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The Ministry for Primary Industries says imported semen remains one of the possible pathways for the bacterial disease Mycoplasma bovis' entry into New Zealand.

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.

A stock truck driver has been fined $3600 for mishandling goats while transporting them to a meat processing plant.

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.

The 2022 National Fieldays is officially underway. Gates opened at 8am at Mystery Creek.

NZ's farming sector has been left disappointed and stunned over the Government's proposal to price 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.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has confirmed that the herd of Canterbury cows found with a new strain of Mycoplasma bovis will be culled.

OPINION: Animal rights group SAFE thinks skinny cows are unacceptable on a farm.