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The productive and primary sector appears to be well placed to deal with the Alert Level Four settings according to the Director General of MPI, Ray Smith.

Flood-affected farmers in the South Island are being encouraged to make use of livestock feed support services funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

Flood-affected farmers in the South Island are being encouraged to make use of livestock feed support services funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

OPINION: Your old mate notes that the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is trying to stonewall the good folk at this newspaper from coming up with the actual costs of its 'Fit for a better world' strategy.

Bureaucratic obfuscation is being used to stall the provision information about the costs and achievements of the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) 'Fit for a Better World' strategy.

The first farmers to notify Mycoplasma bovis disease in 2017 blame the Government's poor response for their business woes.

The head of the Mycoplasma Bovis programme, Stuart Anderson, admits things were hard on farmers in the early days.

A South Auckland dairy farmer has been fined $3,250 for unlawfully amputating the teats of seven cows using rubber rings as a tourniquet.

Despite the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic, revenue from New Zealand's primary exports in the past season only dropped by 1% and is predicted to quickly pick up and reach a record high of $49.6 billion in the next 12 months.

Ashburton farmer Frank Peters, who was forced to cull stock twice in three years, says the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has failed farmers.