Farmers are to be hit with a 37% increase in the cost of fertiliser as global demand pushes up the price of imported ingredients. Balance Agri-Nutrients and Ravensdown, which control about 90% of the New Zealand fertiliser market, say farmers can expect to pay an extra $100 per tonne of superphosphate within six months, pushing […]
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Farmers are to be hit with a 37% increase in the cost of fertiliser as global demand pushes up the price of imported ingredients. Balance Agri-Nutrients and Ravensdown, which control about 90% of the New Zealand fertiliser market, say farmers can expect to pay an extra $100 per tonne of superphosphate within six months, pushing […]
And big bucks for his corporate mates. JILL McKEE/Southland Times/Image ID 120070 UNDER HIS UMBRELLA: National Party leader John Key and Ardlussa farmer Rohan Horrell looking to the weather gods for some relief to the drought. Even though there was a smattering of rain on the parched Northern Southland plains yesterday it did little to […]
Economic growth is a political sedative, snuffing out protest as it drives inequality. It is time we gave it up George Monbiot Tuesday October 9, 2007 The Guardian If you are of a sensitive disposition, I advise you to turn the page now. I am about to break the last of the universal taboos. I […]
by Charles E. Carlson Global Research, September 29, 2007 Eight years of Biofuels (ethanol) policy and legislation has cemented in place the first world wide food cabal, which promises a humanitarian disaster, a famine more serious than those caused by any tsunami, earthquake or drought. This crisis is not in the dim future, it is […]
Shoppers paying almost double the normal price for free-range eggs may be wasting their money if they think they are choosing the most ethical and nutritious option. Many eggs sold as “free-range” are laid by hens that never get outside to peck at fresh grass and insects, and may even have clipped beaks, say industry […]
