Displaying items by tag: CORONAVIRUS
Urgent Moving Day request from DairyNZ
DairyNZ is urging farmers to offer their input on Moving Day by this Sunday.
Call for move to district reporting of COVID-19
Rural health academics support calls from other rural leaders for more localised reporting of COVID-19 test results.
Feds call for pause on regulations
The Government has been warned that it needs to back off some of its signalled regulations if it wants farming to help the NZ economy recover from the COVID-19 hit.
Don’t let fear overcome you
Farmer's Chaplain, Colin Miller on overcoming fear during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tough time on farm for many
Under pressure from drought and COVID-19, Woodville dairy farmer Ben Allomes says: ‘we can’t shut our doors and just walk away’.
Nerve-racking week for Feds’ boss
Federated Farmers president Katie Milne has described the first week on COVID-19 lockdown as “good but nerve racking”.
Rural GPs feel the impact
Many doctors in rural parts of NZ are facing a cash-flow crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Horticulture sector offers work during COVID-19 crisis
More New Zealanders are taking up the chance to work in horticulture amid the COVID-19 lockdown.
Apple exports important
The importance of continuing to export cannot be underestimated, says New Zealand Apples and Pears chief executive Alan Pollard.
COVID-19: Business as usual for milk processors
For the country’s two largest milk processors, it’s business as usual: milk is coming in, being processed and products shipped to offshore markets without any major hitch.
