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OPINION: Finally it looks like the Government has fashioned new regulations for the primary sector that will actually be welcomed.

National claims that the Government is about to pile up to $100 million of "unnecessary" compliance costs onto farmers because its freshwater regulations are more than a year overdue. National's Agriculture spokesperson Barbara Kuriger had this to say.

The National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land will provide protection for New Zealand’s best land and soil so it can be used to produce food, says HortNZ.

The Government is looking into farmer claims that regional councils aren’t ready to implement new intensive winter grazing regulations.

A law change that will require overseas investors prove their forestry conversions will benefit New Zealand passed its final reading in Parliament yesterday.

OPINION: The Government's proposed review of genetic engineering needs to be widened to address its potential benefits to the agriculture industry and climate.

A comment made by Minister David Parker on primary sector labour issues has sparked a sharp rebuke from NZ Apples & Pears' new chief executive.

The Government is looking at curbing our reliance on migrant workers as part of immigration service changes post-Covid.

The government has come up changes to proposed intensive winter grazing regulations  which on the face of it are likely to please farmers.

The horticulture sector has been praised for its "extraordinary achievements" in the face of Covid-19-related challenges.