ESTHER TAUNTON, June 19 2017 Mark Hotton New Zealand’s dairy industry is at risk as Chinese demand for whole milk powder stalls, Keith Woodford says. New Zealand’s dairy industry is in a high risk position as Chinese demand for whole milk powder stalls and there is no quick fix, Keith Woodford says. China is the largest importer […]
by Mitch Hunter For decades, American agriculture has been a paragon of productivity, churning out record crops at a steady clip. We have exported both our farm products and our way of farming around the world, and global production has risen relentlessly. Yet now there is concern that even this is not enough. The United Nations […]
Little change seen in agri-food crystal ball Keith Woodford casts an eye over the year ahead for agri-food and sees no sudden improvements. Sadly, the number of small family farms with less than 300 cows will further decline, and we will see the first signs of this in 2016. The year ahead is going to […]
Bryan Gould: TPP signing a denial of democracy 1:50 PM Thursday Jan 14, 2016 It is one of the peculiarities of a Westminster-style constitution that the power to conclude international treaties rests exclusively with the executive – in our case, with the Cabinet. The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is no exception. While a National Impact […]
Hate of the Union: the TPP is an Offence to the People by Paul Street When Feelings Reflect Reality Introduced in George Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty Four, the word “doublethink” refers to the ability to hold two contradictory ideas in your mind at the same time and to believe both of them. I don’t […]
The World Has Reached Peak Chicken, Peak Rice, And Peak Milk We no longer have the ability to harvest from the Earth at ever-increasing rates. What does that mean for the future of the food supply? We still haven’t reached peak oil. But peak milk happened in 2004, peak soybeans in 2009, and peak […]
Quad bikes ‘not suited’ to farm tasks ALEX DRUCE 13 Jan, 2016 11:42 AM 2 Keeping children off quad bikes of any size, not carrying passengers or loads or spray tanks and wearing a helmet have been listed as important safety actions. ONE in five farm deaths in 2015 involved quad bikes, with rural safety […]
GE ANIMALS in New Zealand GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANIMALS: THE FIRST FIFTEEN YEARS GE Free NZ in Food and Environment has compiled this report from information gathered through AgResearch annual reports and Official Information Act requests (OIA). Written by Claire Bleakley GE Free New Zealand In Food and Environment Inc. PO Box 13402, Wellington, […]
October 16, 2015 Inside the TPP: Trading People for Profit by Mark Moreno Pascual A new addition to the growing number of “free trade” agreements (FTAs) took center stage last Monday as the United States and 11 Pacific Rim countries announced the conclusion of a mammoth “trade” deal that covers more than 60% of the […]
Driver licence obligations for farmers, rural landowners and workers There are plenty of tasks that involve driving if you are a rural landowner. The nature of farming and its associated enterprises, and the lack of viable public transport alternatives means that most people that work in rural industries need a driver’s licence. As the rules […]