Once more I welcome our new members. We are signing up between 15 and 20 new members each day. Our telemarketers have been going for four days and are signing up on average one third of the farmers they contact. This is a phenomenal result and shows the depth of feeling farmers hold about livestockContinue Reading …
Membership
July 31, 2011
I’d like to welcome new members who have responded to the advertisement in the Straight Furrow. It was a bit of a gamble with the advertisement costing over $500 but I was so angry after the Q& A programme and combined with my frustration at our lack of resources to do what we want toContinue Reading …
Days of soil moisture deficit in Northland 1952 to 2010
December 11, 2010
David Carter came to Northland and declared that the increase in significant drought events indicates we’re living in a time of significant climate change. Soil moisture deficit records from NIWA would indicate that we are living in a time of a really stupid Agriculture Minister Year Days of deficit Year Days of deficit 1981 17Continue Reading …
Methane from livestock not the problem!
November 26, 2010
Enteric methane produced (tonnes) 1990 1,039857 1998 1,069750 1999 1,102670 2000 1,127900 2001 1,101238 2002 1,123076 2003 1,123438 2007 1,111647 2008 1,078928 Enteric methane produced in 2008 was less than that produced in 2000 and virtually the same as in 1998. Methane oxidises to CO2 in 8-12 years so we canContinue Reading …
Emission Factors
November 13, 2010
In just 6 weeks agriculture will start the voluntary reporting of the bullshit emissions as calculated using the science defying logic of the Ministry of Bullshit. This is a new ministry that encompasses the Ministry’s of Climate Change issues, Climate Change Negotiations, Environment and Agriculture. The Ministers of Bullshit are jointly, Nick Smith, Tim Grosser,Continue Reading …
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