Displaying items by tag: CORONAVIRUS
Action groups carry on-line
Red Meat Profit Partnership (RMPP) Action Group facilitator John Stantiall was unsure, at the start of the Covid-19 lockdown, how meetings could work.
Carbon crunching
Becoming Neudorf’s General Manager two weeks before the Covid-19 lockdown seems like “a pretty good hospital pass”, says Todd Stevens, acknowledging a few grey hairs from vintage 2020.
Pig sector joins the chorus
Pig farmers have joined a growing chorus in the primary sector calling on the Government to urgently review its migrant worker policies in the wake of Covid-19.
BVD stealing profit, hitting herd health
A disease equally infectious to Mycoplasma bovis and Covid-19 is threatening farm profitability and livestock health.
Let’s go dairying! — Editorial
OPINION: GoDairy is another example of the NZ agri sector spearheading the country’s journey through Covid-19.
Hort raring to go
Horticulture New Zealand says the findings of the survey confirm that the sector will help drive New Zealand’s post-Covid recovery.
Primary sector confidence re-emerges — bank survey
While most of New Zealand’s economy has taken a hit in the wake of Covid-19, the country’s primary sector has had a resurgence of confidence.
Give Rural NZ a share of $3b infrastructure spend — Feds
Federated Farmers has some advice for how the Government should divvy up the $3 billion infrastructure fund.
Farming key to NZ’s future
National’s agriculture spokesman, David Bennett on how the sector is key to New Zealand’s economic rebuild.
New swine flu has ‘pandemic potential’
Scientists are calling for urgent action following the discovery of a new strain of swine flu.
