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Tuesday, 09 August 2022 10:55

Fonterra opposes milk price panel changes

Fonterra says additional measures are not required to reduce the co-operative's discretion in a setting the milk price.

Published in General News
Thursday, 04 August 2022 16:55

$100,000 boost to extend Plunket services

Funding from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) will enable Plunket to extend its volunteer-driven community services to additional rural communities throughout the South Island.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 03 August 2022 07:25

Diamonds in the rough?

Could previously unproductive land be used to produce truffles?

Published in General News

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is reminding farmers that stock transport companies are checking their cattle and deer are tagged and registers under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme.

Published in General News

The Government is co-investing in a $22 million programme aimed at reducing agricultural greenhouse gases and nitrate leaching, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has announced.

Published in General News

Taranaki Regional Council and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) have joined forces to identify the pathways by which new pest plants could enter the region, whether by road, rail, coast or air.

Published in General News

OPINION: New Zealand farmers have earned the right to be recognised as true world leaders in agricultural innovation.

Published in Opinion
Tuesday, 19 July 2022 10:55

Big ag census coming to an end

Farmers, foresters and orchardists have just a few days left to complete the official agricultural production census, run by Statistics NZ in partnership with MPI.

Published in General News

The annual funding round for the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI’s) Greenhouse Gas Inventory Research fund has opened, with $2.1 million on offer.

Published in General News

A Canterbury farmer has been disqualified from owning calves and fined $26,000 following the death of a large number of calves he was raising.

Published in General News
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