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A Hawke's Bay deer farm is part of a MPI-funded project providing a national snapshot of farm performance.

Make sure you have someone to talk to when life gets tough.

A handbook offering practical guidance on how to plant strategically to feed bees is now available free to New Zealand farmers.

Farmers affected by Mycoplasma bovis are cautiously welcoming a report that the eradication programme is approaching a successful conclusion.

A new project funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) aims to establish a hemp seed processing plant in New Zealand.

An independent review of the Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme has found it is on track to achieve a world-first eradication and makes recommendations to improve the wider biosecurity systems.

A Hawera farmer is one of several farmers who has recently been convicted for failing to register his animals under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme.

Bragato Research Institute continues to work with the Ministry for Primary Industries and New Zealand Winegrowers members to develop the Sauvignon Blanc Grapevine Improvement programme, sometimes referred to as SB 2.0.

A farmer who underfed nearly 300 cows and heifers has been fined $9,000, ordered to pay vet costs of $1,763 and faces permanent restrictions on the number of animals he can own.

Dairy farmers are set to benefit from a $17 million beef genetics programme backed by the red meat sector and the Government.