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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.

Labour supply is the most pressing issue facing New Zealand's wine industry in the lead-up to the 2022 vintage.

Unvaccinated dairy farmers won't be able to attend in-person events run by DairyNZ.

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.

New Zealand Young Farmers (NZYF) has announced that My Vaccine Pass will be compulsory for all wishing to attend FMG Young Farmer of the Year events.

Fonterra chairman Peter McBride says the co-operative ended the 2021 financial year in a strong position on several fronts – financial results, strategy implementation and relationship with farmer owners.

Hamilton-based Ruakura Technologies is developing a dairy-based natural product that it says has the potential to offer immediate short-term immune support against the virus causing Covid-19 disease.

Covid-19 has brought massive disruptions and huge cost increases to the world's shipping routes.

Plan for the worst case scenario in terms of Covid-19.

The Covid-19 vaccine rollout was not designed for rural NZ.