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OPINION: Rural New Zealanders and those working in the primary sector play a vital role in our response to COVID-19 and it's important they take the opportunity to get vaccinated against the virus, says Agriculture and Rural Communities Minister Damien O'Connor

UK farmers are joining organisations from across the food and farming sector in calling for the Government to introduce a 12-month 'Covid-19 recovery visa'.

Farmlands new chief executive says she is going back to the basics for the short-term, which includes a focus on keeping employees safe and engaged through the Covid-19 pandemic.

The same technology used to detect Covid-19 in wastewater is now being used to help dairy farmers manage Johne's disease in their herd.

South Auckland dairy farmer Brian Gallagher says the system that allows him and his staff to cross the border from the Auckland region into the Waikato is working, is easy and seamless.

Covid-19 is a hot topic in the recently released 2021 New Zealand Winegrowers Annual Report, including its impacts on the border, markets, and increasingly supply chain.

Global uncertainty caused by Covid and related disruption to supply chains, as well as a global shortage of labour, are cited as contributing factors to a forecast drop in NZ red meat export returns.

Qualified overseas vets are giving up on plans to work in New Zealand because they cannot secure MIQ spots.

The New Zealand Society for Viticulture and Oenology has put its Alternative Varietals technical workshop on hold until New Zealand is back to Covid-19 Alert Level 1.

Australia's dairy industry is on track for a slight increase in milk production this season.