Understanding NZ farmers: trust, truth and how we learn
Jen Corkran discusses her Kellogg Scholar research project and her findings in the latest Rural Leaders podcast episode.
Doing right by the climate and each other
If methane targets for farming are reduced, some other Kiwi industry may have to pick up the tab, writes Bryan Gibson.
Fact and fiction in ag today
Two recent examples of the different standpoints prevailing in the industry give Bryan Gibson pause.
Scope 3 emissions: cash will flow to greener dairy
Increasingly, positive emissions reporting will unlock capital, Fonterra says.
Straight talk outside the agri echo chamber
A visiting Scottish Nuffield scholar urges farmers to adopt a collaborative approach and stop slagging off different iterations of food production.
A decade in the editor’s chair
At every farming conference in those first years the mantra was of telling a better story – ‘If only people understood our value, they’d value our work', writes Bryan Gibson.
Champions here for one another
The wonderful thing about our small towns and rural communities is the way people are there for each other, writes Bryan Gibson.
Pulling an action-packed year into focus
Farmers Weekly In Focus was on the ground recording the stories of farmers and other sector leaders. Host Bryan Gibson shares his podcast highlights for 2023.
Power to the people, but who will pay?
It’s all very well to promise decentralisation, but the demographics might not support this government reset, writes Bryan Gibson.
Govt’s wool pledge could shift market
The government owns so many buildings, its pledge to use wool in them where feasible could kickstart a recovery in strong-wool prices, says Bremworth CEO.