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The country's farmers appear to be a little more upbeat than they were several months ago.

OPINION: The Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) Programme is now in the sixth year of the 10-year eradication programme.

Some of the world's major food companies are demanding even more severe environmental targets than New Zealand has provision for in its own climate change legislation.

The complexity of farming and horticulture – and a desire to better connect generally with people on the land – has prompted MPI to put its own staff in gumboots and establish a strong presence in regions.

OPINION: New Zealand farmers have earned the right to be recognised as true world leaders in agricultural innovation.

John Roche, chief science advisor at the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), reckons despite all the local and international challenges facing the New Zealand farming sector, it has a lot of positives going for it.

The New Zealand dairy sector has a lot of positives going for it as it sets about tackling a range of challenges globally and at home. That's the view of Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) chief science advisor John Roche. He talked to Peter Burke about how he sees the industry coping.

OPINION: A recent Rural News editorial raised issues about work to reduce agricultural emission and the approval of methane inhibitors.

Ministry for Primary Industries chief science adviser, Dr John Roche on the indications New Zealand is winning the fight against Mycoplasma bovis.

Ministry for Primary Industries chief science adviser, Dr John Roche on the indications New Zealand is winning the fight against Mycoplasma bovis.