New Zealand’s monthly red meat and co-product exports topped $1 billion for the first time, according to the Meat Industry Association (MIA).

Taupo-based dairy processor Miraka says it used Government funding to pay workers forced to stay home during the COVID-19 lockdown.

There is massive demand for New Zealand beef and lamb in the United States as that country struggles to cope with COVID-19.

Farmers who supply Miraka dairy company, near Taupo, are sending videos to staff thanking them for being at work and processing their milk.

Farmers and DeLaval staff around the globe now have access to an e-learning solution developed by a Hamilton company.

NZ Apples and Pears says while it’s early days yet, apple export volumes for this year are only slightly behind last year.

February milk production was flat and New Zealand dairy exports decreased by 6.1%, or 19,348 MT compared to the same month last year.

A man who has spent more than 40 years in the meat industry says the best thing that happened to the industry in NZ was the UK joining the European Union in 1973.

Primary product prices will fall further this year but remain at reasonable levels before some improvement in 2021, according to BNZ senior economist Doug Steel.

The wool industry is in limbo waiting to see what the world outlook is like “once countries start resuming normality of some description”.