Country-Wide August-September 2023

Opposition parties have ideas about what they’d do with Landcorp should there be a change of government in October. By Jo Cuttance.

Clinical trials by the Malaghan Institute have shown that hookworms may be helpful for managing severe inflammatory and allergic diseases in humans.

There’s no rule book on the Taggarts’ farm in North Canterbury, and they don’t mind the debt because it keeps them pushing. Story and photos by Annabelle Latz.

Derek and Leanne White's exceptional performance on their Waiouru farm won them the 2023 Wairere Central Districts Red Meat Farm Business of the Year award.

Back in 2017 Prime Minister Jacinda Arden promised New Zealand’s most open and transparent Government. What NZ got over the next six years was the most money spent on communication staff, media minders and spin doctors.

New Zealanders were scared off GM back in the early 2000s, but the science has moved on since then and the calls to rethink our stand on gene-editing technology are getting louder. By Joanna Grigg.

Paul Muir of On-Farm Research knows a lot about sick calves – what causes illness and effective treatments – but he’s still had problems.

A team of Gisborne farmers compegted in the 12-stage Godzone Adventure Race, trekking, packrafting, mountain biking and kayaking 550km from Te Anau in Fiordland to Riverton in Southland just days after the Cyclone Gabrielle floods.

Is there a future in public ownership for Landcorp Farming? Ray Macleod thinks the SOE is far from a shining example for the farming sector to aspire to and says it needs to sharpen its farming act.

Trevor Cook has been hosting farmer groups around the country and is all too aware of the disconnect between farmers facing numerous issues and those who make the rules.