Rural News
The National Party tells farmers that if you sequester carbon and can measure and monitor it, that should count towards your farming contribution to carbon neutrality
19th Nov 22, 9:48am
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The National Party tells farmers that if you sequester carbon and can measure and monitor it, that should count towards your farming contribution to carbon neutrality
Guy Trafford looks at the varying prospects in the dairy and sheep & beef sectors, watching price signals diverge
18th Nov 22, 9:42am
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Guy Trafford looks at the varying prospects in the dairy and sheep & beef sectors, watching price signals diverge
Fonterra finally quits its Soprole business in Chile for about NZ$1 bln, and this will bring "a significant capital return to our shareholders and unitholders"
18th Nov 22, 8:42am
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Fonterra finally quits its Soprole business in Chile for about NZ$1 bln, and this will bring "a significant capital return to our shareholders and unitholders"
Guy Trafford worries that the HWEN consultation may end up being reviewed by a minister who seems unsure about his ministry's advice and research
17th Nov 22, 6:51am
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Guy Trafford worries that the HWEN consultation may end up being reviewed by a minister who seems unsure about his ministry's advice and research
Angus Kebbell talks to Damien O'Connor about sequestration, He Waka Eke Noa consultation, forestry's march and locking up food-producing land so companies can continue to pollute
12th Nov 22, 10:28am
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Angus Kebbell talks to Damien O'Connor about sequestration, He Waka Eke Noa consultation, forestry's march and locking up food-producing land so companies can continue to pollute
Guy Trafford wonders why the Government is effectively incentivising agriculture to reduce all the nation's GHG emissions when agriculture is responsible for less than half of it
11th Nov 22, 11:02am
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Guy Trafford wonders why the Government is effectively incentivising agriculture to reduce all the nation's GHG emissions when agriculture is responsible for less than half of it
Flawed Government messaging creates further heat in the agricultural GHG debate. There is lots of work still to be done
9th Nov 22, 9:58am
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Flawed Government messaging creates further heat in the agricultural GHG debate. There is lots of work still to be done
Guy Trafford takes an overview look at where global populations are heading, and how we will feed them in the future. He checks out New Zealand's role in that food supply
9th Nov 22, 9:30am
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Guy Trafford takes an overview look at where global populations are heading, and how we will feed them in the future. He checks out New Zealand's role in that food supply
Guy Trafford wonders where the work-less-for-the-same-pay movement is headed. Inefficient white-collar workers get benefits not available to blue- or grey-collar workers because bosses accept and pay for lazy work habits
5th Nov 22, 11:06am
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Guy Trafford wonders where the work-less-for-the-same-pay movement is headed. Inefficient white-collar workers get benefits not available to blue- or grey-collar workers because bosses accept and pay for lazy work habits
Guy Trafford looks at how Chinese food security issues impact our rural sector. In particular, the rise of the pork industry after ASF is on a monumental scale - and imports from China avoid NZ animal welfare regulations
2nd Nov 22, 11:36am
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Guy Trafford looks at how Chinese food security issues impact our rural sector. In particular, the rise of the pork industry after ASF is on a monumental scale - and imports from China avoid NZ animal welfare regulations
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Macey and Frame argue we should do what other countries have done and build climate policy from the bottom up by recognising the capabilities and constraints we already have instead of designing a theoretically ideal policy from the top down
1st Nov 22, 1:21pm
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Macey and Frame argue we should do what other countries have done and build climate policy from the bottom up by recognising the capabilities and constraints we already have instead of designing a theoretically ideal policy from the top down
From farming to fermentation: how New Zealand could ‘brew up’ new foods to reduce agricultural emissions
31st Oct 22, 11:21am
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From farming to fermentation: how New Zealand could ‘brew up’ new foods to reduce agricultural emissions
David Frame on the ETS and HWEN, on afforestation, and how we can get to where we need to be climate-wise and still maintain the lifestyle we have - in spite of underperforming public institutions
