New Zealand is not destined to feed the world; it never was.
The unintended consequences of over-regulation
Comment: Farming is quickly becoming the most regulated industry in the country.
Comment: Making sense of the Zero Carbon Bill
Comment: Federated Farmers has a Q&A on the Zero Carbon Bill.
Comment: More innovation needed
Comment: Making a better future requires more innovation, writes Jacqueline Rowarth.
Comment: Ice creams for sale, unfortunately
Another Kiwi name is scooped up by an overseas buyer.
Guidelines for transport of livestock
Comment: May is a time of year when livestock transportation is perhaps at its peak.
Hosking: Provincial Growth Fund looking dodgier by the day
Comment: The PGF of today doesn't look as flash as it did just 18 months ago.
Is this the Government's most 'dangerous' minister?
Eugenie Sage's decision over Waihī mining is causing widespread anxiety.
Comment: Zero Carbon Act a double whammy for Taranaki
Comment: The Zero Carbon Act unjustly transitions Taranaki toward further uncertainty.
Comment: Forestry a threat to rural communities
Comment: Provincial communities will shrink if farming land is converted to forestry.
Editorial: Sorry James Cameron, the end isn't nigh for NZ meat farmers
EDITORIAL: Despite hype about Impossible Burgers, global meat consumption is on the rise.
Opinion: What the Official Cash Rate cut means
Comment: Most central banks have moved from being hawks to doves writes Nick Clark.
Opinion: Keep an eye on your rates
Comment: Get informed about how you are rated and where your rates are going.
RBNZ predicting risk could increase costs for farmers
Comment: The majority of farmers are worried about increase in costs on their businesses.
Opinion: Southland water plan targets farmers
Comment: The burden of the proposed plan falls disproportionately on farmers.
Opinion: Advocacy is your insurance policy
Comment: Federated Farmers is like an insurance policy for food security and farming.
'It ain't farming that's the problem'
Jim Hopkins has a few choice words for politicians who blame farming for climate change.
Rachel Stewart: Earth is heating up and activism will too
COMMENT: The environmental movement, like every other movement, is changing dramatically.
Comment: Joys of shovelling steaming sheep compost
A sheepish Kevin Page digs into a language barrier.
Hang on ... who's the boss?
The only way to stop her from yelling is to figure out what she's on about ... and fix it
Concentrate on more pressing problems
Comment: We are being asked to indulge the fantasies of one sector of the government.