Displaying items by tag: CORONAVIRUS
Farmers urged to plan for Omicron
Farmers are being urged to have good plans in place for dealing with any major community outbreak of Covid-19 and, in particular, the omicron variant.
Editorial: Time for action
OPINION: Two years into Covid and New Zealand dairy farmers are still struggling to get skilled farm workers from overseas.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand Awards Dinner postponed
Beef + LambNZ's (BLNZ) awards dinner scheduled for Wednesday 2 February is postponed due to the arrival in the community of the Covid variant Omicron.
Mackenzie County A&P Show cancelled
Plans in place for safe expo
Organisers of the East Coast Farming Expo are confident the annual event will be able to happen despite stricter Covid restrictions now in place.
Vaccination critical - MPI boss
Tears of frustration over MIQ
Despite rural contractors being told in mid-December they could bring in 200 skilled machinery operators into the country, not one has been given any MIQ space.
Pandemic planning: Planning for vintage in a sea of uncertainty
Labour supply is the most pressing issue facing New Zealand's wine industry in the lead-up to the 2022 vintage.
No jab, no entry!
The Social Place: A socially savvy summer
To wrap up The Social Place column for the year, we asked a few social butterflies for advice on platforms, payments, branding and navigating Covid-19.