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New Zealand’s top food and fibre sector employers are being called on to enter the 2023 Primary Industries Good Employer Awards.

The Government has announced funding for new research on the potential of regenerative farming practices to boost soil carbon in arable, vegetable and other crop growing systems.

An independent review into the Mycoplasma bovis (M.bovis) infection at Wakanui in Mid-Canterbury, shows the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) took the appropriate steps to remove infection in the area.

The campaign to eradicate cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis could soon be handed over to Ospri.

An ambitious project that aims to make Taranaki a horticultural powerhouse has received a major boost with the announcement of a $975,000 grant from the Ministry for Primary Industries. Nigel Malthus reports...

New Zealand strong wool could bring a sustainable bounce back into soft upholstery – and woolgrowers’ bank accounts – through a new project seeking an alternative to synthetic fillers.

The forestry sector continues to attract young New Zealanders, claims  New Zealand Forest Services as seven applicants join the Ngā Karahipi Uru Rākau – Forestry Scholarship programme.

There is widespread anger and disbelief among farming leaders over the actions of MPI and MfE within the He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) partnership.

OPINION: Around the traps, rumours are flying as to who scuttled the so-called joint agri sector response to dealing with agricultural emissions.

Otago farmer Carolyn Ireland has been banned from owning cattle and must pay fines of over $23,000 for a range of welfare problems contributing to the deaths of over a dozen cattle.