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In a Covid-constrained season, where many horticulturists are struggling with the lack of labour, family-run Mill Orchard - at Loburn, just north of Rangiora - is enjoying a great harvest.

Meat workers are tired and fatigued with having to deal with Omicron in meat processing plants around the country.

Global dairy prices are retreating as Omicron takes hold in more Chinese cities, disrupting the world's biggest market.

Farmers are being told to expect further rises in fertiliser prices within weeks.

District Health Boards across New Zealand are kicking off a push to encourage people to get their flu jabs ahead of what is expected to be a tough winter.

Successive drops in the price of whole milk powder have prompted Fonterra to revise its forecast milk price for the season.

The Government has launched a plan to manage hospital waiting lists on a national scale, says Health Minister Andrew Little.

Farm nutrient supplier Ballance is managing the knock-on effects of Covid and the Ukraine war to maintain surety of supply for farmers and growers.

The Omicron outbreak in China that sent 400 million residents into lockdown is behind the latest drop in dairy prices, analysts say.

OPINION: The current pandemic has generated so many messages of gloom an doom that it's a pleasure to discover a chink of light in the darkness. The Drinks Business reports that drinking wine could lower risk of Covid infection.