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!['Embarrassing': Groundswell protest crowd size criticised](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Embarrassing': Groundswell protest crowd size criticised
Almost 60 convoys were planned around NZ to protest against farm emissions pricing plan.
![Focus Morning Bulletin: 20 October, 2022](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Focus Morning Bulletin: 20 October, 2022
Protesters could cause more chaos, someone just got $16 million dollars richer and Wayne Brown gets set to meet with the PM in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
![How a National MP went to war for her son - and how it cost her her job](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
How a National MP went to war for her son - and how it cost her her job
Email that cost MP her portfolio came from inside the agency she wanted investigated.
![Steven Joyce: Can't see the food for the trees](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Steven Joyce: Can't see the food for the trees
Govt's bid to trim emissions will hit Kiwi farmers — but won't reduce climate change.
![Groundswell to mount tractor protest to emissions plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Groundswell to mount tractor protest to emissions plan
Groundswell NZ calls emissions plan an 'assault on food production and rural communities'.
![Explainer: What's changed? Why the rural uproar over farm emissions pricing scheme](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Explainer: What's changed? Why the rural uproar over farm emissions pricing scheme
There are only two areas of major difference but they might well be chasms.
![Ex-MP comes out swinging at Nats as new 'freedom' party registered](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ex-MP comes out swinging at Nats as new 'freedom' party registered
The freedom-focused party now boasts a membership of "well over" 1000 paying members.
![Claire Trevett: Pickle for National as emissions plan reaches farm gates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Claire Trevett: Pickle for National as emissions plan reaches farm gates
Will the farms tax end the hopes of political consensus on climate change?
![The future of farming: How global crises are reshaping agriculture](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The future of farming: How global crises are reshaping agriculture
Financial Times: Threat of climate change driving a return to pre-industrial methods.
![Gloriavale wins milk battle - on condition no child labour used on farms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gloriavale wins milk battle - on condition no child labour used on farms
Milk giant stopped milk collection from farms after child labour allegations.
!['Like a bloody battlefield': Sheep killed in dog attack](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Like a bloody battlefield': Sheep killed in dog attack
The Queenstown farmer is putting out a warning to dog owners.
![MPs and farmers go head to head in John Luxton Memorial Match](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
MPs and farmers go head to head in John Luxton Memorial Match
Money raised supports young Māori from the local area into agricultural careers
![Roger Partridge: Productive land law ignores opportunity cost](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Roger Partridge: Productive land law ignores opportunity cost
Were economists involved in drafting National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land?
![Te wiki o te reo Māori: What businesses are doing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Te wiki o te reo Māori: What businesses are doing
Businesses have big plans to go even further this year - kōrero nui.
![Barbara Kuriger: Food and fibre has a strong future despite the challenges](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Barbara Kuriger: Food and fibre has a strong future despite the challenges
Farmers and growers have made good progress towards NZ's environmental goal.
![Fonterra cuts milk price forecast to $9.25/kg](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fonterra cuts milk price forecast to $9.25/kg
Fonterra has cut its milk price forecast to a mid-point of $9.25/kg.
![Exercising rural women's right to mental wellbeing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Exercising rural women's right to mental wellbeing
Happiness Editor Matt Heath talks to Kate Ivey.
![How New Zealand's climate fight is threatening farmland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
How New Zealand's climate fight is threatening farmland
New York Times: Investors are rushing to buy up pastures and plant carbon-sucking trees.
![Angry Dutch farmers vow to cause more protest chaos than ever](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Angry Dutch farmers vow to cause more protest chaos than ever
The govt sparked fury with plan to curb livestock numbers to meet climate change targets.
!['Huge upfront payment': Kāinga Ora's $70m farm land grab trumped private sector offers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Huge upfront payment': Kāinga Ora's $70m farm land grab trumped private sector offers
The housing agency failed to price risk in the land purchase.
![Government and Ngāi Tahu to work together on regenerative farming project](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Government and Ngāi Tahu to work together on regenerative farming project
A programme will compare regenerative farming practices to conventional methods.
![Tech innovation key to saving the planet](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tech innovation key to saving the planet
Exciting tech initiatives give some hope for humanity
!['Every Kiwi will suffer': Farmers fear Foot and Mouth outbreak](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Every Kiwi will suffer': Farmers fear Foot and Mouth outbreak
'It could be very hard to eradicate.'
!['Like a heart attack': Farmer on the $16b threat to NZ's economy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Like a heart attack': Farmer on the $16b threat to NZ's economy
How foot and mouth could decimate NZ's agriculture sector.
![Supporting farmers to reach their sustainable goal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Supporting farmers to reach their sustainable goal
Sustainable finance is one way in which banks can support farmers.
![Foot-and-mouth disease: Why a NZ outbreak is so feared](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Foot-and-mouth disease: Why a NZ outbreak is so feared
The threat to jobs alone is formidable.
![Focus: Minister of Agriculture on foot and mouth disease](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Focus: Minister of Agriculture on foot and mouth disease
Minister of Agriculture Damien O'Connor spoke about the country's biosecurity systems and the threat of foot and mouth disease should it reach New Zealand. Video / Mark Mitchell
![$9300 for top dog at Gore sale](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
$9300 for top dog at Gore sale
$9300 has been paid for a top farm dog at the annual sale in Gore. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Video / Michael Curreen / ODT
![Laggard to leader? Pressure on Aus to match NZ on climate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Laggard to leader? Pressure on Aus to match NZ on climate
Pacific leaders hope some transtasman rivalry at forum will help Australia up its game.