Country-Wide August-September 2023

Increasing productivity without adding costs is one of the most effective strategies for remaining profitable in tough financial times. Sandra Taylor writes.

Farmers, particularly young ones, want to be part of the policy-making system with environmental regulation. By Anne Hardie.

Critics say the government would be better off selling its farming operation, Landcorp. By Terry Brosnahan and Glenys Christian.

Rather than focus on money, NZ should be focusing on education to resolve society’s ills, Paul Burt writes.

My neighbour keeps telling us people are gaslighting her. I want to know what she means. But I am scared to google it. Not after the pegging debacle. Anyway, if gaslighting is a sex thing, just say it's a sex thing and leave it at that. I don’t need to know what goes where. Many thanks, Fine with being a prude

The rain continues to fall in the Gisborne region and Louise Savage is just one of many who’s had enough.

Read Country-Wide August/September 2023 online here. Country-Wide is New Zealand’s only dedicated pastoral and arable farming magazine, available on subscription.