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The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) says door-to-door, local fruit and vegetable box deliveries can go ahead under COVID-19 Alert Level 4 restrictions.

The outbreak of COVID-19 is weighing on global market sentiment and the 2020 outlook.

Meat processor Alliance is warning farmers to brace for a drop in prices for their lamb and cattle.

Open Country Dairy (OCD) says it’s operating in a near ‘business as usual’ state under Alert 4 restrictions.

Federated Farmers president Katie Milne says COVID-19 has highlighted the strength of the farmer lobby.

While the uncertainty caused by COVID-19 continues, ran has brought some drought relief over the past week, says ASB senior rural economist Nathan Penny.

As New Zealand faces a nation-wide shortage of hand sanitiser, Fonterra is chipping in to produce the precious resource.

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is urging leaders from G20 countries to take measures to keep global food systems working well.

Farmers whose herds were culled in response to the outbreak of Mycoplasma bovis will be able to minimise the tax treatment of their income in some circumstances.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) will be visiting packhouses and other horticultural operations across the country from today.