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A Fonterra staffer has become the first person from the dairy industry to win a prestigious food safety award.

While dairy remains the biggest export earner for the NZ primary sector, it is facing some challenges in the coming two years.

It's a real challenge for the country's red meat sector.

OPINION: MPI employs more than 3,600 staff in 45 locations around the country and internationally.

MPI director general Ray Smith reckons NZ has a lot to learn from the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority – called Teagasc (pronounced ‘Chog us’).

New Zealand Apples and Pears is working on a near $15 million project to achieve the industry's goal of being a global leader in sustainable production practices.

Total sales of veterinary and horticultural antibiotics in New Zealand have decreased for a fifth year in a row, dropping by 23% in 2022.

A message to dairy farmers - be patient with China and things will come right.

Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) staff have ramped up testing procedures and investigations in an effort to determine how a dairy herd in the Selwyn district of Canterbury contracted Mycoplasma bovis.

A Pukekohe deer farmer has been fined $12,000 for not tagging 278 animals under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme.