EditorialEditorial: Unwelcome pests need firm responseEDITORIAL: Valuable primary sector requires protection, at border and inside farm gate.26 Dec 04:00 PM
The CountryHow much orange is too much orange?I started mucking out under cover of darkness.22 Dec 05:00 PM
The Country'I can't wait for when we don't have possums'Life in the country is better without pests.21 Dec 04:00 PM
The CountryRural Ramblings: Girls are back in townOur two girls are home from university for the summer and the house is full to overflowing20 Dec 11:30 PM
The CountryEditorial: The silly seasonThe right to privacy is wielded like a shield, though not always for the greater good.19 Dec 12:00 AM
The CountryMark Ross: Managing pests to help eradicate global hungerIn NZ, the economic damage caused by pastoral weeds is estimated at $1.2 billion per annum18 Dec 04:00 PM
The CountryLake Taupo water toxic to people and dogsIn 1963, all NZ waterways were drinkable. What, oh what are we doing to our world?17 Dec 08:30 PM
The CountryComment: Precious soil being lost to the oceanOpinion: We're losing it. Soil that is.13 Dec 09:09 PM
OpinionBrian RudmanBrian Rudman: Douse the water deniersCOMMENT: You do have to despair at what the democratic system can throw up.12 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionJamie Mackay2017: The good, the bad, the ugly, Trump and WinstonJamie Mackay gives his review of the year that was and announces his Ag Person of the Year11 Dec 05:00 AM
The Country1080 crucial to saving our native speciesMistaken views of 1080 lead to destruction, writes conservation volunteer Sue Boyde.11 Dec 01:30 AM
The CountryMills gave pioneers their daily breadFlour shipped into the Bay wasn't cheap in the early days so mills sprang up.08 Dec 10:00 PM
The CountryBruce Dickens: Waxing lyrical on 1080 isn't credibleThe deer that die of 1080 poison do not look like they died with a smile on their face.08 Dec 05:00 AM
The CountryMartin Williams: Hawke's Bay needs water storageThere can not be a reality for Hawke's Bay that does not involve water storage.06 Dec 04:00 PM
The CountryKerry Thomas: Time to rechargeSpring is now turning into a busy summer and Christmas is approaching at break-neck speed.05 Dec 04:30 AM
The CountryAvoid unnecessary packagingWith Christmas looming, now is the time to think how you can avoid unnecessary packaging.03 Dec 09:30 PM
The CountrySutton: Forests needed to save planetOn a per capita basis we contribute more greenhouses gases than the US or China.02 Dec 07:00 AM
The CountryLessons from Havelock North water crisisThe Havelock North contamination outbreak was always an event waiting to happen.30 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionHosking: The cost of restricting land salesCOMMENT: Here's what I know. When you list your house, you want top dollar - from anywhere29 Nov 05:12 PM
The CountryPerley: Fed Farmers need radical thinkingTraditional mindset at risk because discerning markets want safe, quality food.29 Nov 04:00 PM
The CountryNathan Guy: Horowhenua Taste Trail boost for local producersHorowhenua's Taste Trail last weekend was a huge success29 Nov 12:30 AM
The CountrySean Connelly: Harvesting experience feeds progressThe best ways to a better food system have been gathered for sharing, writes Sean Connelly27 Nov 03:30 AM
The CountryEwan McGregor: One billion trees need sensible managementWholesale forest destruction has come at an enormous environmental cost.26 Nov 05:00 PM
The CountryBrian Gaynor: Focused a2 shows how it's done, who's next?COMMENT: Successful companies are all about strategy and execution and a2 has excelled.24 Nov 04:00 PM
The CountryNo joy in supporting 1080Negative rumours abound about 1080 but proof of facts is harder to come by.23 Nov 10:00 PM
OpinionBrian FallowWhat makes farming so special?COMMENT: In fighting emissions, should agriculture get a better deal than others?23 Nov 05:00 PM
The CountryChairman steps down from the Beef + Lamb boardBeef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) chairman James Parsons will not seek re-election23 Nov 05:00 AM
The CountryEditorial: Mud-slinging countered with icecreamsBattle looms over how many cows is the right number of cows22 Nov 09:30 PM
The CountryRural Ramblings: How to fowl up a diagnosisAnimals make life tricky on the farm — as usual, says Julie Paton22 Nov 05:00 PM
The CountryAlastair Scott: Lack of certainty surrounds new GovernmentAspirations are admirable but now the new Government has to be accountable.22 Nov 04:00 PM
The CountryExcessive focus on Auckland highlightedWaterview's cost benefit is down there with Muldoon's methanol plant.21 Nov 09:15 PM
OpinionEditorial: Margarine on brink of comebackButter the only spread worth spreading21 Nov 07:56 PM
