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There has been much commentary about China with concerns about how Covid lockdowns there have dented consumer confidence, driving down consumer spending.

Some good news - albeit temporary for primary exports.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is on the hunt for research proposals to help improve New Zealand’s reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, forestry, and other land uses.

Primary sector education and exciting career opportunities will be showcased at the Fieldays Opportunity Grows Here Careers Hub next month.

A Southland farmer who failed to look after his sheep, leading to deaths and animals having to be euthanised, has been fined $7,500.

OPINION: The Ministry for Primary Industries' frontline staff are vital to our work supporting the food and fibre sector and I'm proud of our team's efforts.

As the five year mark of the programme to eradicate M. bovis is reached, a new discovery has been made.

OPINION: Cyclone Gabrielle has been one of the biggest challenges farmers and growers in affected regions have faced in my lifetime and for one of the districts I am working in, Tararua, this is no exception.

OPINION: As soon as the ‘pen hit the paper’ this column quickly morphed into a ‘Dear John letter’.

A Levin farmer found responsible for the deaths of 29 cattle has been fined $32,000.