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The ‘big thing’ in employing farm staff is to invest in them, says Dunsandel farmer Michael Woodward.

The impact of weather and increasing costs are the two major reasons behind a drop in Marlborough growers’ profit before tax.

The New Zealand Walking Access Commission Ara Hīkoi Aotearoa (NZWAC) is welcoming the mandatory review of its governing legislation, the Walking Access Act 2008.

The best primary sector employers were named at the MPI AGMARDT Primary Industries Good Employer Awards.

The Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (DIRA) appears to be preventing Fonterra from effectively managing some aspects of its farmers’ environmental performance, says a discussion document from MPI.

It was once jokingly said that the next most-important job after the All Blacks coach is the head of the Ministry for Primary Industries.

Martyn Dunne retired last week as the director-general of the Ministry for Primary Industries after five years in the role and 50 years in the public service. 

MPI says a farm dairy must act to correct milk cooling performance if data show the milk is not being cooled within the required parameters. 

Farmers are being warned of potentially lower milk prices this season.

The Ministry for Primary Industry is sinking $5.3 million into a seven-year $13.25 million venture to breed new hop cultivars to expand the New Zealand craft beer industry.