Business
Meat processors respond to GHG plan
What did the red meat industry have to say about the Government’s ag emissions plan? Joanna Grigg picks out a few highlights from submissions from Silver Fern Farms, Alliance, ANZCO and Ovation.
Ticking the boxes with hemp
Hemp offers opportunities for people to get into a whole different area of primary production, but present law limits possibilities. Rebecca Greaves reports.
Delivering delectable lamb
The daughters of a Marlborough high country farming couple have created a sustainable family business offering Merino lamb direct to consumers. Rebecca Greaves reports.
On a roll with wool
After school, it was a choice of working in a bank or picking up the shearing handpiece for a young Northland woman. Shearing won. By Glenys Christian. Photos: Malcolm Pullman.
Ag emissions: How we got here
To keep the global average temperature well below 2deg C above pre-industrial levels, while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5deg C.
Climate Commission picks it
The Government’s proposals for an agricultural emissions scheme have largely followed the independent Climate Change Commission’s suggestions. By Joanna Grigg.
Broken-down wool gets new use
Flooring is not the only future use for New Zealand’s coarse wools. Annabelle Latz writes.
To finish or not to finish
Kerry Dwyer considers the options for sheep farmers with this summer’s lamb trade.
Regenerative Ag: Approach with caution
Scientists have been trying to cut through the hype of regenerative agriculture, writes Professor Jacequeline Rowarth.
Hill country horrors
Hill country sheep and beef farmers are caught between Government and industry emissions proposals that have the same result, James Hoban writes.