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MPI director general Ray Smith has praised the country’s farming leaders for their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Farmers are being urged to act now in response to new COVID-19 protocols for processing companies that will impact processing capacity.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) says door-to-door, local fruit and vegetable box deliveries can go ahead under COVID-19 Alert Level 4 restrictions.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) will be visiting packhouses and other horticultural operations across the country from today.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has responded to questions and concerns from growers surrounding COVID-19.

A farm with five or fewer staff and observing social distancing among workers need not register as an essential business.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has set up a register for safe practice in the sector, with registrations due this Friday.

Primary sector export returns will take a $1.3 billion hit from COVID-19, but there is some good news.

Latest forecasts suggest New Zealand’s arable farmers have to date been less affected than other primary industry sectors by COVID-19 and the drought.

Covid-19 is forecast to strip more than $1.3 billion dollars off New Zealand’s primary exports in the coming year, including $390 million off dairy exports.