29th Oct 22, 11:13am
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David Frame on the ETS and HWEN, on afforestation, and how we can get to where we need to be climate-wise and still maintain the lifestyle we have - in spite of underperforming public institutions
Murray Grimwood has a different take on the Damien O'Connor radio interview. He points out we are blind to the magnitude of the fossil acre / real solar acre ratio which means we are overpopulated and underfooded now
29th Oct 22, 10:50am
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Murray Grimwood has a different take on the Damien O'Connor radio interview. He points out we are blind to the magnitude of the fossil acre / real solar acre ratio which means we are overpopulated and underfooded now
Farm advocates raise alarm about the march of zombie forests, want action before the effects on food production and on its rural communities become much worse
29th Oct 22, 10:26am
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Farm advocates raise alarm about the march of zombie forests, want action before the effects on food production and on its rural communities become much worse
Guy Trafford reports that the confusions over HWEN, carbon farming, and sequestration extend to the Minister of Agriculture, laid bare in a troubling radio interview
29th Oct 22, 9:25am
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Guy Trafford reports that the confusions over HWEN, carbon farming, and sequestration extend to the Minister of Agriculture, laid bare in a troubling radio interview
Log demand is down in China but reduced supply is maintaining a balance. India subdued. Domestic demand signals stay strong
28th Oct 22, 11:56am
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Log demand is down in China but reduced supply is maintaining a balance. India subdued. Domestic demand signals stay strong
Farmers need certainty over emissions pricing – removing the Government from the equation might help
28th Oct 22, 10:54am
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Farmers need certainty over emissions pricing – removing the Government from the equation might help
Sales of farms and lifestyle blocks both down by more than 50% compared to two years ago
27th Oct 22, 11:05am
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Sales of farms and lifestyle blocks both down by more than 50% compared to two years ago
Methane technology breakthroughs cannot stop ruminants from doing what comes naturally
27th Oct 22, 7:25am
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Methane technology breakthroughs cannot stop ruminants from doing what comes naturally
Substituting food producing land for locked-up carbon forests just so international companies can avoid reducing their emissions appears to farmers as the ultimate in bad environmental policy. Phil Orme reviews what farmers can do to avoid the worst of it
22nd Oct 22, 10:54am
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Substituting food producing land for locked-up carbon forests just so international companies can avoid reducing their emissions appears to farmers as the ultimate in bad environmental policy. Phil Orme reviews what farmers can do to avoid the worst of it
Although dairy prices are slipping, they may be the only food item that is. Guy Trafford reports that a flood of big price increases are about to hit the market after suppliers find they can't absorb them anymore
22nd Oct 22, 10:27am
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Although dairy prices are slipping, they may be the only food item that is. Guy Trafford reports that a flood of big price increases are about to hit the market after suppliers find they can't absorb them anymore
Guy Trafford reports on a recent 'agriculture' talkfest in Auckland where someone asked: Is it reasonable that the rural sector has to reduce its contribution to warming well before urban NZ halts its contribution to warming?
19th Oct 22, 10:08am
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Guy Trafford reports on a recent 'agriculture' talkfest in Auckland where someone asked: Is it reasonable that the rural sector has to reduce its contribution to warming well before urban NZ halts its contribution to warming?
Madeline Hall points out that price is not the thing that truly makes change happen. Focusing only on that can create an unstable tipping point with unintended consequences
16th Oct 22, 3:11pm
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Madeline Hall points out that price is not the thing that truly makes change happen. Focusing only on that can create an unstable tipping point with unintended consequences
Guy Trafford has read the Government's proposed response to HWEN and thinks the immediate strong negative reaction by farmer lobby groups is somewhat overdone
12th Oct 22, 4:39pm
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Guy Trafford has read the Government's proposed response to HWEN and thinks the immediate strong negative reaction by farmer lobby groups is somewhat overdone
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