27 March 2020
The Government is well aware of farming’s importance and is doing everything it can to ensure the primary sector continues to operate as close to normal as possible, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says.
20 March 2020
Rural people are urged to band together in keeping safe as they ride the tough times of the coronavirus pandemic.
13 March 2020
Despite coronavirus panic, drought’s bit and Mycoplasma bovis fears the forecasts for New Zealand’s primary sector remain in positive growth territory.
6 March 2020
Federated Farmers is warning rural district councils could face cost blowouts in meeting the requirements of the Government’s National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity.
28 February 2020
Northern Hawke’s Bay farmers are frustrated other landowners in the area are not doing enough to control possums, leaving them exposed to a bovine tuberculosis outbreak, which Ospri admits it took its eye off.
21 February 2020
More than 1000 logging contractors, a number industry leaders say could double, have been laid off in recent weeks as the economic impact of China’s battle to contain coronavirus begins to bite.
14 February 2020
Business in China is slowly returning to normal but analysts warn it animal protein consumption is likely to stay subdued for at least another month as it continues to try to control the spread of coronavirus.
7 February 2020
As dry starts to ratchet up the pressure on farmers Central Hawke’s Bay farmer John Waldin has been lucky enough to get some of his stock away to the works but there’s still more that needs to go.
31 January 2020
Coronavirus couldn’t have come at a worse time for meat processors, analysts say.
24 January 2020
Dairy land values will slide over the next five years as farming is put under increased economic and environmental pressure, Rabobank says.
