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Spotting a successful farmer
Last century a sheep farmer could be spotted as soon as he pulled into town, but Paul Burt says identification isn’t so easy anymore.
A question of priorities
He’s had a holiday, but now he’s home, Roger Barton is seething about a government minister’s apparent hypocrisy.
Quiet onfarm, frantic at finals
Hemp product marketing and home farm maintenance kept Blair Drysdale busy on his Balfour farm this winter, and then came the Young Farmer finals.
Sugar beet a winner
David Walston writes from the UK where weather and pricing are dictating his planting schedule.
Hard to get a job from a poor man
Rather than focus on money, NZ should be focusing on education to resolve society’s ills, Paul Burt writes.
The Politricks Horror Show
Jane Smith’s pleased there’s been a good autumn on her farm, but worries this year’s election might be a horror show.
Happy pets and election dread
Mac the Labrador is good at fetching firewood and he could make a good gun dog if Mark Guscott was a duck shooter.
Regrets – I have a few
Mark Chamberlain finds himself looking forward to a gap year he wasn’t expecting.
Weather, cats and the future
As Paul and Suzie Corboy hit ages ending with a zero, they’re thinking about what to do next in life’s big adventure.