OPINION: It's easy to underestimate future capital costs in farming. Farmers only need to look at their building or renovating of homesteads and cowsheds, irrigation development, and major repairs on farms...

As farmers we can learn a lot from our United States cousins, both good and bad. I've been reflecting on a six week "farm study" tour covering 41 states and...

OPINION:  Some hard numbers are needed before we rush into placing a water tax on farmers, or for that matter, any other water user. In the interests of weighing...

*OPINION:* The world is moving so fast that sometimes it's just a struggle to stay on your feet. My advice? Look, listen, take stock and do the best you...

*OPINION*: It's time we all did a farm financial stress test. Why? Because we are 10 years on from the start of the world financial crisis and we need...

OPINION: Many years ago I can remember a farm survey with one of the questions being: "Do farm men feel they are above average drivers?". Unsurprisingly, 92 per cent replied...

OPINION: There's no doubt about it, farming is under pressure. I can hear the doubters muttering already: What do you mean pressure? For starters, within 10 to 15 years synthetic milk will be a...

*OPINION:* It's a curious fact that some issues directly affect New Zealand agriculture and others often have an indirect effect: Obviously a lower dollar relative to the United States currency is overall...

*Placed in the ChCh Press – Tuesday 13 February 2018* * * *OPINION:*  Around the world, some societies are starting to feel that the current generation is not as well...

  OPINION: Perhaps it's time for us all to back off a bit on our dreams and strengthen our balance sheet. If we look over the last year and the next...