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Mark Ross has started in his new role as chief executive of the Wood Processors and Manufacturers Association of NZ (WPMA).

Animal and Plant Health NZ chief executive Mark Ross says the Government needs to step up efforts to support the rural sector so that all Kiwis can access safe, healthy and affordable food.

OPINION: Animal diseases are associated with significant increases in livestock greenhouse gas emissions and land use, and reduced productivity. They also pose a threat to food security.

Animal diseases are associated with significant increases in livestock greenhouse gas emissions, land use and reduced productivity.

OPINION: The global market will be caught in the crossfire of China's measures to reduce its environmental footprint, with ambitious goals to be carbon neutral by 2060.

A landmark report reveals that without crop protection products, New Zealand’s economy would lose $7.5 to $11.4 billion.

Right now antibiotics are treating serious diseases worldwide, but resistance threatens the future of this essential form of defence.

Growing regulatory and political pressure for more sustainable agriculture in Europe is causing concern for local farmers. 

The New Zealand diet is safe and contaminants are very low, with most naturally occurring, says Agcarm in a new report.

Over the next decade, the global middle class will grow from two billion to nearly five billion — an explosive rise considering the entire world population was only five billion in 1990.