Displaying items by tag: CORONAVIRUS
Shutdown hits milk prices!
Havoc wreaked in parts of China by Covid is being blamed for the latest drop in whole milk powder (WMP) prices.
In unfamiliar territory
Southland's normally wet climate is counting against it as the region struggles under what is thought to be its worst drought in 80 years.
Farmers seem to be coping with Omicron
Rural Support Trust chair Neil Bateup says it has had very few calls from farmers wanting help to deal with Covid.
Covid taking its toll on rural GPs and health services
Rural doctors are under pressure and juggling unrelenting work loads.
Tough times navigating Covid in meat processing plants
It's tight and challenging keeping the country's meat processing plants operating.
Be prepared!
Federated Farmers Manawatu/Rangitikei president Murray Holdaway is warning farmers to be ready for further disruption due to the pandemic.
Covid spreading to farms
Some dairy farmers, their families and workers, have contracted Covid, according to DairyNZ's general manager for the farm performance team, Sharon Morrell.
Growers plan for Omicron
Vegetable growers in South Auckland are bracing for Omicron and making contingency plans to deal with the fallout.
National Fieldays 2022 postponed
The New Zealand National Fieldays have been postponed for 2022 until Wednesday 30 November to Saturday 3 December.
Crops unharvested, jobs and businesses lost!
A former horticulture sector leader believes New Zealand's Covid response should have been a joint public-private response from day one.
