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While the wider agricultural sector comes to grips with the uncertainty of COVID-19, one prominent organisation is hanging onto its customers’ money for an event it is unlikely to deliver.

The Forest Owners Association (FOA) says its members and the supply chain are gearing up to meet the challenge of getting back to work on Tuesday 28 April.

Take the win but don’t bet the farm on it lasting.

Follow the Government and go early with your on-farm decisions, says Sharon Morrell the head of DairyNZ’s consulting officers in upper North Island.

A dairy industry leader says the COVID-19 interruption should bring positive changes to farming in New Zealand.

Federated Farmers president Katie Milne says farmers are still worried about the processing times at meat plants.

Shareholders and suppliers of Alliance Group are upset that the country’s biggest meat processing company did not work during the Easter holiday period while other companies did.

Fonterra tankers will be leaving more than just milk dockets on farms from this Saturday (April 25).

DairyNZ is now hosting online discussion groups where farmers can beam in from the comfort of their living rooms, offices or dairies and there’s no need to take the gumboots off.

Deer hunters want hunting to be permitted when the country moves out of COVID-19 Level 4 Alert.