The New Zealand Farmers Weekly - Opinion http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/ Latest Content for Opinion en-nz http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/images/farmers_weekly_logo (small).gif Copyright 2007 The New Zealand Farmers Weekly http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/feed/ The New Zealand Farmers Weekly RSS Generator info@cplfirst.co.nz info@cplfirst.co.nz Sounds like a lot of trucking nonsense to me Annette Scott's article on new stock cartage guidelines costing farmers and transport companies millions of dollars (Feb 22) had me so fascinated I decided to get the consultative document and have a look for myself. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8125.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 08-03-2010 Less wool, but better prospects Increasing consumer confidence in the year ahead will drive up demand for wool a leading commodity analyst told the ABARE Outlook conference in Canberra last Tuesday. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8126.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 08-03-2010 Some grains of hope in Wool Taskforce report Over the decades I've seen lots of reports on the wool industry and regardless of the report, who wrote it and what it said wool prices have continued to fall. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8114.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 01-03-2010 It isn't hard to see why farms aren't selling I see Peter McDonald, national president of the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand being quoted in a press release on their website last week as saying that rural property prices are continuing to dip. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8104.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 22-02-2010 Battlers don't deserve this kind of treatment In the January 11 edition of The New Zealand Farmers Weekly and the February Country-Wide there were articles about a Ruapehu farming family written by Jackie Harrigan that detailed the development of a farm by the Siemonek family over 48 years and their current persecution by the Horizons Regional Council. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8090.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 15-02-2010 Corney, Carter deserve medals for perseverance Well, we finally have a National Animal Identification and Traceability (NAIT) system and what a circus it has been. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8087.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 08-02-2010 Morgan tax report view is right on button I have several issues with the recent tax working group report, starting with the fact that the non-academic membership was more a Wellington big business club than representative of the wider tax-paying community. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8079.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 01-02-2010 Why all the fuss about Mackenzie proposal? I find all the discussion regarding the proposed dairy unit in the Mackenzie Basin both hypocritical and disturbing. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8070.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 25-01-2010 Interesting ways winds of change blow The New Year of 2010 has been heralded by exceptionally strong, blustery gales; uprooting trees and tossing branches about like sticks, particularly in Manawatu. The winds of change are making themselves felt, especially in our rural areas, as sheep and beef farmers look to the next decade of hill country farming and wonder what the future has in store. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8062.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 18-01-2010 The 5-point Emerson plan to lower road toll I've been investigating what's likely to be in store for us on the road transport front and, in a word, it's frightening. The problem isn't the rationality of the approach or that it will reduce the road toll, it's more nanny state gone mad. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8048.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 21-12-2009