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A farm with five or fewer staff and observing social distancing among workers need not register as an essential business.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has set up a register for safe practice in the sector, with registrations due this Friday.

Primary sector export returns will take a $1.3 billion hit from COVID-19, but there is some good news.

Latest forecasts suggest New Zealand’s arable farmers have to date been less affected than other primary industry sectors by COVID-19 and the drought.

Covid-19 is forecast to strip more than $1.3 billion dollars off New Zealand’s primary exports in the coming year, including $390 million off dairy exports.

Farmers will soon have an app to help them make better decisions about controlling erosion and reducing sediment entering New Zealand waterways.

More than a quarter of NZ’s dairy farmers have debt to equity ratios of more than 70%.

The latest MPI report on the state of NZ agriculture points to another good year ahead.

A product that could reduce the need for anthelmintics during lamb weaning has received government funding for a trial.

Dairy facial eczema (FE) can cost farmers at least $100,000 each year in lost milk production, a recent study has found.