Mike's Minute: Labour has completely turned farmers off

As part of Fieldays, Federated Farmers have done the most interesting survey.

It is a snapshot, like them all. But the numbers for one lot are so stark, alarm bells should be ringing.

So, who would a farmer vote for? You would say National and you would be right.

Peter Wilson: Week in Politics: National and Labour go courting at Fieldays

It was Fieldays week and that meant Labour and National courting the farmers with enticing policies.

Opposition leader Christopher Luxon announced National's policy, which pushes back the deadline for pricing agricultural emissions to 2030 and rules out putting the sector under the Emissions Trading Scheme.

The party's agriculture spokesman, Todd McClay, said it was all about giving farmers the tools they needed to cut methane emissions.

Garrick Tremain: Field Days

 Here is Garrick Tremain's cartoon commentary on Chris Hipkins at the Field Days!