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With ‘Moving Day’ just around the corner, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is reminding farmers to review their biosecurity practices while moving their animals.

New Zealand pig farmers are being encouraged to have their say on a proposal to sign an agreement with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to help protect the sector in the event of a biosecurity incursion.

A programme to lift the productivity of Māori-owned land around the northern Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa has been given an additional $440,000 by the Government.

Budding photographers who attended a series of courses in Weber, 28km southwest of Dannevirke, not only had a chance to upskill, but also had a valuable opportunity to connect with other locals.

Entries have opened for the 2022 Primary Industries Good Employer Awards.

A farmer who failed to adequately feed cattle, treat worms and tend to ill and injured cattle, has been fined and banned from owning or managing animals for a decade.

OPINION: Benjamin Disraeli once said, "Plan for the worst and hope for the best".

A Hawke’s Bay deer farm is part of a Ministry for Primary Industries-funded project providing a national snapshot of farm performance.

MPI says its push on NAIT compliance is paying off with almost 90% of livestock farmers meeting their obligations in 2021.

That old saying about peanuts and monkeys may be turned on its head in Northland, where a government-backed project has proven that the crop can be grown successfully in the region.