OPINION: Appease the Chinese and protect your export trade, like dairy products, or infuriate them and face sanctions.

Dairy commodity prices have shaken off the past year's uncertainty, entering 2021 with a strong price trajectory.

New Zealand exported red meat and co-products worth just over $1 billion during March 2021, according to the latest analysis from the Meat Industry Association (MIA).

OPINION: Damien! What were you thinking, banning the live export trade?

Primary sector exporters, take a bow.

A team of 45 office-based staff from T&G – known as the ‘Envy Army’ – have been working part-time shifts at the company’s Hawke’s Bay packhouses to ensure its apples get to key global markets.

Robbie Ellison describes himself as a fisherman with a kiwifruit orcharding habit.

Zespri has switched to using mostly charter refrigerated container ships this year to get its kiwifruit to major markets, rather than relying on normal scheduled ships.

Australian livestock exporters are optimistic of securing more business as New Zealand winds down its trade over the next two years.

New Zealand Avocado chief executive Jen Scoular has overseen the industry almost treble in value during the past 10 years.