Elbow Deep

Twitter has given me the opportunity to write a monthly column for my local paper. This blog is a collection of those articles. @dairymanNZ

Sunday, 17 January 2021

Daigou Disaster -- January 2021

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It is surprising how quickly a company’s fortunes can change; the A2 Milk Company (A2MC) played a dangerous high-stakes game, relying heavil...
Wednesday, 18 November 2020

Wannabe Lobbyists -- November 2020

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An exchange on Twitter caught my eye this week; a Waikato dairy farmer had landed a new 50:50 sharemilking job for the next season and was p...
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Monday, 19 October 2020

Election 2020, The Red Tsunami -- October 2020

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I had intended to use this month’s column to look back at the three years which have passed since the farmer protests in Morrinsville and de...
Saturday, 19 September 2020

Fonterra's Dividend, My Five Cents -- September 2020

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It has been quite the year for Fonterra, the co-operative not only won unanimous parliamentary support for the changes they sought to the Da...
Sunday, 16 August 2020

Spontaneous Fractures -- August 2020

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 It’s a little daunting starting a new dairy season when you’re coming off the back of the best season the farm has ever had; record product...
Sunday, 19 July 2020

Desperate Lobbying For The Status Quo -- July 2020

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You could be forgiven for thinking the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (DIRA) reforms were a done deal; a cross-party panel of MPs had unan...
Sunday, 21 June 2020

Freshwater; Style over Substance -- June 2020

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Much has been written about the Ministry for the Environment’s (MfE) newly released National Policy Statement (NPS) on Freshwater, some grou...
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