animal welfare
Dairy industry making steady though sometimes controversial progress at eliminating killings of baby calves
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Dairy industry making steady though sometimes controversial progress at eliminating killings of baby calves
Market and climate adaptions still need to take into account local sensitivities about animal welfare issues where outdated 'facts' still reside in shoppers minds
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Market and climate adaptions still need to take into account local sensitivities about animal welfare issues where outdated 'facts' still reside in shoppers minds
Guy Trafford observes that when New Zealand producers are required to adhere to higher standards the result is not a general improvement in standards, but a free pass to importers to undercut them. Consumers then side with the importers
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Guy Trafford observes that when New Zealand producers are required to adhere to higher standards the result is not a general improvement in standards, but a free pass to importers to undercut them. Consumers then side with the importers
The current onslaught against farming is neither enjoyable to be in or observe. But out of it all perhaps there may be a rosy future
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The current onslaught against farming is neither enjoyable to be in or observe. But out of it all perhaps there may be a rosy future
Guy Trafford looks at the debate over wintering systems and wonders if anything farmers do will satisfy some of the critics. And what’s happening with venison?
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Guy Trafford looks at the debate over wintering systems and wonders if anything farmers do will satisfy some of the critics. And what’s happening with venison?
Guy Trafford points out good farmland is increasingly threatened by cities moving inland as climate change sees coastal zones encroached by the ocean
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Guy Trafford points out good farmland is increasingly threatened by cities moving inland as climate change sees coastal zones encroached by the ocean
Guy Trafford looks at what the future might hold for Lincoln University, and how consumer perceptions might change feedlot operations
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Guy Trafford looks at what the future might hold for Lincoln University, and how consumer perceptions might change feedlot operations
Keith Woodford says Dutch dairy farms prosper despite modest subsidies, tight regulation, by a focus on science, highly educated farmers and a strong sense of social responsibility
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Keith Woodford says Dutch dairy farms prosper despite modest subsidies, tight regulation, by a focus on science, highly educated farmers and a strong sense of social responsibility
Keith Woodford looks ahead to see how dairy farmers will adjust to the regulatory, environmental and economic pressures in their industry and still be able to prosper
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Keith Woodford looks ahead to see how dairy farmers will adjust to the regulatory, environmental and economic pressures in their industry and still be able to prosper
Rick Powdrell says now is the time to support wool. He likes the Cavalier Bremworth campaign, and calls for push-back against PETA
Rick Powdrell says now is the time to support wool. He likes the Cavalier Bremworth campaign, and calls for push-back against PETA
Election 2014 - Party Policies - Animal Welfare
Election 2014 - Party Policies - Animal Welfare
Willy Leferink has some common sense advice for dairy farmers: run your business better than the legal standards and you won't be a target
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Willy Leferink has some common sense advice for dairy farmers: run your business better than the legal standards and you won't be a target
Willy Leferink points out that "every $1 in the milk payout we cannot make removes $300 from the pocket of every man, women and child in New Zealand"
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Willy Leferink points out that "every $1 in the milk payout we cannot make removes $300 from the pocket of every man, women and child in New Zealand"
"Instead of throwing rocks at us from the sideline, we need environmentalists, politicians and scientists to work with us for [a] better way" - Willy Leferink
"Instead of throwing rocks at us from the sideline, we need environmentalists, politicians and scientists to work with us for [a] better way" - Willy Leferink
