Paul Little: Honestly, I don't give a scoot
COMMENT: Hopefully Lime scooters will be the biggest thing to complain about in 2019.
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Farmers advised to take all practical steps to ensure safety around effluent ponds.
Local Focus Special Report: The glyphosate debate reaches New Zealand
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Roundup wrangle: Glyphosate debate reaches NZ
Roundup makes our paddocks yellow, but is it green? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Whistle blower accuses farmers of 'appalling' treatment of pregnant cows
The harvest of foetal bovine serum is the latest in a string of animal welfare issues.
Buy your milk at dairies, says Federated Farmers
Fed Farmers' dairy chairman gets two 2L bottles of milk for $6 at his local Waikato dairy.
Interim Fonterra CEO to farmer, sharemarket taste
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Question marks over science, agri creds at MPI's top table
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Digital mapping provides better quality information on issues and opinions.
Case for a viable partnership
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Zero Carbon consultation brings methane into focus
Dairy farmers in with chance for "get out of jail free" card on methane emissions.
Calls for public re-notification of WCO application
Special tribunal considers re-notification of WCO application, given new science findings.
Rabbit numbers down 25 per cent, farmers unimpressed
Effectiveness of K5 virus in killing rabbits has failed to impress Federated Farmers.
Researchers moot new way to treat methane
A new study has suggested a fresh way to account for key greenhouse gas methane.
Political Roundup: The M. Bovis debacle deserves more debate
What has emerged from debate over M. Bovis is that NZ has been let down by authorities.
Kiwi farmers await M. Bovis decision
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Rachel Stewart: Farmers angry with MPI over Mycoplasma bovis
COMMENT: MPI chief fighting Mycoplasma bovis says previous column hit close to bone.
Editorial: Cattle disease a $60m wake-up call
EDITORIAL: A rethink of the way cows are managed is required to deal with outbreak.
Car import costs a side-risk to greener economy - report
Report shows ''major changes will be needed," commission chair Murray Sherwin says.
Letters: Prisoner rehabilitation: A health issue or a social issue
Your say: Prisoner rehabilitation; farming v cycling; free speech; Queens park re-naming
Is this the year NZ's water war simmers?
The war over water hit boiling point amid 2017's election. Will 2018 see tensions simmer?
Debt puts the squeeze on farmers
Dairy farmers under pressure to pay back bank support during milk price downturn.
Govt gives to rural trusts to support farmers
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Former Fed Farmers president William Rolleston made CNZM
Former Federated Farmers president William Rolleston made CNZM.
Northland dairy farmers may lose over $31m
The Northland dairy sector is poised to lose $13.5m due to the lower forecast price.
Business leaders, exporters and farmers upbeat about TPP deal
"This is a great outcome for not just the primary sector but all New Zealanders."
Time to bury the hatchet, Fed Farmers says
Time to bury the hatchet, post election - Federated Farmers.
Waikato healthy river plan $16m and rising
WRC has spent $16m on a policy to clean up the rivers and the costs keep rising.
Naked anti-wool push mystifies NZ farmers
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Rachel Stewart: Hysteria over water policy pitiful
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